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Entomological  News 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION 

OF    THE 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 

o 

VOLUME   I,    1890. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINNER,   M.  D. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE: 

1'iHO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BLAKK. 

EZRA  "I".  ("RKSSON.  PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  ROOMS  OF 

THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES, 

LOGAN  SQUARE. 

iSgo. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME   I. 


12 

IO 

I 


12 


GENERAL  ENTOMOLOGY. 

A  Cocoanut  Pest     ..... 
A  Royal  Entomologist 
Announcement  .... 
Association    of    Official    Eco- 

nomic Entomologists  . 
Collecting  in  Pennsylvania  . 
Collecting  by  Lamplight  .     .  69,  91 
Doings  of  Societies  31,  4».  63.  79- 

115,  135,  150,  167- 
Elementary  Entomology  70,  86,  102, 

119,  140,  157. 
Entomological  Literature  13,  29,  44, 

59,  77,  95,  112.  I3L  H7,  162. 
Entomology  at  Long-port,  N.  J.   142 
Excursion  to  Jamesburg     .  94,  m 
Home-made  Cork  .  12 

Letter  to  Editor      .  27 

Metallic  Colors  in  Insects,  Evo- 
lution of     .......       3 

Notes  and  News  10,  26,  41,  57.  74. 

92,  no,  128,  145,  1  60. 
Notes  from  Colorado  . 
Obituary    .... 

Philadelphia's  White  Pasha 
Queries  and  Answers 
Scientific  Research  in  Mexico  . 
Spiders  carried  oft'  by  Pompi- 
lida?     .......  I2S- 

Spider's  Web,  balls  of 


75 
146 

TI 
62 
41 


44 


Whistling  Trees      .     . 

COLEOPTERA. 

A  Golden  Beetle    .     . 
Orion  cine  t  us 
Cicindelidae  of  a  season  . 
Elateridae,  notes  on 
Ergates  spiculatus      .     . 
Fond  of  Grammar 
Jewels  that  are  Alive  . 
Notes  on  Coleoptera  . 
Notes  from  the  Northwest  . 
On  the  Habits  of  some  Meloini 
Phytonomus  pnnctatus 
Rare  beetles  on  the  N.  J.  coast 
Sudbury,  Ont.,  Beetles  at    . 


•  57 

-  158 

-  53 
.  i6i 

•  38 

.  28 

9,  52 
33 
89 

12 
12 

43 


DIPTERA. 

Interesting  Method  of  Egg  De- 
position      .     . 39 

Mosquitoes  at  Cape  May      .     .128 
Mosquitoes,  Exterminating       .     76 

HEMIPTERA. 
Acanthiapapistrilla  in  the  nests 

of  Barn  Swallows  .  .  .  .  26 
Apple  Pest,  a  new  .  .  .  .  .123 
/'jnpoasca  hintti  n.  sp.  .  .  .123 
Metrobates  hesperius  .  .  .  .no 
Siphonophora  or  Nectarophora?  20 
Timothy  Bugs 75 

HYMENOPTERA. 

Aculeate  Hymenoptera  new  to 
Pennsylvania  and  N.  Jersey  .     83 

/•'on/bus,  notes  on 39 

Dolerus  arvcnsis,  D.  itnicolor.     94 

Ichneumon  siititralis   ....   161 

Inhabitants  of  a  Hickory  Nut  .     49 

New  Hymenoptera     .     .      106,   137 

Ccelioxys  dolichos   .     .     .     .107 

Hoplisus  foveolata  ....   106 

Mixcophns  aincricanits      .     .138 

Phi/anthus  enrynomc    .     .     .   107 

Photopsis  Cressoni .     .     .     .   138 

Sphex     (Isodofitia)     macro- 

cephalns 137 

( )\  iposition  of  Anomalon  .  .  139 
I'inipla  grapho/itha'  n.  sp.  .  5" 
Polybia  cnbensis  in  Florida  .  .  93 
Pompilus  a- 1  hi  ops  catching  a 

Spider 128 

Pompilidse  carrying  off  Spiders  145 
Sports  in  Venation  .  .  . 

Vespa  vulgaris 161 

What  are  the  Uses  of   Bright 
'  Colors  in  Hymenoptera    .     .65 
Yucca  Insects 75 

LEPIDOPTERA 

Actias  hina  ....  .76,  93 
Aletia  argillacea  .  .  •  154 

Bananas  as  Bait       ...      93,   129 


INDEX. 


I'.itr  i  it"  (  'at'-i  |  illl.ir    as    (  "alisr   of 
I   I  'Mill         ........ 

liiittrrlli.-s  tumid  :it  C  >|  "  May  . 
liutu-rlli.  -s  mi  Kt.K  .  iluiatl  .  . 
I'.utti-rtly  li.ithiii-  ..... 
(  "aliinct,  A  iu-u-  form  of  .  .  . 
Callosamia  angulifera  .  5*. 
i  '<i 


interior    ...... 

Colias  philodice  var.  alba      43. 
Coloradia  pandora,  \arva.  oi     . 

f>iitn>iti  a  nil  rada.   preparatory 

sta-i-s  i  it'        ....... 

<//.w  oitftt/is  ..... 


12 


146 

6 

Ill 
130 

126 

146 
75 
93 

(3 


^rapliical  Variation  . 
<  .lain  illc-  I'  ritillary  .. 
Gortyna  nitella,  larva  of 
I  [esperidae,  New  At'rir  m 

rr«tciiif.\ 
/'.  iri  color 


145 

144 

146 
58 

.  s.| 
.  75 
.  136 
.  155 

.    155 
156 
1  5»> 

I  li-spcriila-.  North  AiiK-rican    .      23 
I  lop  \\  oinis  .......     43 

Larva-    rearing.    Smiu-    i-\|>rri 

ences  in  ......    r  08,  117 

i  .cpidoptrra  \V\\  t(  •  (  >ur  Lists.  1.15 

\\-.\\   Muthsin  Nc\\    I  lanipsliin-  17 

\,-»nyinf>/ni  Mi/,  -ht-lli  in  N    |.   .  i  211 

Xlitcs  on    L.-jiid.  ,|.t.T.i          .        .        .        51 
/'(//>!/!<>    Illili  /I'YilllltS       .        .        .        .I3O 

Pafrilio  palamedes  .....   MC. 

/\iiiif>/ii/ii  .Idiniii  n.  ^p.  .     .   '..    i  _>s 
Pamphila  panoquin     .     .     .     .111 

Phobetron  pithecium  .     .     .     .160 

Kaixl'iin  Nc  ilr>  on  I  .t-pi.li  >|  itcr.i      n, 
Smerinthus  astylus      .     .     .     .     21 

i  'I    r.Hll'-rllics   .      .      .      .no 

/.•.  inifii'i'iiili\    •     •     •     57 
>i\  ni/  ippi     ......    [29 

I  n  ipi<  al   -p  •(  ii  s  in  l-'lc  n  ul.i  .      .    i  ^  , 
\\'lial  can  it  be?       .  I  .'  I 

\\'inl<-i  (  '<  ill<  din-  in  I  I.  n  ida  8l,    ' 

NEUROPTERA. 

I  >ia-'  Hiili"-.  al  \i-ln  i  |»i 


List  of  Maine  I  )ra;^onllics  .  36,  55 
\.  ites  <  in  N.  Am.  <  )doiiata  .  .  73 
Virginian  i  )ra.L;<>n(lies  ...  22 

CONTRIBUTORS  TO  VOL.   I. 

Aaron,  1C.  M.,     .  i,  12-15,  23,^29,  30 

I'.aldv.  S 146 

I',;. Hard,  Mrs.  J.  P 124 

Blake,  C.  A.,  43,  44,  58,  127,  136 
('.linker,  R lo.s.  1 1  7 

<  lalvert,  I*.  P.,  .     .14,  22.  70.  73.  ,s6, 

102,    I  14.    140,     157 

<  'ockt-rrll,  "1".  I ).  A..      3,  27.  5,S.  65, 

75.  161 

lley,  A.I', s.s 

<  )resson,  L.  T 5.1 

1  >\  ar.   1 1.  <  i 105,  160 

Klinnan,  G.  A 93,  130 

Fox,  \V.  |.,     .    83,  93,  106.  137,  145 

|-'r<-m  Ii,  (  i.   1 1 153 

C,ilK-ttf.  Trot'.  C"    P..   26,94,  139.  161 

i  .odiiiu,,  F.  \\' 123.  129 

1  lamilton,  I)r.  ).,     .      .      12,  49,  142 

Hill,  \V.  M 92 

Holland.   Rev.  \\".  J 155 

Horn,  Dr.  (i.  II..    g.  53.  69.  99.  160 

[ves,  [.  E.,     .                       .     .  39 

Krllic  oil.   I).  S 146 

|i  nics,  K.  M 21 

KIIII/I-.  1  )r.   R i  2g 


12,  52. 


1  .it-ln-ck,  (' 

Lugger,  Prof.  O.,    . 

I. viiian.   11.11...      . 

Martindalr.   \.  C i  J" 

Peters,  E.  1  >.  lr j; 

Roln-i  Noil.  ( 31, 

si. iss.  111,  MIS.  \    r..  .     17.  si .  ioi 

Skiniu-r.  Di     I  L,      >\   to,   i  i ,  12,   u*. 
31,  51.  58,  76,  84,   129 

Smith.   Pro!'    |.   I1...  .      . 
Snnimi  is,   |'i  o|     I  I .    I 
\  an  \\  mkl.  .    \    ^ 
\\ads\\, ,ith.   Miss  M  . 
\V.  -  ,1.   D.     C     M  . 
\Vi.  kliam.    II     I 
Williston.    Pro!    s    \\    . 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  JANUARY,   1890.  No.  i. 

CONTENTS: 


Announcement i    j     Notes  and  News 10 

Cockerell— On  Metallic  Colors 3 

Skinner— On  Collecting  at  Cape  May...  6 

Horn — Notes  on  Coleoptera 9 


Entomological  Literature 13 

Exchanges 16 


ANNOUNCEMENT. 


IT  has  for  some  time  been  apparent  to  Entomologists  in  this 
country  that  there  was  unoccupied  room  for  a  journal  of  Ento- 
mology devoted  less  to  the  dry  details  of  descriptive  and  classi- 
ficatory  work  and  more  to  the  news  and  gossip  which  is  always  of 
interest  to  entomological  workers.  The  field  of  descriptive  en- 
tomology is  already  well  filled  by  journals  published  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  and  London,  Ontario;  that  of  economic  entomology  by 
a  government  publication  at  Washington,  and  the  bibliographic 
department  has  received  special  attention  at  Cambridge,  Ma>s. 
None  of  these  journals  allude  systematically  to  the  important 
work  always  in  progress  in  Europe  and  elsewhere,  nor  do  they 
by  any  means  regularly  notice  such  work  appearing  here  from 
time  to  time.  Ne\\>  of  this  sort  is  of  great  value  to  the  student 
of  Entomology  even  if  he  is  near  one  of  the  large  libraries;  to 
those  remote  from  these  centres  of  information  it  can  not  fail  to 
be  of  the  utmost  importance.  A  journal  which  will  keep  ento- 


2  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  f  Ian. 

*  L  J 

mologis.ts  en  rapport  with  what  is  being  accomplished  in  serials 
and  by  monographs  at  home  and  abroad,  and  which  will  also  give 
the  items  of  interesting  news  concerning  explorations  and  ex- 
plorers, collections  and  collectors,  will,  it  is  believed,  win  itsw-y 
into  the  good  graces  of  the  insect  collecting  fraternity.  Such  a 
journal  is  only  possible  where  its  conductors  are  in  close  com- 
munication with  the  literature  of  Entomology  and  the  sister 
sciences.  Philadelphia,  the  possessor  of  the  public  libraries  of 
the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  the  American  Entomological 
Society  and  the  American  Philosophical  Society  and  several 
private  libraries  rich  in  works  on  special  branches  of  Entomology, 
is  generally  conceded  to  occupy  a  position  in  this  field  unrivaled 
in  America. 

With  this  in  view  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy 
of  Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  with  the  co-operation  and 
financial  aid  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  have  de- 
cided to  publish,  beginning  with  this  number,  a  journal  to  ap- 
pear about  the  ist  of  each  month,  July  and  August  excepted, 
under  the  editorial  and  advisory  direction  set  forth  on  the  cover. 

Besides  such  scientific  papers  as  will  naturally  appear  in  a  journal 
published  under  these  auspices,  there  will  be  departments  of 
"Notes  and  News,"  "Queries  and  Answers,"  "Exchange," 
"  Doings  of  Societies,"  etc.  Under  the  first  it  will  be  the  object 
of  its  conductors  to  make  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  deserve  its 
name  in  the  widest  sense.  Under  the  second,  so  far  as  may  be 
possible,  insects  sent  for  determination  will  be  named  by  members 
of  the  Section  and  the  results  announced  therein.  The  depart- 
ment of  ' '  Exchange' '  will  be  free  to  all  under  reasonable  restric- 
tions. And,  finally,  it  will  be  the  aim  to  give  a  brief  r6sum6  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  various  Entomological  Societies  throughout 
the  world. 

With  liberal  patronage  and  support  from  the  Entomologists  of 
America  and  elsewhere,  it  is  intended  that  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
NEWS  shall  grow  into  an  important  factor  in  every  entomolo- 
gist's work.  It  will  be  enlarged,  and  its  scope  modified  or 
increased,  as  its  readers  may  seem  to  demand.  This  issue  will 
give  but  a  faint  idea  of  what  it  is  proposed  shall  be  the  scope  of 
ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Its  conductors  will  be  glad  to  recrivr 
from  its  readers,  at  any  time,  criticisms  of  its  work  and  suggestions 
for  its  improvement. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS. 

Scientific  papers,  news-notes,  reports  of  societies,  etc.,  are 
needed  from  all  sources  to  make  this  journal  just  what  it*  name 
implies,  a  compend  of  entomological  news. 

EUCIM    M.  AARON. 


The  Evolution  of  Metallic  Colors  in  Insects. 

BY  T.    D.   A.   COCKER  HI. 1.. 

Metallic  coloring  in  insects  cannot  be  a  very  recent  develop- 
ment, for  we  have  good  evidence  that  it  existed  in  later  Eoa  n- 
or  Miocene  times,  a  Chrysis  having  been  discovered  in  the  Flo- 
rissant fossil-beds  in  Colorado.      Nevertheless,   probably  no  OIK 
would  propose  that  the  earliest  insects,  even  of  the  orders  now 
presenting  metallic  species  in  abundance  were  metallic.     Then 
seems  to  be  a  graduated  series  of  colors,  following  in  nearly  direct 
sequence,    and   of  these  the  metallic   ones  are  by  no  means  the 
first,    nor  do  they  occur  predominatingly  on  those  parts  of  tin- 
insect  which  we  might  suppose  least  specialized  as  regard*  colors. 

For  the  present  we  may  consider  the  Coleoptera  and  Hymen- 
optera  alone,  because  in  color  these  orders  are  specially  related. 
and  form  a  section  apart  from  all  other  insect*.  The  primitive 
color  is  probably  testaceous,  with  variations  to  rufous,  orange  and 
yellow.  The  legs  and  under  parts  are  often  so  colored  ulu-re  the 
upper  parts  are  darker  or  metallic.  Pale  legs  not  unfrequently 
have  dark  joints,  and  this  may  be  related  to  stimuli  due  to  tin- 
motion  of  the  parts.  Pimpla  conqnisitor  well  illustrate*  the  dark- 
ening about  the  joints,  as  well  as  the  difference  between  the  i  olor 
oi  legs  and  body.  Sometimes,  however,  these  condition.-,  are 
reversed,  as  in  Vipio  coloradensis,  which  is  a  reddish  orange  species 
with  the  legs  mainly  black. 

From  testaceous  there  is  variation  to  dark  bn>\\n  of  various 
shades — rufous-brown  and  black.  It  ha*  been  noticed  hou  often 
phytophagous,  and  especially  wood-eating  beetle-*  are  brown,  and 
there-  is  good  reason  to  suppose  that  tannin  has  influenced  their 
color.  Mr.  Slater  (  Km.  Mo.  Mag.  [887,  p.  721  remarks  on  the 
presence  of  tannin  in  the  tissue*  of  phytophagous  beetles,  and  M. 
Villon  (Atheneum,  iSS;,  p.  ;s-  i  found  tannin  in  corn  v. 
The  non-metallic  series  of  colors,  then  i*  .something  like  this  : 


4  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [Jan- 

pale  rufous,  testaceous,  orange  or  yellow/1'  through  browns  and 
rufous-browns  to  dark  brown  and  black.  The  body  is  often  darker 
than  the  legs,  and  the  elytra  of  beetles  are  often  darker  than  the 
thorax,  though  the  reverse  of  this  latter  condition  occurs  in  Coc- 
cinella,  Lacn<za,  Dermestes,  etc. 

Metallic  colors  seem  to  have  their  beginning  at  either  end  of 
the  series,  but  it  would  seem  that,  whereas  testaceous  insects  vary 
to  metallic  yellows  and  yellowish  greens,  black  insects  vary  to  blue. 
If  black  is  highest  in  the  non-metallic  series,  so  we  might  expect 
that  blue,  to  which  it  varies,  would  be  higher  than  yellow  or  green 
in  the  metallic  series,  and  this,  I  believe,  is  precisely  the  case. 
Harpalus  ceneus  is  sometimes  dull  and  sometimes  metallic  green, 
or  coppery.  The  green  form,  being  the  commonest,  is  regarded 
as  the  type,  but  no  doubt  the  dull  variety  is  the  oldest,  and  the 
green  the  newest,  or  highest.  The  dull  forms,  then,  are  atavisms. 
The  same  sort  of  thing  occurs  in  Meligethes  rufipes,  and  a  speci- 
men was  even  found  (Ent.  Mo.  Mag.  1885,  p.  217)  with  one  ely- 
tron dull  reddish,  and  the  other  with  a  slight  greenish  metallic 
tinge.  This  case  of  partial  or  unilateral  atavism  is  not  unique. 
I  have  recorded  a  parallel  case,  though  not  relating  to  metallic 
colors,  in  Dermestes  fasciatus  (  'Entom.  1889,  p.  119). 

Trirhabda  convergens  has  a  variety  which  I  call  virescens, 
common  at  West  Cliff,  Col.,  in  which  the  elytra,  except  a  yellow 
costal  or  outer  border,  are  rather  dull  metallic  green.  Here  we 
see  the  tendency  of  the  edges  of  the  elytra  to  keep  the  original 
color,  a  very  common  thing  with  many  beetles,  and  often  a  fixed 
specific  character. 

Dark  species  in  the  genus  Longitarsiis  sometimes  tend  to  be- 
come bronzed.  Crepidodera  longula,  as  described  by  Dr.  Horn, 
is  rufo-testaceous,  with  a  greenish  lustre.  These  are  the  beginnings 
of  metallic  colors  at  the  lower  end  of  the  series.  The  paler  the 
non-metallic  form,  the  yellower  its  metallic  variety,  and  here  I  am 
assuming  that  all  metallic  forms  were  once  varieties. 

In  Haltica  we  have  beautiful  series  of  variations  and  chants 
from  metallic  golden  to  blue.  From  the  distribution  given 
by  Dr.  Horn  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  iSSij,  p.  219,  et  sey.)  it 
would  appear  that  golden,  green  and  bron/y  forms  are  more 


*  And  the  yellow  varying  and  chan^in;^,  as  it  dues  throughout  or-.mii 
nature,  to  srark-t,  hut  this  is  beside  our  present  purpose. 


1890.]  F.XTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 

prevalent  in  the  mountains  and  to  the  north,  while  blue  is  a  south- 
ern characteristic.  This,  however,  is  not  an  invariable  rule.  In 
H.  ignita  there  is  a  regular  geographical  sequence  southward  from 
golden  through  green  to  blue.  The  cupreous  and  greenish  varie- 
ties of  H.  chalybea  mentioned  by  Dr.  Horn  I  regard  as  atavisms. 
Here,  though,  it  becomes  necessary  to  define  one's  notion  of 
atavism.  Commonly,  it  is  said  t<>  IK-  reversion  to  the  state  of  an 
ancient  progenitor.  Some  confine  it  to  the  development  of  half- 
forgotten  rudiments,  but  to  me  this  seems  an  unwise  restriction. 
To  me  there  are  two  fundamentally  different  kinds  of  atavism  : 

(1)  Due  to  the  development  of  structures  now  obsolete. 

(2)  Due  to  arrest  of  development  and  consequent  resemblance 
to  a  less-developed  or  differentiated  ancest<  >r. 

The  first  class  is  due  to  abnormal  development,  the  second  t<  > 
abnormal  arrest  of  development — two  very  different  things.  Our 
atavistic  green  Haltica  chalybea  clearly  belongs  to  the  second 
division.  The  first  division  is  exemplified  in  a  horse  that  develops 
extra  toes. 

.Mr.  T.  H.  Hall  gives  me  a  list  of  his  varieties  of  Donacia 
sericea.  The  females  are  coppery,  brassy  and  green.  The  males 
are  green,  violet  and  purple.  Here  we  see  in  the  female  the  older 
type  of  coloration  to  what  obtains  in  some  butterflies  and  other 
insects. 

At  Chislehurst,  in  England,  I  collected  two  species  of  metallic 
Chrysomcln\  C.  gocttingensis,  which  lived  concealed  at  the  ro.it> 
of  herbage,  was  dark  blue.  C.  hyperici,  on  Hypcriciim,  and 
more  exposed,  is  green.  Here  seems  protective  adaptation  to 
circumstances;  or  perhaps  we  may  say  that  C.  hvpcrici  would 
have  developed  in  time  to  blue,  but  natural  selection  prevented  it. 
C.  goettingcnsis  has  beautifully  pink  wings,  but  these  need  not  be 
considered  in  the  present  connection. 

Dr.  Hamilton  found  a  variety  of  Calosoma  r.v'Av.v/,  varying 
from  its  normal  -r<---n  and  golden  to  purple-black,  with  the  mar- 
gins of  thorax  and  elytra  purple-blue.  Possibly  this  was  a  token 
of  the  future  color  of  C.  .v/Av.iv.  In  ('<ini/im  we  ha\  e  ( '.  nit  ens 
with  something  the  color  of  C,i/.  ,v//MU7,  and  the  coloring  ot 
Dr.  Hamilton's  variety  is  a  permanent  institution  in  ( '.  :'ii>/tnrns. 
A.  !'.<  r-e  found  he  could  actually  manipulate  the>e  color  change-, 
in  (  '(tntbi/s  by  chemical  means,  and  produce  certain  "varieties" 
at  will. 


6  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [  J;in. 

Metallic-blue  grades  into  black.  Pcccilus  mauritanicus  looks 
black,  but  shines  a  brilliant  blue-green.  Perilampus  cyaneus  is 
blue,  but  P.  hyalitnis,  in  the  same  genus,  is  black. 

Perhaps  a  still  higher  development  in  the  metallic  series  is  crim- 
son. This  color  appears  prominently  in  some  lovely  species  of 
the  genus  Chrysis  in  Europe,  especially  the  common  C.  ignita. 
In  America  nearly  all  the  species  of  Chrysis  are  blue  or  green, 
but  C.  martia  has  the  abdomen  crimson.  This  preponderance 
of  green  and  blue  in  American  Chrysides  is  in  accordance  with 
the  not-rarely  observed  fact  that  where  a  genus  is  common  to 
Europe  and  America,  the  American  forms  are  the  oldest.  Hut 
in  Cantharis,  the  common  European  species  is  green,  while  in 
America  we  see  crimson  appearing  on  the  elytra;  the  thorax,  as 
in  Chrysis,  remaining  green. 

WEST  CLIFF,  CUSTER  Co.,  COL.,  Dec.  9,  1889. 


-O- 


Notes  on  Butterflies  found  at  Cape  May,  N.  J.,  with 
description  of  a  new  species  of  Pamphila. 

BY  HENRY  SKINNER,    M.   D. 

Pamphila  Aaroni  n.  sp. — Antennae,  head,  thorax  and  abdo- 
men very  dark  brown,  almost  black.  Primaries  above  tawny  with 
blackish  brown  border  about  one-eighth  inch  in  width.  The  base 
of  the  wing  is  shaded  a  darker  color  by  the  same  dusky  scales. 
The  nerves  of  the  primaries  are  not  defined  by  the  dark  color  as 
in  hobomok.  The  tawny  middle  area  of  the  wings  is  darker  and 
more  fiery  than  in  the  latter.  The  cliscal  bar  or  dash  is  black  and 
very  distinct  and  well  defined,  although  quite  small  in  most  of  the 
specimens;  running  from  this  obliquely  toward  the  body  to  the 
interior  margin  is  a  broken,  very  faint  line.  Secondaries  are  a 
practical  reproduction  of  the  primaries,  the  only  difference  being 
that  the  dark  border  encircles  the  entire  wing,  but  is  narrower 
on  the  anterior  margin,  and  the  neuration  is  well  defined. 

Underside. — Extending  from  the  thorax  into  the  wing  lor  about 
one-eighth  inch  and  covering  only  tin-  lower  halt  of  the  base  !->  a 
sharply  defined  black  spot,  which  has  a  pointed  projection  ex- 
tending into  the  third  median  interspace.  The  middle  area  of 
the  wing  is  tawny,  but  some  shades  lighter  than  the  upperside. 
The  border  is  about  the  same  width  as  above  along  the  lower  half 


1890.]  I.. \TOMO  LOGICAL     NLU'S.  7 

of  the  exterior  margin,  but  widens  considerably  as  it  approaches 
the  apex;  this  border  and  tin-  immaculate  secondaries  aiv  ot  a 
light  cinnamon-brown  color.  There  is  a  brownish  black  streak 
running  along  the  interior  margin  of  underside  of  primari. -s. 
The  female  is  larger  and  the  colors  of  a  lighter  shade  and  not  as 
well  defined  as  in  the  male.  On  the  upperside  it  resembles  P. 
hobomok\  and  beneath  P.  delaware,  except  in  color.  Largest 
specimen  9  expands  \}/±  inch,  and  the  smallest  £  i  inch.  De- 
scribed from  7  £  £  i  9.  It  is  IK.  more  than  proper  that  Mr. 
Aaron  should  have  one  of  his  pets  called  after  him,  thus  the  name 
emanated.  The  specimens  were  found  in  company  with  P.  pano- 
quin,  feeding  on  the  flowers  of  Staticc  limonium  var.  America- 
mini,  which  grows  in  the  salt  meadows,  but  was  quite  rare  and 
exceedingly  wild  and  difficult  to  rapture,  making  off  in  a  straight 
line  when  any  movement  was  made  near  it.  The  seven  specimens 
represented  about  ten  days  careful  collecting. 

THL    LIMITF.I)    RANGE    OF    SATYRUS    ALOPE. 

Without  having  given  the  subject  any  thought  or  study  I  had 
been  under  the  impression  that  the  greater  number  of  species  ot 
butterflies  had  no  fixed  abode  or  dwelling-place,  but  were  prac- 
tically  unrestricted  in  their  range,  going  here,  there  and  every- 
where in  search  of  food  or  pleasure.  While  on  a  tramp  one  day 
and  only  incidentally  looking  for  insects,  not  having  my  net  with 
me,  I  saw  fluttering  in  and  around  a  small  clump  of  holly  bushes  a 
beautiful  specimen  of  Satyrus  alof><\  uhidi  evidently  had  only 
been  a  short  time  from  the  chrysalis:  it  alighted,  and  I  endeav- 
ored to  secure  it  by  taking  hold  of  the  tips  of  the  wings  between 
the  thumb  and  index  finger,  when  it  violently  flapped  them  and 
left  the  tips  as  a  souvenir.  This  spot  and  its  neighborhood 
proved  an  excellent  collecting-ground,  and  I  subsequently  visited 
it  frequently,  and  each  time  saw  the  -a me  it /<>/><•  in  the  same  clump 
of  bushes.  I  saw  other  specimens  of  the  same  species  here 
which  I  learned  to  recognize  from  peculiarities  in  the  way  they 
\\ere  rubbed,  etc.,  as  most  of  the  >p(-cimens  at  this  time  were 
badly  tlown.  I  made  this  species  the  subject  of  -cine  Mudy  at 
the  time,  and  came  to  the  com  lusion  that  it  undergoes  its  trans- 
formations and  lives  its  entire  life  in  a  very  restricted  area.  A 
form  with  one  ocellus  is  found  at  ('ape  May,  which  Mr.  Kdwards 
thinks  is  not  f>cga/a<  but  a  variety  ot 


8  I. NK>M<  (LOGICAL     NEWS.  [Jan- 

EGG-LAYING  OF  TKRIAS  LISA. 

The  female  Tcrias  lisa  deposits  its  eggs  in  a  very  systematic 
and  unilorm  manner.  It  moves  about  in  a  fluttering  way  so 
characteristic  of  butterflies  when  ovipositing,  and  lights  on  the 
tip  of  the  leaf  Cassia  nictitans,  facing  toward  the  stalk  of  tin- 
plant  and  walks  up  the  K-at  until  the  end  of  the  abdomen  is  mid- 
way between  the  end  of  the  leaf  and  its  junction  with  the  main 
stem  and  then  deposits  the  egg  on  the  uppers  1<  of  tin-  st'-m  or 
mid-rib  that  runs  between  the  leaflets.  It  moves  with  i^ivat  care 
and  precision,  as  though  such  nicety  were  very  necessary.  The 
egg  is  thus  placed  at  what  might  be  called  the  exact  centre  of  the 
leaf.  There  seems  undoubtedly  to  be  design  in  this,  as  the  eggs 
are  exceedingly  frail  and  delicate,  and  if  deposited  on  the  leaflets 
they  would  probably  be  injured  or  crushed  when  they  close  up 
tight  at  night.  I  did  not  notice  whether  the  eggs  were  placed 
between  the  junctures  of  two  sets  of  leaflets  on  either  side,  but  I 
think  such  was  the  case.  When  the  females  are  confined  over 
the  plant  the  eggs  are  scattered  about  indiscriminately  either  on 
the  Cassia,  or  anything  else  near  it.  They  were  found  oviposit- 
ing here  in  the  last  week  of  August,  and  at  Westville,  X.  J.,  in 
September. 

THE  FIRST  STAGES  OF  PA  Ml' HI  I.  A  PANOQUIN. 
August  22d,  Pamphila  panoquin  was  exceedingly  abundant  on 
the  meadows  flying  about  and  feeding  on  the  flowers  of  Staticc. 
They  were  fine,  bright  specimens.  This  .species  does  not  semi  to 
have  as  much  of  the  jerky  flight  as  most  species  <>\  th<  -•  nus, 
but  flies  generally  in  a  straight  line.  It  is  readily  caught  when 
feeding  on  the  blue  flowers,  which  attract  it  greatly,  but  when  in 
the  net  is  exasperatingly  restless,  and  usually  manages  to  denude 
its  thorax  of  hair.  A  female  deposited  a  te\\  t  ggs  in  the  paper  in 
which  it  was  confined,  not  having  been  pinched  hard  enough  t,, 
cause  immediate  death.  One  hatched  .\u-u-t  Jjth.  and  the 
young  larva  was  about  one-eighth  inch  in  length  and  was  dittiTcnt 
from  any  I  lesperid  larva  I  had  ever  seen  in  bein-  (ream  white  in 
color.  I  'nder  the  microscope  it  showed  six  or  eiijit  .small  \>« 
like  warts  on  each  segment.  The  head  was  ol  a  hejit  collee  color 
darker  toward  the  front.  It  entirely  devoured  tin-  egg  shell. 

The  eggs  were  of  the  usual  form  in  the  genus  and  »t  a  pale  greenish 

white  color.      I  tried  to  ivar  it  on  lawn  ETass.  which    it  al'-olutelv 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  9 

refused  to  eat,  and  thus  suicided.  The  remaining  eggs  I  scut  to 
Mr.  W.  H.  Edwards,  hut  they  failed  to  hatch.  The  female pano- 
quin  differs  from  the  other  sex  in  being  larger,  several  shade-, 
darker  in  color,  and  in  having  the  maculations  on  the  supt  -ri<  >r 
wings  much  more  sharply  defined  and  brighter  in  color.  Then 
is  a  prominent  light  colored  streak  on  the  inferiors  nearly  one- 
quarter  inch  in  length,  which  is  either  wanting  or  only  indicated 
in  the  male. 

A  colony  of  full  grown  funonia  ctenia  larva-  were  found  feeding 
on  Gerardia  tenuifoliuni,  which.  as  lar  as  I  know,  is  a  new  food- 
plant  for  the  spccic-s. 


-o- 


NOTES  ON  COLEOPTERA. 

I5V  GEO.    H.    HORN,    M.  I). 

From  the  remarks  of  Mr.  Fauvel  (  Revue  Ent.  1889,  p.  142)  it 
is  evident  that  two  species  of  Cryptolivpnus  have  been  confounded 
under  one  name  by  many  of  the  Coleopterists  of  Europe,  notably 
by  Dr.  Candeze,  whose  work  has  been  accepted  as  authority  on 
the  family  ELATERID.K  for  many  years.  It  is  pardonable  in 
students  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  if  they  are  found  guilty  of 
an  error  due  to,  or  rather  copied  from,  those  who  should  be  final 
authority  on  the  species  of  the  fauna  around  their  own  home.-,. 

C.  pulchellus  Linn.,  c.viginis  Rand.,  gnttalnlus  Mets. 

The  above  line  appears  in  Dr.  Hamilton's  paper  on  the  Cole- 
optera  of  the  sub-arctic  regions  eommon  to  both  hemispheres. 

From  the  remarks  of  Fauvel  two  speeies  have  been  confounded 
under  pulc/i din s,  \\luVh  have  a  ^reat  superficial  similarity  ;  these 
an-  : 

C.  pulchellus  Linn. — Thorax  with  posterior  angles  sinuate,  di- 
\er-ent  and  acute  at  the  apex,  the  stria-  of  the  elytra  obsolete  at 
the  tip. 

( '.    sabit/ico/a    l!oh. — Thorax    with    posterior    angles    arcuate, 
rather  incurved,  obtuse  at   apex,  elytra  deeply  striate,  the  im<  i 
\-als  subeostitorin. 

Any  one  who  will  read  the  descriptions  of  Randall  and  Mels- 

heimer,  which  are  remarkably  - 1,  will  see  that  \\  e  ha\c  in  our 

taiiu, i  puli -Jicllux  as  described  by  l;aii\el. 


10  LNK>M<)LOGICAL     NK\VS.  [J;tn- 

C.  qitadripnnctatus  Fab.,  docs  not  occur  in  our  fauna,  although 
\vc  have  a  representative  species  in  pcrplexns  Horn,  which  ha-  a 
longer  thorax  and  the  humeral  elytral  spots  only. 

C.  dermestoides  Hbst.  var.  quadriguttatus  Lap.  -This  species 
is  now  for  the  first  time  recorded  in  our  fauna.  It  is  a  small 
species,  thorax  rugulose,  especially  in  front;  median  line  smooth, 
but  linear.  Elytra  with  four  yellow  spots,  one  on  each  humeral 
angle,  the  other  on  the  middle  line  of  the  elytra  near  the  apex. 

Specimens  are  in  my  cabinet  from  Nova  Scotia,  Maryland 
(Lugger)  and  Washington,  D.  C.  (Ulke). 

The  true  dermestoides  has  no  elytral  spots,  or  very  faint  indi- 
cations of  them.  Three  such  specimens  are  known  to  me  from 
Nevada,  northern  California  and  Los  Angeles.  On  the  other 
hand  three  specimens  from  the  State  of  Washington  are  interme- 
diate in  the  fact  of  having  a  well-marked  apical  spot  but  no 
humeral. 

C.  riparius  Fab.,  is  said,  by  Candeze,  to  occur  in  our  polar 
regions.  He  does  not  state  his  grounds  for  this  and  the  species 
has  not  been  recognized  by  us. 


Notes  and. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM   ALL  ol'AKTERS 
OF   THE  GLOBE. 

[The  Conductors  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  solicit,  and  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  news,  likely  to  interest  its  readers,  from  any  source.  The  author's  n.inie  will  he  >;i\  in 
in  each  case  !cr  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


A  ROYAI.  ENTOMOLOGIST.-  U<-<vnlly  the  (ir.uul  Ihike  Nicholas,  of 
Russia,  was  elected  a  c<  invsp<  Hiding  member  of  the  Ac, id.  N.it.  Sci.  .  >i" 
Philadelphia,  in  recognition  of  his  services  to  Ktitomolo^y.  He  !->  one 
of  the  fe\\  men  of  science  of  royal  rank,  and  is  editor  and  p.irt  writer  of 
one  of  the  finest  works  of  recent  years  on  Lepidoptera.  The  work  was 
commenced  in  iSS.j,  and  at  present  consist-,  of  li\e  handsome  volumes, 
the  last  published  recently.  They  are  profuseh  illustrated  in  the  most 
sumptuous  manner  by  tin-  best  artists  of  I -in  rope.  Me  has  sent  out  several 
collecting  expeditions  under  a  .n'liard  of  Cossacks,  which  tinned  up  mans 
new  and  rare  species.  The  work  is  entitled  "  Memoiis  sm  les  I  epidop- 

teres  rediges,"  par  N.  M.  Romanoff  (Grand  Duke  Nicholas),  of  Si   Peters- 

boiiri;.      The   first   article   is   "  1  .es  I  .epidopteies  de  la    rranscaucasie,"  b\ 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  II 

N.  M.  Romanoff,  and  is  continued  in  tin-  succeeding  volumes.  He  lias  a 
collection  of  Lepidoptera,  and  lias  corresponded  and  exchanged  with  I  >r. 
Strecker,  of  Reading,  uho  has  received  many  fine  specimens  from  him. 

II.    SKIN  NIK. 

PHILADELPHIA'S  "  WHITK  I'ASIIA." — I  )r.  \\'.  I,.  Al>l»>tt,  an  ornitholi  i^ist 
and  entomologist,  well  known  in  Philadelphia,  is  making -quite  a  reputation 
in  Mast  Central  Africa  as  an  explorer  and  naturalist.  I '.Hi  m-  l«-a\  in-  this 
country  lie  presented  his  fine  collection  of  birds  to  the  Philadelphia  Acad- 
emy. He  also  possessed  a  fine  collection  of  Lepidoptera,  mostly  local 
species.  Dr.  Al>!>ott  is  a  life  member  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences, 
a  graduate  of  the  Towne  Scientific  School  and  the  Medical  Department 
ot  the  Tniversity  of  Pennsylvania,  and  member  of  the  Royal  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Kn^land.  He  collected  birds  in  the  far  \\Vst 
in  iSSi,  and  birds  and  insects  in  Hayti  in  1883,  and  presented  the  latter  to 
the  American  Entomological  Society;  amoiiL;  these  was  a  new  species  of 
.Inaiiia  and  other  rarities.  He  was  with  1 1  err  Hhlers,  uho  recently 
made  the  first  successful  ascent  of  Mt.  Kilmanjaro,  the  highest  mountain 
in  Africa.  Dr.  Abbott  did  not  reach  the  summit,  but  broke  down  at  17,000 
feet  with  heart  dilatation,  as  he  was  convalescing  from  the  African  lexer. 
More  birds  have  been  collected  by  him  than  by  any  one  uho  has  visited 
the  Kilmanjaro  region  (550  species  i.  At  last  accounts  Dr.  Abbott  was 
preparing  a  lar-e  expedition  into  Masai  land.  Stevens,  the  round-the- 
world  bicyclist,  alludes  to  him  (mite  frequently  in  his  letters  to  the  A'c'.v 
York  H'ur/d.  He  describes  the  natixes  as  sin^in^  his  praises  asfollous  : 

"  (  )ur  Wanyamwezi,  marching  together  in  the  same  regular  order  as 
yesterday,  struck  up  a  vociferous  and  truly  African  retrain,  while  the  rest 
of  the  caravan  suivj,  the  chorus.  No  matter  how  hot  the  day  or  how  tired 
his  limbs,  the  porter  seems  always  ready  to  split  his  throat  in  sin^in^  and 
shouting.  For  this  or  for  dancing  he  seldom  ;^ets  too  tired.  The  \Yan- 
yamwe/i  are  noted  shouters.  They  commenced  a  soni;  in  praise  ol'  tin- 
white  man,  and  many  joined  in  heartily. 

"Great  is  the  m/.un^er  !  \\'oh!  uoh!"  suivj,  the  melodists  from  the 
Land  of  the  Moon. 

"  \\"oh  !  woh!  woh  !  the  Mzu-u-gu-u-u  !  uoh!"  chorused  the  caravan. 
'  The  M/iin^u  is  :^,reat  !   uoh  !" 

'•\\'oh!   uoh!   woh!  the  M/u-u-u,-u-u  !  uoh!" 

"Great  is  the  Merikain  !  (Dr.  Abbott,  uho  is  widely  known  by  that 
proud  title  amoiiL;  the  natixes  of  Kast  Central  Africa  i  uoh  !" 

"  \\'oh  !  uoh!  uoh!  the  Merikain,  u  oh  !" 

"  (  )ur  l«  M  >d  is  rice  and  fish  !   uoh  !" 

"\Voh  !  woh  !  woh  '  rice  and  lish  !" 

"  \\'oh  !  our  food  is  rice  and  tish  '." 

"  ( ireat  is  the  M/un^u  !   woh  !" 

"\\'oh  !   uoh  !   uoh  !  the  M/un-u  uoh!" 

"  He  l^ixes  Us   rupees  !    rupees  !" 

"  \\'oh  !  woh  !  woh  !  he  -ix  es  us  rupees  !  rupees  !  uoh  !"  — H.  SKIN  N  i 


12  KXTOMOLOGICAL     NKWS.  [J;m- 

PHY  ToxoMrs  PI-NCTATUS  FAB.  —  The  appearance  ot   this  weevil  in  this 
vicinity  tor  the  first  time  ami   in   numbers,  is  one  of  the  remarkable  im  i 
dents  in  Coleoptera  occurring  during  the  year  just  ended.     'I  IK-  tirst  spei  i 
im  -i  is  were  taken  about  the  first  week  in  May  and  tin-  last  tin-  early  part  ot 
November.     At  irregular  intervals  it  appeared  very  abnndantly,  and  Imt  few 
days  passed  \vithout  at  least  one  or  two  specimen-,   bein-    observed.      It  is 
singular  that,  when  this  insect  make-,  its  appearance  in  any  locality,  it  is 
always  in  numbers.      Mr.  Reinecke,  ot    buffalo,  in  August,  iSSj,  recorded 
an   invasion  of  this  species  at   that  place,   in  the    lluffalo   /•)'<•/>    /'; 
which  was  reprinted  in  the  "  Brooklyn   bulletin"  of  September,   iS.s.j. 

(  "n  AKI.KS    I.n.m  •  K. 

A  CocoAM'T  PEST.  —  The  United  States  Consul  at  Santiago  de  Cuba 
has  made  a  report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  in  regard  to  a  mysterious 
disease  prevailing  in  that  country  which  at  one  time  threatened  to  anni- 
hilate all  the  plantations  producing  cocoanuts  for  market  and  export. 
Small  shipments  of  cocoanuts  are  constantly  leaving  Santiago  for  tin- 
United  States,  and  the  Consul  says  he  has  sought  to  discover  the  origin 
of  the  disease  which  has  affected  them.  Opinions  of  scientists  differ  as  to 
the  cause  and  nature  of  the  disease.  The  Consul  says  that  it  has  been  at 
last  definitely  ascertained  that  the  destroyer  of  the  cocoanut  tree  is  an 
insect  of  diminutive  si/.e,  barely  visible  to  the  naked  eye,  and  probabh  a 
Coccid.  Prof.  Gundlach,  of  Havana,  recommends  that  all  cocoanuts  re- 
ceived in  the  United  States  be  dipped  into  boiling  water  upon  arrival,  and 
that  the  bags  they  are  shipped  in  be  destroyed.  E.  .M.  AAK<  >v 

FKKBIA  EPIPSODKA  var.  Siiie-occllata  described  in  Can.  Fnt.  Dec.,  'v». 
p.  239,  by  1  )r.  I  lenry  Skinner,  the  author  informs  us,  is  probably  a  synonym 
of  Epipsodea  var.  limed  described  in  a  few  words  by  Mr.  Klues, 
Trans.  Knt.  Soc.,  London,  June,  iSSij,  |>.  326.  The  latter  description 
is  as  follows:  "minor  absque  ocellis  fascia  rufa  fere  obsoleta,"  habitat 
Summit  County,  Colorado,  12,000  feet  altitude.  It  is  but  justice  to  Dr. 
Skinner  to  state  that  his  description  was  in  the  hands  of  tin-  editor  of  the 
"Canadian  Entomologist"  at  least  six  weeks  before  Mr.  Klues'  descrip- 
tion was  received  at  the  libraries  in  Philadelphia.  K.  M.  A.\KI>N. 

1  b  I.MK-MADI-:  Ci  IKK.  —  Mr.  !•".  M.  ]ones,  of  \Yi1min^lon,  1  \-\..  describes 
a  ver\  -ood  lining  for  insect  boxes  as  follows  :  "  1  made  a  ron^h  wooden 
press  and  |irocured  about  a  barrel  of  the  fine  cork  which  white  -rapes  are 
packed  in,  mixed  it  with  weak  -hie  and  pr.-ssed  it  into  sheets  between 
white  paper.  The  sheets  when  pressed  must  be  about  three-ei-hths  of  an 
in:  h  thick  to  turn  out  properly.  It  answers  \er\  well  and  costs  almost 

1  1.  SKINNI  R. 


RAIT  I'M  PLES  ON  rn  KNEW  JERSEY  COAST.     Among  many  good  things 

t  i  ken  on  P.ri-aniine  I'.eai  h,  N.  f.,  just  after  the  September  storm,  In  which 

the  whole  island,  excepl  a  lew   ol  the  coast  sandhills,  was  subnier-ed,  max 
b     spei  iall\    in  iticed  : 


1890.]  I  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NKYVS.  I.} 

Cafius  sericeus  Holme,  two  9  examples.  This  fixes  an  American  lo- 
cality for  ami  decides  in  tavor  of  the  successful  coloni/ation  of  this  Knro- 
pean  species.  It  appears  slender  and  delicate  compared  u  ith  the  alnindant 
vistriotus. 

Cryptobium  pusillum  I.ec.,  two  examples,  ••' and  +  ,  .25  inch.  lon.^.  The 
only  specimen  seen  by  Dr.  Horn,  when  preparing  his  Cryptulnum  pa|>er, 
was  the  type  in  the  LeConte  collection,  a  from  tin-  sea-shore  of  l.on- 
Island.  N.  Y.  The  last  ventral  segment  of  the  has  a  parallel  notch 
from  apex  to  base,  and  a  contiguous  depression  on  the  apex  of  the  pre- 
ceding, as  if  nature  had  intended  to  continue  the  slit  ;  the  last  ventral  of 
the  9  's  rounded. 

Cryptobium  htgnbre  Lee.,  three  examples,  unfortunately  ..  Having 
In  en  described  Iroin  Florida,  it  is  mentioned  here  to  record  the  locality. 

Qiiediusbninncus  Mann.,  and  Aitolniis  naiius  \  lorn,  were  taken  in  some 
abundance.  The  Coleoptera  were  for  a  time  very  much  concentrated, 
taking  refuse  under  the  trash  swept  up  around  the  sandhills.  The  New 
fersey  coasl  is  rich  in  small  Colepptera,  apparently  neglected  by  neigh- 
boring collectors,  or  at  least  unrecorded.  JOHN  HAMILTON. 


Entomologica.1  Literature. 


iNS  OF  THE:  ILLINOIS  STATE  LABORATORY  OF  NATVRAL  HIS- 
TORY, Vol.  III. 

Article  \'. — .•/  Descriptire  Catalogue  of  the  Phalangiines  of  Illinni.\  by 
Clarence  M.  Weed,  M.  Sc.  In  a  pamphlet  of  20  pp.  the  author  tabulate-, 
the  genera  I.iohiniuiu,  ( )li»olophns  and  /'/la/iu/^iiini,  describing  in  them 
ei^lit,  one,  and  one  species  respectively.  Three  figures  are  -iveii  in  the 
text.  /..  i-/i-^iin.^  and  /..  politns  are  described  as  new. 

Artii  le  V\.— A  partial  Bibliography  of  the  I'lialan^  iiinr  of'  \.  .  l>/tt-rini, 
by  the  same  author,  enumerates  the  general  articles  and  follows  with  a 

reference  li'.t   i  »f  the  species.     StlldelltS  <  if  this    little-klli  IW11  '^\'(  Hip     so  (  (  >lll- 

nioiily  called  "  dadd\  -Ion- -le-s, "  \\ill  find  these  papers  invaluable  -uide-,. 

i-:.  NI.  A. 

MASSACIII  ^i  i  is  A(  ,KM  n/n  KAI   COLLEGE.     Hull. 'tin  No.  5,  July,  rj 
Household  Pests, \sy  Charles  H.  I-'ernald,  m  pp.  6  \\ood-cuts  [Dec..  [J 
Carpet  beetles,  clothes  moths  ants  and  bacon  beetles  are  treated  of  and 

their  habits  and   remedies  described    in   a  way  that   renders  the  anil,. 
meaning  clear  to  any  reader.      I-'..  M.  A. 

ACKKTI.I  l  K  A  I.  l'.\l'i:KIMl  N  I    STATION    OF    MINNESOTA.       bulletin   No. 
N.  |uly,  [889.     I'lii-  A'm/sv  Mountain  Locusts  in  (>//i'r  Tail  ('ountv   Minn., 
in   iS.s^.      |()tto  l.u--er,   I'll.  I).]  2<i  p|>.,  9  cuts.  2   plates,  53  fi-ure,  [  1 
iNSi).  )     A  \eryfull  ini|iiiry  into  the  cause,  elte<  ts  and   piv\enti.  ,n  ,,|  this 
visitation  for  the  |>ast  season.    -V..  M.  A. 


14  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [January, 

Identification  of  Insects  (Imagos)  for  Subscribers. 


Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions:  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Twelve  names,  if  possible,  will  appear  in  each  issue  of  NEWS 
according  to  number.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


H.  MEESKE. — i,  Cicindela  i6-pnnctata;  2,  Cicindela  vulgaris,  var. ;  3, 
Macrodactylus  subspinosa;  4,  Cicindela  pusilla,  var.  cyanellus;  5,  Epi- 
tragus  canalicnlatus;  6,  Necrophorus  marginatus;  7,  Chrysochus  aitmfns; 
8,  Trox  sonoree;  9,  Hippodamia  convergens;  10,  Chrysomela  scalaris. 

E.  WILKINSON. — 2,  Carpophilus  palilpennis;  4,  Sphcerophthahna  or- 
chis; 5,  Bombus  pennsylvanicus  ^;  6,  Orthosoma  brnnneum;  7,  Necro- 
phorus amcricanus;  8,  Solpugidse  (belongs  to);  9,  Allorhina  nitidaf  10, 
Eleodes  longicollis;  u,  Hipponielas  ccelatus;  12,  Psiloptera  dilaticollis. 

CHAS.  FUCHS. — i,  Eleodes  hispilabris;  2,  E.  carboiiaria,  smooth  var. ; 
3,  E.  qnadricollis  9  ;  4,  E.  obsolcta,  var. ;  5,  E.  carbonaria,  var.  soror; 
6,  E.  extricata;  7,  Discogenia  marginata;  8,  Eleodes  cordata;  9,  E.  con- 
sobrina;  10,  E.  cordata;  n,  E.  parrico  Us;  12,  E.  obscura. 

G.  D.  B. — i,   Catocala  concumbens;  2,   Cteniicha  I'irginica;'  3,  3ficro-    * 
co3lia  obliterata;  4,  Heliophila  unipuncta?  5,  Hadena  spntatrixfb,  Ag-^ 
rotis  messoria?  7,  Plusjfi  contexta;  8,  EustrotJAcarnepla;  9,  Hypena  sp.;"^ 
10,  Tetrads  crocallata;  n,  Pyrophila  pyramidbides;  12,  Metancma  quer- 
civoraria. 

From  Haddonfield,  N.  ].,  wingless  females  of  a  Geometrid  moth,  per- 
haps genus  Anisopteryx. 


Entomological   L-itera.txj.re. 


BULLETIN  FROM  THE  LABORATORIES  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  OF  THE 
STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA,  vol.  ii,  No.  i,  contains  the  continuation  of 
the  monograph  entitled,  "The  Pselaphidae  of  North  America,  by  E. 
Brendel,  M.D.,  and  H.  F.  YYickham  (concluded),  85  pp.,  3  plates,  63  figs. 
Full  descriptions  with  synoptic  tables  of  the  species  are  given. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  November,  1890. — Additions  to  the  British  List 
of  Deltoids,  Pyralids  and  Crambi  since  1859  (with  plates),  by  Richard 
South.  The  sexes  of  LEPIDOPTEKA,  by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell.  Contribu- 
tions to  the  Chemistry  of  Insect  Colors,  by  F.  H.  Perry  Coste.  Entomo- 
logical notes,  captures,  etc.  Doings  of  Societies. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  November,  1890. — How 
do  Coccids  produce  cavities  in  Plants?  by  W.  M.  Maskell.  Notes  on  the 
LEPIDOPTERA  of  Digne  (Basses  Alpes),  by  A.  H.  Jones.  Entomological 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  15 

notes  from  Aden  and  Colombo,  byj.  J.  Walker.  Notes  concerning  Psocus 
qiiadrimaciilatHS  Latreille,  of  which  Ps.  suhnebulosus  Steph.  is  a  synonym, 
by  Robert  McLachlan.  Aculeate  HVMEXOPTERA  collected  by  f.  |.  Walker 
at  Gibraltar  and  in  North  Africa,  by  Ed\v.  Saunders.  Notes  and  Captures, 
Doings  of  Societies,  etc.,  finish  the  number. 

TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  ROYAL  SOCIETY  OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA  vol. 
xiii,  pt.  i. — Descriptions  of  Australian  LEPIDOPTERA,  pt.  i,  by  E.  Meyrick. 
Further  notes  on  Australian  COLEOPTERA,  by  Rev-.  T.  Blackburn. 

A  CONTRIBUTION  TOWARD  A  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  MOUTH  PARTS  OF 
THE  DIPTERA,  by  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  (from  Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.).  This 
is  an  interesting  essay  of  twenty  pages  with  twenty-two  figures;  very  little 
has  been  written  on  the  anatomy  of  the  mouth  parts  of  DIPTERA,  and 
Prof.  Smith's  paper  is  an  important  addition  to  the  literature  of  the  sub- 
ject. He  states  that  he  studied  each  organ  in  its  entirety,  in  its  rela- 
tion to  others,  and  in  its  development,  and  that  the  studies  were  morpho- 
logical rather  than  anatomical. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  December.  1890. — Notes 
on  the  British  species  of  the  genus  Anthonomns,  with  a  description  of  a 
species  new  to  Britain,  by  Rev.  Canon  Fowler.  Hymenopterological 
notes,  by  P.  Cameron.  Description  of  a  new  species  of  the  genus P/ian- 
fcns,  by  B.  S.  Nevinson.  Trichoptera  observed  in  the  Exmoor  District  in 
Autumn,  by  R.  McLachlan.  Observation  on  some  British  and  exotic 
Coccidae,  by  J.  W.  Douglas.  Descriptions  of  two  new  species  of  Euplcea 
from  the  South  Sea  Islands,  by  Hamilton  H.  Druce.  Great  flight  of 
Cnlc.v,  Tipiila  and  Tetramorium  in  New  Zealand,  by  W.  \V.  Smith. 
Meyrick's  Pyralida  of  Europe,  by  Prof.  C.  H.  Fernald.  Trypeta  bigelo- 
vice  n.  sp.,  by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell.  On  a  new  species  of  Tomoderus  from 
jaivin,  by  G.  C.  Champion.  Note  on  the  genus  Dischidus,  id.  Bidessiis 
Hiiistriatiis  in  East  Norfolk,  id.;  Anisotoma  triepkei,  etc.,  at  Aviemore, 
by  R.  W.  Lloyd.  Danais  archippns  at  Eastbourne,  by  A.  H.  Clarke. 
Chcerocampa  nerii  near  Dartmouth,  by  Henry  F.  Owen.  Description  of 
the  larva  of  Phoxoptery.v  upiipana,  by  B.  A.  Bower.  Insects  in  the 
Scilly  Isles,  by  C.  W.  Dale. 

BULLETIN  No.  n,  November,  1890,  Iowa  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station.  The  Potato  Stalk  Weevil  ( Trichobarix  trinotata].  The  Apple 
Curculio  (Anthonomits  ^-gibbus).  A  new  Currant  Borer  (Hypcrplaiys 
aspersus}.  The  life-histories  and  remedies  against  these  injurious  insects 
are  given  (illustrated).  These  entomological  articles  are  by  Prof.  C.  P. 
Gillette. 

\\'E  have  received  the  following  from  Prof.  C.  Y.  Riley,  U.  S.  Ento- 
mologist: Insecticides  and  Means  of  Applying  them  to  Shade  and  Forest 
Trees,  by  C.  V.  Riley,  M.A.,  Ph.D.  The  Insectivorous  Habits  of  the 
English  Sparrow,  by  C.  V.  Riley.  Inserts  Alferting  the  Hackberry  (va- 
rious species  of  Ce//is],  by  C.  V.  Riley.  These  entomological  papers  are 
all  from  various  government  publications. 


l6  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NKVVS.  [fall. 

Exchanges. 


[Entomologists  are  invited  to  make  free  use  of  this  page  for  the  purpose  of  brin 
their  duplicates  and  desiderata  before  the  insect-collecting  world.     Cards  of  four  lilies, 
with  four  changes  per  year,  will  be  allowed  without  charge,     lleyond  that,  insertions  will 
be  charged  at  regular  advertising  rates.] 


North  American  botanical  specimens  offered  in  exchange  for  butterflies 
and  moths — I.  C.  Martindale,  Camclen,  N.  |. 


The  LEPIDOPTERA  of  the  world  offered  in  exchange  for  North  American 
MACKOI.KPIDOPTERA. — Henry  Skinner,  716  North  2oth  St.,  Philada.,  I'.i. 


LEPIDOPTERA.  Cocoons  of  hybrids,  ex  Ci 'a noth i  et  Cccropia ;  also 
Cloven  at  Cecropia,  besides  set  specimens  of  North  American  species. 
Lists  exchanged. — Emily  L.  Morton,  Newbnrgh,  N.  V. — New  Windsor 
1  >< -livery. 

HESPERID/K  of  the  world  desired  in  exchange  for  the  same  and  other 
rare  butterflies.  Good  cash  prices  for  rare  species.  Correspondence 
solicited. — E.  M.  Aaron,  Academy  Natural  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  I 'a. 


AMERICAN  LEPIDOPTERA,  especially  from  West  and  North  desired  for 
purchase  or  exchange.  —  H.  J.  Klwes,  Preston,  Cirencester,  England. 


HEMIPTERA  desired  in  exchange,  especially  in  HO.MOPTKKA,  either 
named  or  unnamed.  Correspondence  solicited.  —  E.  I'.  Van  1  >u/ee,  (iros- 
venor  Library,  New  York. 

A  limited  number  of  \<-ony»ipha  Atitchcllii  French,  n.  sp.,  lor  exchange. 
Send  lists  to  Irving  N.  Mitchell,  Fond  dn  Lac,  Wisconsin. 


PAMPHILA  AND  CATOCALA.      <  iood  value  in  cash  or  exchange  for  perfect 
specimens.  —  Philip  Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Dragoullies  i  (  </,<//, /Ari  wanted  from  all  parts  of  the  world.     Si. ite  what 
is  desired  in   return.  —  Ph.    P.   CaKert,   Entom.  Section,    Acad.    Nat.   Sci., 
and  Race  Sis.,   Philadelphia,    Pa. 


The  undersigned  \\oiild   be  |>leased  lo  hear  from   anv  one   interested   in 

the  colle«  t ion  and  study  of  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  either  to  •  01  ie- 

spond  or  exchange  spe<  imeiis.      Will  collect  all  orders  in  this  \icinity  and 
exchange   for    <    oleoptera  ol    other    localities.--  Charles    l.iebeik.     Klltoino- 

logi(  a  I  Sei  tion  A<  ad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AM) 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  FEBRUARY,   1890.  No.  2. 

CONTENTS: 


Slosson— May  Moths 17  Aaron — N.  American  Hesperida? 23 

Skinner — Random  Notes 19  Notes  and  News 26 

Weed— Siphonophoraor  Nectarophora?  20  Entomological  Literature 29 

Jones — Notes  on  Smerinthus  Astylus...  21  Doings  of  Societies 31 

Calvert— Virginian  Dragonflies 22 


May  Moths  in  Northern  New  Hampshire. 

BY  ANNIE  TRUMBULL  SLOSSON. 

Few  entomologists  seem  to  know  much  of  the  early  spring-  in 
Northern  New  England  and  its  opportunities  for  collecting.  For 
the  last  two  or  three  years  I  have  gone  to  Franconia,  N.  H. ,  on 
or  before  the  middle  of  May.  In  an  ordinary  season  the  snow  at 
that  date  still  lies  in  tin-  woods,  and  the  mountains  often  look 
quite  white.  But  there  are  plenty  of  moths. 

I  have  found,  on  May  I5th,  Corycia  vestaliata  Guen.  and  C. 
semiclarata  Walk.  Hying  in  such  numbers  over  the  fields  and  on 
the  edges  of  woods  that  they  looked  like  white  flower  petals  flut- 
tering in  the  breeze.  With  these,  and  as  early,  fly  the  pretty 
species  of  Lobophora,  L.  vernata  Pack,  and  I.,  gcminata  Pack. 
About  the  same  date  Lozogramma  dcjluata  Walk,  and  /,.  dcter- 
sata  Guen.  start  up  before  you  as  you  walk  in  meadow  or  open 


18  ENTOMOLOGICAL    XI.WS.  [Feb. 

woods  to  fly  rapidly  a  few  feet  and  drop  again  suddenly  t<»  the 
ground.  L.  lactispargata  Walk,  is  generally  a  little  later.  On 
1 8th  or  2Oth  comes  the  early  brood  of  Scloiia  k<  ntaria  < ',.  Ov  R. 
No  one  who  has  not  seen  these  early  specimens  at  this  season  can 
know  anything  of  the  real  beauty  of  this  species.  These  lirst 
comers  are  larger  and  infinitely  deeper  and  richer  in  tint  than  the 
later  ones,  and  there  is  a  soft,  tender  bloom  upon  the  surface  of 
the  wings  which  is  as  evanescent  as  lovely,  and  is  quite  lost  in 
drying.  Before  the  2oth  Euftdonia  notatariu  \Valk.,  Fidonia 
truncataria  Walk,  and  Ematurga faxonii  Minot,  an-  plentiful. 

All  these  are  clay  flyers,  of  course.  The  nights  at  this  season 
are  still  very  cold,  and  often  frosty,  but  it  is  marvellous  to  see 
how  many  noctuids  are  moving  about  and  are  attracted  to  sugar 
and  to  light.  Two  years  ago,  between  May  :6th  and  2Oth,  Ho- 
moptera  edusa  Drury,  was  in  great  abundance,  flocking  at  night 
to  our  sugar-stations  and  also  to  our  lanterns  on  the  pia//a.  We 
have  often  taken  more  than  a  hundred  of  this  species  with  its  two 
varieties,  lunata  and  saundcrsii,  in  an  evening.  With  them  came 
also  H.  unilineata  (ir. ,  H.  woodsii  (ir. ,  H.  bencsignata  Harv. , 
Zale  horrida  Hiib. ,  and  the  three  forms  of  Ypsia  nndnlaris  Drury. 
T<zniocampa  incerta  Hiib.  is  one  of  these  earliest  moths  and  very 
.abundant.  By  the  end  of  the  month  some  of  the  Bombvcidic 
make  their  appearance;  the  Spilosomas — virginica  and  prim  a— 
Halisidota  maculata  Harr.,  H.  tessellata  A.  and  S. ,  /'.  Isabella 
A.  and  S.,  L.  acra'a  Drury,  Arctia  virguncula  Kirby;  Xotodonta 
stragula  Gr. ;  N.  basistrieus  Walk.  Lophoptcry.\  clcgans  Strecker; 
Nerice  bidentata  Walk,  and  many  others.  And  you  must  re- 
member that  this  is  not  in  the  May  of  Pennsylvania,  or  even  that 
of  southern  New  England,  but  in  the  tartly  cold  spring  of  tin- 
northern  hill  country.  There  the  snow  often  lies  upon  the  ground 
until  June;  the  streams  are  icy  cold,  and  all  vegetation  exceed- 
ingly backward.  Upon  what  do  these  early  subalpine  moths 
feed?  There  are  almost  no  blossoms  at  tin-  season  of  which  I 
speak.  From  under  the  snow  the  cpig <ra  lilts  a  leu  pink  buds, 
and  in  .1  tax  orable,  sunny  May,  viola  rotundlfoHa,  V.  .NV/XvVXv'/ and 
a  lew — a  very  few — other  hardy  little  plants  open  tiny  blossoms. 

I  must  not  forget  to  say  that  it  was  in  the  last  week  ot  May,  in 
a  very  backward  season,  while  sno\\  lay  in  heaps  and  drills,  in 
sheltered,  shady  spots,  that  1  took  at  light  my  line  sp«->  iiin-n  ol' 
Pkriigmatobia assimilans  Walk.  This  beautiful  insect  known  only 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  IQ 

for  many  years  by  the  worm  and  damaged  types  in  the  British 
Museum  owes,  doubtless,  its  rediscovery  by  me  to  my  early  visit 
in  that  backward  season  to  the  New  Hampshire  hills. 


Random  Notes  on  Lepidoptera. 

BY    HENKV   SKINNKK,    M.    I). 

Determination  of  Sex  of  the  Cocoons  of  Cecropia. — One  winter 
some  time  ago  I  collected  a  large  number  of  Platysamia  cecropia 
cocoons  and  noticed  quite  a  difference  in  their  superficial  appear- 
ance, and  I  determined  to  see,  if  I  could,  what  it  meant.  I  had 
suspected  from  some  previous  observations  that  the  two  kinds 
represented  the  different  sexes.  I  divided  the  cocoons  accord- 
ingly, putting  them  in  separate  boxes,  and  found,  subsequently, 
that  the  cocoons  in  one  box  produced  males  and  the  other  females. 
I  separated  them  by  the  following  characters:  the  male  cocoon  is 
much  more  compact,  lighter  in  color,  and  not  nearly  so  baggy  as 
the  female  and  much  longer  in  proportion  to  its  width.  A  typical 
male  cocoon  is  three  and  three-quarters  inches  in  length  and  one 
and  one-eighth  in  width,  while  the  female  cocoon  is  but  three 
and  one-eighth  inches  in  length  by  two  inches  in  width.  The 
male  cocoons  are  nearly  always  found  high  on  the  stalks  (elder) 
and  the  females  close  to  the  ground  hidden  by  long  grass  and 
dead  leaves  or  other  matted  material  where  the  elder  stalk  leaver 
the  ground.  The  difference  in  the  construction  of  the  two  co- 
coons is  very  striking,  the  wrinkled,  baggy  character  of  the  female 
ones  is  noticed  at  once.  There  may  be  some  exception,  but  I 
think  by  taking  the  sum  of  the  characters  the  sexes  may  be  picked 
out  at  once  without  any  difficulty,  especially  in  the  cocoons  found 
on  elder  bushes.  The  above  facts  are  also  true  of  the  other  spe- 
cies in  the  genus  Platysamia,  but  in  a  lesser  degree.  I  have 
separated  the  sexes  of  ceanothi  in  the  same  way. 

A  UNlnrK  COLLECTING-FIELD. 

The  Eastern  Penitentiary  is  situated  at  22(1  and  Fairmoiint 
Avenue,  Philadelphia,  in  the  heart  of  the  eity.  and  is  surrounded 
by  a  stone  wall  about  42  feet  high.  The  corridors  run  from  a 
common  centre  like  the  spoke-,  of  a  wheel,  thus  leaving  some 
ground  between  them.  Most  <>t  the  cells  have  a  small  yard  at- 


20  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NKUS.  [I'Yb. 

tachecl  in  which  the  prisoner,  is  allowed  a  few  hours  each  day  \«\- 
exercise.  Sonic  time  ago  while  on  a  professional  visit  to  some  of 
the  inmates  I  was  mortified  to  find  a  lepidoptcrist.  although  in- 
terested in  his  captures,  which  were  all  made  in  the  yard  attached 
to  his  cell.  The  cell  yard  was  enclosed  by  stone  walls  14  by  17 
feet  and  n/'2  in  height.  In  this  small  space  he  had  caught  during 
the  past  summer  eighteen  species,  as  follows:  /'ti/>/7ti>  astfn'as, 
turnus,  glaucus,  ajajc;  Pieris  rapce;  Colias philodice;  Danais  ar- 
chippus;  Grapta  interrogationis ;  Vanessa  antiopa,  atalanta;  An- 
cyloxypha  numitor;  Eudamns  tityrus;  Philampelus  satcllitia; 
Sphinx  cclcus;  Hemaris  thisbc;  Catocala  obscura,  ilia;  Cicada  sp. 
P.  ajax  is  a  great  rarity  here.  I  have  never  seen  but  one  in 
the  city  limits,  and  Catocala  obscura  is  also  rare.  Most  of  the 
species  were  represented  by  a  number  of  specimens. 

AN    ERROR    CORRECTED. 

Mr.  Wm.  Beutenmueller  in  his  article  on  the  preparatory  stages 
of  Callosamia  angulifera,  Ent.  Amer.  \'ol.  \  ,  \o.  n,  p.  200, 
says  "  the  cocoon  can  only  be  separated  from  that  of  Promethia 
by  its  larger  size."  The  differences  in  the  cocoons  and  the  habits 
of  the  larvae  of  the  two  species  in  my  mind  are  the  most  striking 
proofs  of  the  distinctness  of  the  species.  The  full  grown  Pro- 
methia caterpillar  takes  great  care  to  securely  fasten  its  cocoon  to 
the  twigs  of  the  tree  and  hangs  by  a  thread  of  tightly -woven  silk, 
which  has  been  spun  over  the  stem  of  a  leaf  and  the  dried  leaf 
itself  from  the  outer  covering  of  the  cocoon.  The  angulifera 
caterpillar  either  spins  its  cocoon  in  the  leaf  and  when  the  leaf 
drops  in  the  fall  the  cocoon  falls  to  the  ground  in  it,  or  crawls 
down  the  trunk  of  the  tree  and  spins  its  cocoon  in  the  i^rass,  or 
fastens  it  to  a  dead  stick  under  the  tree.  The  angnlift-ra  cocoon 
is  oblong,  being  one  inch  and  a  halt  in  length  by  live-eights  of 
an  inch  in  width,  and  never  has  the  silken  prolongation  as  in 
Promethia  (see  "1'syche,"  Vol.  V,  p.  261),  and  is  not  obscured 
so  much  by  the  curled  leaves,  and  has  a  more  marked  appearance. 


Siphonophora  or  Neclarophora? 

r,v  CL  \KINCI:  M.   wi  i  n. 


The  fact  that  the  aphidid  genus  Sifilunuiphora  has  recently  been 
replaced    by  Ncc  laroph  ora,    does    not    seem    to   have   received   .us 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  21 

much  attention  from  entomologists  as  it  deserves,  and  ENTOMO- 
LOGICAL NEWS  may  perhaps  be  utilized  to  present  a  brief  state- 
ment of  the  case.  The  change  was  made  by  Prof.  O.  W.  Oest- 
lund  in  his  "  Synopsis  of  the  APHIDID.E  of  Minnesota  (Bulletin 
No.  4  of  the  Geological  and  Natural  History  Survey  of  Minne- 
sota, p.  78),"  where  in  using  Ncctarophora  he  says  : 

"  It  is  with  some  reluctance  that  I  propose  to  replace  a  name 
that  has  already  become  so  familiar  and  extensively  used  as  that 
of  Siphonophorn.  But  Siphonophora  as  a  generic  term  was  al- 
ready appropriated  for  the  Myriapoda  before  Koch  made  use  of 
it  in  the  APHIDID^E;  and  it  is  also  used  to  denote  an  order  of  the 
oceaiTic  HYDROZOA,  and  should,  therefore,  according  to  practice, 
be  replaced  by  one  not  already  occupied." 

Prof.  Forbes  informs  me  that  Marschall's  "  Nomenclator" 
gives  the  date  of  the  use  of  Siphonophora  by  Brandt  for  a  genus 
of  MYRIAPODA  at  1886,  and  that  of  Koch  for  HEMIPTERA  at  1855. 

It  seems  to  me  that  in  questions  of  nomenclature  entomologists 
at  present  cannot  do  better  than  follow  the  code  of  the  American 
Ornithologist's  Union,  in  accordance  with  canon  xxxiii,  of  which 
the  use  of  Nectarophora  would  be  justified.  This  canon  reads  as 
follows  : 

"  A  generic  name  is  to  be  changed  which  has  been  previously' 
used  for  some  other  genus  in  the  same  kingdom;  a  specific  or 
subspecific  name  is  to  be  changed  when  it  has  been  applied  to 
some  other  species   of  the  same  genus,   or  used    previously  in 
combination  with  the  same  generic  term." 


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Noles  on  Smerinthus  Astylus  Drury. 

BY  FRANK   M.   JONES. 

As  but  little  is  known  of  the  life-history  of  this  insect,  the  fol- 
lowing notes  may  be  of  interest;  unfortunately,  I  could  not  ob- 
tain a  full  description  of  the  larva  through  all  its  change  : 

June  16,  1889. — Found  1  and  9  on  a  twig  of  High-bush 
Huckleberry.  Here  and  there  on  all  the  Huckleberry  bushes 
hung  a  few  dry  leaves;  the  leaves,  when  dead,  turn  einnamon- 
brown,  and  the  two  moths,  as  they  sat  motionless  on  the  twig,  so 
closely  resembled  one  of  these  clusters  of  dry  leaves,  both  in 
color  and  outline,  that  I  did  not  recognize  them  as  living  insert?, 
for  some  seconds  after  seeing  them. 


22  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [Feb. 

June  16  to  19. —  9  l^icl  151  smooth,  glossy,  pale  greenish  yel- 
low eggs,  somewhat  flattened,  2  mm.  greatest  diameter. 

June  23. — Some  of  the  eggs  changed  to  dirty  white,  and  the 
young  larvae  could  be  seen  within. 

June  24. — Eggs  commenced  to  hatch;  young  larva  pale  green- 
ish white,  6  to  7  mm.  in  length;  head  and  thoracic  segments 
large;  caudal  horn  1.5  mm.  in  length,  reddish  brown,  darker  at 
base  and  tip;  two  spines  at  tip,  making  it  appear  pronged;  horn 
usually  straight,  or  nearly  so,  but  in  some  cases  much  curved;  in 
this  moult  it  points  backward. 

July  28. — Larva  full  grown;  length  38  mm.;  green,  with  yellow 
granulations;  seven  yellow,  oblique,  lateral  stripes,  the  last  reach- 
ing base  of  caudal  horn;  an  indistinct,  yellow,  longitudinal,  lateral 
line  to  fifth  segment,  and  continued  faintly;  a  variable  number  of 
red  dorsal  spots  or  blotches,  two  on  a  segment;  some  have  but 
two  small  red  spots  on  the  third  segment,  and  on  others  red  is 
the  predominating  color  of  the  dorsal  region ;  caudal  horn  straight, 
pale  green;  two  thorns  at  tip;  points  forward;  several  days  before 
pupating  the  green  of  the  dorsal  region  fades  to  a  dull  yellow. 

August  ii. — First  larva  pupated;  although  provided  with  a 
plentiful  supply  of  light,  moist  earth,  none  of  the  larvse  attempted 
to  enter  the  ground,  but  pupated  upon  the  bare  soil.  If  this  is 
their  habit  in  nature,  it  may  in  part  account  for  the  rarity  of  this 
insect,  but  I  have  noticed  the  same  thing  with  other  and  com- 
moner species  when  confined  in  breeding-cages,  and  its  rarity  is 
probably  due  to  some  other  cause. 


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Noles  on  a  few  Virginian  Dragonflies. 

MY    PHILIP    P.     CALVKKT. 


Some  months  ago  Mr.  \Ym.  I).  Richardson,  of 
burg,  Ya.,  sent  to  me,  for  identification,  a  few  dr.igonllies  which 
he  had  taken  in  Spottsylvania  County  in  that  State.  These  speci- 
mens may  interest  sonic  readers  as  adding  new  data  for  geo- 
graphical distribution.  Fxcepting  ./•.'.  //,-r<>.\\  none  of  these  >pe- 
cies  have  liciu  recorded  from  Yirginia  before,  although  /'. 
trimaculata\\\\*  knoun  to  inhabit  the  I'nited  States  everyu  hen- 
east  of  the  Kocky  Mountains.  The  nods  \\hich  Mr.  KiclunUon 
sent  with  the  specimens  are  enclosed  in  quotation  marks. 


1 890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  23 

1.  Lestcs  forcipata  Ramb.  (Selys,  1862)   $   "July  3,  1889,  near 
a  pond." 

This  species  is  the  hamata  of  Dr.  Hag-en' s  Synopsis  of  1861. 

2.  Anomalagrion   hastatum  Say,    9    "July   12,    1889,   near   a 
pond." 

3.  Enallagma  aspersum  Hag.,  <?  "July  12,  1889,  near  a  pond." 

4.  sEschna  heros  Fabr. ,    $   "June,  1889;  caught  while  flying- 
near  a  stable,  about  a  thousand  feet   from  a  pond,  late  in  the 
evening." 

5.  Celithemis  elisa  Hag. ,    S   "July  3,  1889,  near  a  pond." 

6.  Plathemis  trimacidata  De  Geer,    $    "June   18,    1889,   near 
the  borders  of  a  small  pond  about  one-quarter  of  a  mile  from 
Fredericksburg. ' ' 

7.  Libellula  quadruplet  Say,  ?    "  1888,  border  of  a  small  pond 
near  Frederickburg. " 

The  most  southern  locality  known  to  me  for  this  species  is 
Greenville,  S.  C. ,  from  which  I  possess  a  female  taken  by  my 
friend,  Mr.  Lawrence  O.  Patterson. 

8.  Diplaxvicina  Hag.,  9  "June  18,  1888,  flying  over  a  pond." 


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NORTH  AMERICAN  HESPERID>€. 

BY  EUGENE  M.   AARON. 

No.  1.— ERYCIDES  URANIA  and  EUDAMUS  HESUS. 

It  is  the  purpose,  in  this  series  of  short  papers,  to  give  descrip- 
tions of  new  or  little-known  species  of  North  American  HES- 
PERID^E,  with  notes  that  will  be  calculated  to  aid  students  in  the 
study  of  this  neglected  Family.  There  are  a  few  species  of  HES- 
PERID.E  which  have  never  been  described,  the  identification  of 
which  depend  on  illustrations  only  to  be  found  in  rare  and  costly 
works.  Others  are  inadequately  described  or,  in  the  opinion  of 
the  writer,  confounded  with  older  species,  and  still  others  are  as 
yet  undescribed.  Where  it  seems  to  be  desirable  to  elucidate  the 
text,  plain  drawings  will  be  furnished. 

Erycides  Urania,  West.  [Plate  I,  li.u,.  i.]* 

West.-Doub.-Hew.,  Gen.  Di.  Lep.,  p.  510,  No.  7,  pi.  79,  fig.  i  (1852). 

Though  figured,  in  1852,  in  the  superb  work  cited  above,  this 
striking  species  has  never  been  described  in  the  publications  of  its 

:;  Plate  I  will  appear  in  a  future  number  uf  NKWS. 


24  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [Feb. 

native  land  nor  abroad.  As  the  "Genera  of  Diurnal  Lepidop- 
tera"  is  an  extremely  rare  work — it  is  doubtful  if  more  than  fifteen 
copies  are  to  be  found  in  the  United  States — I  have  thought  it 
well  to  describe  and  figure  it  at  this  time,  so  that  hereafter  it  may 
be  easier  for  the  American  student  of  the  HKSI>KKII>.I.  to  identify 
the  species  as  it  turns  up  in  collections. 

The  only  textual  reference  to  this  species  in  the  ' '  Gen.  Di.  Lep. ' ' 
is  in  a  list  of  the  species  of  the  genus  ;  the  student  is  left  to  the 
very  accurate  figure  on  plate  79  for  the  determination,  and  there, 
very  unwisely  as  it  seems,  only  the  upper  side  is  figured. 

The  description  which  follows  is  made  from  the  figure  by  Mr. 
Hewitson,  and  from  a  fair  series  of  specimens  from  Texas  and 
Mexico  : 

Expanse  2  to  2^6  inches.  Ground  color  above  black  on  both 
wings  ;  banded  and  spotted  with  bright  green  or  blue.  On  the 
primaries  this  banding  in  most  examples  is  caused  by  the  fact  that 
nearly  the  whole  surface  is  covered  with  a  dense  coat  of  scales  of 
bright  green,  which,  being  separated  by  the  black  bordered  ner- 
vures,  take  on  the  form  of  longitudinal  bands;  in  a  few  specimens, 
however,  the  apical  area  is  but  slightly  sprinkled  with  green  and 
the  whole  outer  half  of  the  wing  appears  black  or  nearly  so.  A 
group  of  translucent  sub-apical  spots  consist  of  three  constricted 
points  along  the  costal  margin,  one  larger  below  the  outer  of  the 
three,  and  a  much  larger  quadrate  spot  centrally  below  the  four. 
Two  translucent  bands  follow  these  spots  internally,  the  first  bifid, 
short,  hardly  more  than  an  elongated  spot,  the  inner  one  crossing 
the  median  area  much  longer  and  made  trifid  by  two  nervures. 
The  color  of  the  markings  on  the  secondaries  is  much  brighter, 
and  towards  the  anal  angle  of  a  deep  azure-blue  tint  in  some  ex- 
amples. From  the  base  three  streaks  diverge  towards  and  stop 
abruptly  on  the  median  area,  the  upper  of  these  is  shorter  than 
the  others  to  make  room  for  the  bifurcate  series  of  spots  on  tin- 
outer  area  of  the  wing.  These  spots  -four  in  the  inner  limb  and 
seven  in  the  outer  are  placed  in  the  form  of  a  written  letter  r.  <  >n 
^oine  examples  there  is  a  faint  indirati<  m  ol  another  streak.  It  mger 
than  the  three  others  running  parallel  to  the  abdominal  margin. 

Beneath,  color  and  markings  a  reproduction  of  the  upper  sur- 
face, save  that  while  the  black  is  not  so  dense  on  the  primaries,  it 
is  deeper  and  more  \el\ety  on  the  secondaries.  The  green  atoms 
on  the  primaries  are  fewer;  <m  the  secondaries  they  are  brighter, 
and  the  bands  run  all  the  way  to  the  costal  edge. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  25 

Thorax  above  black,  with  tufts  of  green  hairs,  beneath  marked 
to  match  the  secondaries.  Abdomen  black,  with  green  hairs  and 
annulations  of  the  same  color.  Head  and  palpi  above  green 
spotted,  white  beneath.  Antennae  black,  dark  cinereous  at  tip. 
Emarginations,  above  and  below,  notched,  white. 

Habitat. — Mexican  boundary  of  Texas;  Mexico;  Central  Am. 

Eudamus  Hesus,  West.  [Plate  I,  fig.  2.] 

Goniloba  Hesus,  \Vest.-Doub.-He\v.  Gen.  Di.  Lep.  p.  573,  No.  40,  pi. 
78,  fig.  5(1852). 

As  in  Erycides  Urania,  this  species  has  never  been  described, 
but  has  always  been  accepted  on  the  strength  of  the  excellent 
figure  of  the  upper  surface,  the  lower  surface  not  having  been 
represented.  The  description  which  follows  is  made  up  from  this 
figure,  and  a  small  suite  of  specimens;  the  species  is  rather  rare 
in  collections. 

Expanse  2^  to  2^4  inches.  Primaries  much  produced  apically. 
Ground  color  rich  rufous  brown,  shaded  with  deep  umber  on  outer 
and  abdominal  margins,  and  approaching  black-brown  on  costal 
margin  of  secondaries.  Primaries  with  three  sub-apical  honey- 
yellow  spots,  the  upper  very  minute;  an  irregular  discal  patch  of 
the  same  color  translucent,  resembling  a  three-leaf  clover  in  shape 
and  composed  of  three  unequal  outwardly-notched  spots,  extends 
from  the  costal  area  well  towards  the  posterior  angle.  This  patch 
is  faintly  margined  by  black ;  at  the  juncture  of  the  three  spots 
there  is  a  triangular  spot  of  the  ground  color.  On  the  costal 
margin  a  deepening  of  the  scales  and  a  deep  incision  running 
therein  for  about  one-third  the  length  of  the  wing  presents  the 
appearance  of  an  aborted  costal  fold;  sometimes  this  area  is  of  a 
lavender-gray  color.  On  lower  margin  towards  base  there  are 
two  small  black  spots  and  two  smaller  and  less  distinct  just  below 
the  outer  angle  of  the  discal  patch;  these  seem  to  be  a  discon- 
nected continuation  of  a  band  of  two  or  three  still  fainter  on  apical 
area.  Secondaries  have  a  small  round  black  spot  on  disc  and  a 
row  of  five  or  six  of  the  same  color,  and  of  varying  size,  parallel 
to  the  outer  margin. 

Beneath,  the  ground  color  is  much  duller  in  tone  and  more 
clouded.  Honey-yellow  spots,  of  the  primaries  above,  repro- 
duced; black  points  wanting.  Secondaries  without  the  broad 
area  of  black-brown  on  costal  margin;  the  spots  of  the  upper 
side  are  replaced  with  spots  of  a  lighter  color  than  the  ground 


26  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NK\VS.  [1'Yb. 

encircled  with  brown  fuscous.  The  r<>\\  "1  s|,,,ts  parallel  to  the 
outer  margin  is  made  to  continue  in  its  sub-marginal  course  by 
the  addition  of  two  spots  placed  parallel  t<>  the  costal  margin. 
Beneath  the  discal  spot  and  towards  the  abdominal  margin  there 
is  another  somewhat  smaller. 

Body  and  thorax  above  and  below  concolorous  with  the  \vings; 
head  above  the  same,  below  much  brighter.  Antenna  anmilated 
with  black  and  the  general  color,  brighter  at  base  of  tip,  then 
black,  and  finally  ending  in  a  long  tapering  tip  of  the  general 
color. 

Habitat. — Mexican  boundary  of  Texas;  Mexico;  Central  Am.: 
Brazil  ( ? ).  The  locality  was  unknown  when  the  insect  was  figured 
bv  Westwood. 


Notes  and  Ne\vs. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUARTERS 
OK  THE  GLOBE. 

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of  news,  likely  to  interest  its  readers,  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  given 
in  each  case  !or  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


ABCANTIIIA  I'AIMSTRILLA  IN  NESTS  OF  THE  RARN  SWALLOW. — While 
\\orkmcn  were  nailing  sonic  brackets  beneath  the  eaves  of  the  college 
barn  in  the  latter  part  of  last  August  preparatory  to  putting  up  ne\\  eave- 
troughs,  they  complained  of  receiving  a  shower  of  bed-bugs  whenever 
they  pounded  on  the  barn.  The  fact  was  reported  to  me  and  I  imme- 
diately went,  bottle  in  hand,  to  get  a  supply  of  the  bugs. 

A  large  flock  of  swallows  had  lived  about  the  barn  all  summer  and 
reared  their  young  and  had  recently  deserted  the  place  I  lie  eaves  uere 
Completely  lined  with  their  mud  nests  betueeii  the  ends  of  the  rafter-,. 
1  'pon  examining  these  nests  I  found  them  to  he  literally  alive  with  crawling 
vermin  someuhat  resembling  bed-bugs,  but  much  smaller,  more  hairy,  and 
having  a  grayish  |>ilose  appearance  instead  of  the  naked  brick-red  appeal  - 
ance  of  the  article  that  1  had  always  seen.  I  lie  outside  of  the  nests  were 
in  many  places  gray  in  color  from  the  accumulation  of  tlieir  \\hite  egg- 
shell-,. 'I'he  largest  of  the  bugs  found  in  the  nests  measured  bill  i)  >•<  \  of 
an  inch  in  length,  while  lull  grown  s|>ecimens  of  . /.  /,-,/n  /,/;  i\r  in  my  col- 
leitioii  measure  fully  '4  of  an  iiu  h.  1  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Ashniead.  ot 
the  Itivision  ol  1-jitoinolo- \  at  Washington,  for  the  idi-ntilic.itioii  of  the 
speci"  .  Mr.  Ashniead  tells  me  that  he  does  not  think  that  this  species 
has  ever  b«  tore  been  reported  in  I  his  country.  It  is  a  common  spec  ies  in 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  2J 

Europe  on  the  swallow  and  the  bat.  Is  it  not  very  possible  that  in  most 
cases,  and  perhaps  in  all  cases,  where  bed-bugs  have  been  reported  in 
swallow's  nests  in  this  country  that  this  was  the  species  present,  and  not 
A.  lectularia?  C.  P.  GILLETTE. 

West  Cliff,  Custer  Co.,  Col.,  Dec.  16,  1889. 

The  Editor  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS, 

DEAR  SIR: — I  received  your  preliminary  circular,  or  prospectus,  to- 
day, and  am  glad  to  hear  of  the  new  journal.  Conducted  on  the  lines  set 
forth,  and  by  the  editor  and  committee  announced,  it  cannot  fail  to  be 
highly  useful.  It  will  bring  entomologists  in  closer  touch  and  to  more 
harmonious  feeling  than  has  yet  been  seen  on  this  side  of  the  water.  ' 

It  has  occurred  to  me  that  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  might  fulfil  a  very 
useful  function  by  collecting  facts  and  opinions  regarding  the  various  ques- 
tions which  have  been  or  are  under  debate  in  entomological  circles.  Thus, 
you  might  announce  in  successive  numbers  of  the  journal  that  facts  and 
opinions  were  required  concerning  such  questions  as  : 

1.  Does  moisture  cause  melanism,  and  if  so,  why? 

2.  Ought  varieties  to  be  named,  and  if  so,  to  what  extent  ? 

3.  Should  the  term  "  form"  be  used  to  indicate  slight  varieties  ? 

4.  In  symmetrical  insects  does  one  side  tend  to  vary  more  than  the 
other  in  an  average  of  numerous  examples  ? 

And  so  on. 

Theo  a  "question  editor"  might  be  appointed  (or  a  committee)  to  sift 
and  arrange  the  resulting  correspondence,  and  finally  draw  up  a  report 
showing  the  trend  of  opinion  and  the  weightier  facts  on  either  side.  Don't 
you  think  that  would  be  useful  ? 

You  might  also  have  a  "  Variation  Committee,"  to  receive  reports  of  all 
varieties,  and  assort  and  arrange  them  when  convenient  for  publication. 
In  this  way  facts  from  all  hands  would  be  correlated  and  their  significance 
understood. 

Hitherto  there  has  been  too  much  exclusiveness.  Those  who  were  not 
specialists,  or  great  students,  have  thought  they  could  do  nothing,  whereas, 
properly  guided,  they  can  do  everything!  Hut  they  must  not  be  slighted 
or  looked  down  upon  because  they  are  "beginners." 

Yours  very  truly, 

THEO.  D.  A.  COCKKKKLL. 

[The  projectors  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  Xi-:ws  have  had  the  plans  for  its 
management  and  publication  under  advisement  for  some  time  past;  in  fact 
ever  since  the  untimely  demise  of  "  Papilio,"  in  iSS.s.  it  lias  been  more  or 
less  in  their  minds.  Though  lor  some  time  assured  that  such  a  journal  as 
they  hope- to  make  it  was  needed  they  have  continued  to  teel  doubtful  of 
its  reception  by  the  entomological  public  until  answers  began  to  pour  in 
from  those  who  received  the  preliminary  circular  alluded  to  above.  Letters 
such  as  this  from  one  of  the  most  active  biologists  interested  in  our  science 
have  reached  us  in  sufficient  numbers  to  assure  us  that  American  and 


28  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [Feb. 

Foreign  Entomologists  are  much  interested  in  our  success.  From  these 
present  humble  beginnings  we  hope  to  move  on  towards  even  higher  ideals 
until,  with  the  aid  of  our  correspondents,  we  reach  such  useful  channels 
as  Mr.  Cockerel!  has  outlined. — E.  M.  AARON.] 

WHISTLING  TREES. — A  species  of  acacia,  which  grows  very  abundantly 
in  tin-  Soudan,  is  also  called  the  "  whistling  tree"  by  the  natives.  Its  sin  ><  its 
are  frequently,  by  the  agency  of  the  larvae  of  insects,  distorted  in  shape 
and  swollen  into  a  globular  bladder,  from  one  to  two  inches  in  diameter. 
After  the  insect  has  emerged  from  a  circular  hole  in  the  side  of  this  swell- 
ing, the  opening,  played  upon  by  the  wind,  becomes  a  musical  instrument, 
equal  in  sound  to  a  sweet-toned  flute. — Exchange. 

A  GRASSHOPPER  STORY. — A  reformed  car  driver  who  worked  for  the 
Street  Car  Company  of  Mobile,  Ala.,  in  the  days  when  paper  currency 
was  all  the  go,  says  that  the  company  introduced  the  patent  boxes  which 
for  a  time  headed  off  the  boys  effectually  in  their  "  knocking  down"  fares. 
But  the  victory  of  capital  over  labor  was  short-lived,  for  the  drivers  sup- 
plied themselves  with  large  grasshoppers  which  they  tied  by  the  wings 
with  a  string  and  shoved  down  into  the  box,  and  when  Mr.  Grasshopper 
grabbed  onto  a  dime  they  jerked  him  back  out  of  the  box.  This  was 
kept  up  for  some  time  with  great  success,  until  one  day  the  string  broke 
and  left  the  bird  in  the  box,  which  gave  the  snap  away. — Exchange. 

JEWELS  THAT  ARE  ALIVE. — The  firefly  of  the  South — the  cucjijo,  an 
inch-long  beetle — is  occasionally  brought  to  this  country  as  a  curiosity, 
and  if  fed  on  sugar-cane  and  kept  in  a  moist  atmosphere  it  can  be  pre- 
served in  health  for  several  weeks.  The  people  of  the  Caribbean  Islands 
use  these  beetles  for  ornament,  confined  in  folds  of  gauze,  where  the 
beautiful  green  light  which  they  emit — their  red  light  flashes  only  in  (lying 
—is  more  varied  and  splendid  than  any  emerald  that  ever  shone  in  a  king's 
coronet;  a  number  of  them  together  under  a  glass  make  sufficient  illumina- 
tion for  dressing  or  reading  without  producing  any  heat. — Harper 's  L'tizar. 

THK  MEXICAN  WASP. — The  Mexican  Wasp  is  built  entirely  for  business. 
He  is  over  two  inches  long  when  he  is  of  age,  and  is  about  the  color  of  a 
bay  horse.  His  plunger  is  a  full  inch  long  and  as  fine  as  a  spider's  \\eb. 
Unlike  the  stinger  of  a  common  bee,  the  stinger  of  the  Mexican  Wasp  is 
uon-forfeitable.  He  doesn't  give  up  after  one  lunge,  but  is  always  ready 
for  an  all-day  job  il  necessary.  The  mission  of  the  Mexican  Wasp  seems 
to  be  to  hunt  up  people  to  run  his  stinger  into.  The  natives  say  that  lie 
will  go  ten  miles  out  of  his  way  to  get  a  whack  at  a  person.  The  nati\es 
secin  to  get  fat  on  snake  bites,  centipede  bites  and  scorpion  stings,  but  if 
the\  discover  one  of  tln-se  wasps  iii  their  neighborhood  they  hunt  for 
cover  without  delay. — (»;><//  nii'idc. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  29 

Entomological  Literature. 


PROCEEDING  OF  THE  ASIATIC  SOCIETY  OF  BENGAL,  January-June,  1889 
["Issued  May-August,  1889;"  received  in  Philadelphia,  Dec.  21,  1889.] 
Contains  the  following' :  "Three  new  Homoptera"  (Indian  species)  by  M. 
L.  Lethierry.— E.  M.  A. 

SCIENCE  — Dec.  20,  1889,  contains  a  very  full  and  appreciative  review 
of  the  work  done  and  recently  reported  upon  by  Prof.  W.  A.  Henry,  of 
the  Wisconsin  Experiment  Station,  acting  under  the  direction  of  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  Rusk,  on  certain  matters  connected  with  agricultural  and 
entomological  research  on  the  Pacific  coast. — E.  M.  A. 

ANNALS  OF  THE  N.  Y.  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCE,  Vol.  IV,  No.  12  ["  Nov. 
1889;"  received  Dec.  21,  1889.] — Contains  a  new  genus  of  Termitophilous 
STAPHYLINID.E  (continued)"  by  T.  L.  Casey.  T.  insolens,  from  Panama, 
is  described  as  new. — E.  M.  A. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST. — December,  1889,  contains  "  Pararge  megcera, " 
by  Sydney  Webb.  The  author  figures  and  describes  an  aberrant  form 
captured  in  Kent.  "  Notes  on  Parasites  of  Atherix  ibis  Fabr."  by  W.  H. 
Ashmead,  T.  R.  Billups  and  F.  W.  Frohaws.  Hymenopterous  insects  of 
the  genera  Antcfon  and  Trichograimna  are  commented  on.  "Notes 
from  the  Northwest  Counties,"  by  J.  Arkle;  collection  Notes.  "  Ento- 
mology of  Iceland,"  by  Rev.  F.  A.  Walker.  Notes  on  a  list  of  Insects 
taken  there  this  year.  "Contributions  towards  a  list  of  the  varieties  of 
Noctuce  occurring  in  the  British  Islands,"  byj.  W.  Tutt. — Under  "Ento- 
mological Notes,  Captures,  etc.,"  there  are  the  usual  notes  on  localities, 
odd  aberations,  varieties,  etc.  In  addition,  notes  on  "  Parasites  on  Moths," 
by  E.  Bostock.  "New  views  on  the  suborder  HOMOPTERA,"  by  W.  L. 
Distant,"  and  "Fungus  parasitic  on  Insects,"  by  George  J.  Grapes,  are 
interesting.  The  usual  reports  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  English  Ento- 
mological Societies,  and  reviews  of  Distant's  "Monograph  of  Oriental 
Cicadidae"  and  Porritt's  "  Notes  on  an  extraordinary  race  of  Arctia  men- 
dica  Linn."  are  followed  by  six  pages  of  index,  etc. — E.  M.  A. 

FIFTH  REPORT  OF  THE  INJURIOUS  AND  OTHER  INSECTS  OF  THE  STATE 
OF  NEW  YORK,  by  J.  A.  Lintner,  Ph.  D.,  State  Entomologist,  Albany, 
1889.  In  a  work  of  203  well-printed  pages,  the  author  treats  of  "  Reme- 
dies and  Preventions  of  Insect  Attack,"  "Injurious  HYMENOPTERA," 
"Injurious  LEPIDOPTEKA,"  "Injurious  DIPTERA,"  Injurious  COLEOP- 
TERA,"  "Injurious  HKMIPTKRA,"  "Insect  Attacks  and  Miscellaneous 
Observations,"  "  ACARINA  and  MYRIOPODA,"  and  adds  a  "List  of  publi- 
cations of  the  Entomologist"  (1888)  52  articles  being  enumerated,  and 
69  articles  added  in  a  special  bibliography  for  1884  and  1885.  Indices, 
general  and  botanical,  occupying  21  pages  are  added;  50  figures  in  the 
text  serve  to  illustrate  as  many  insect  pests  or  friends.  As  is  usual  with 


30  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [Feb. 

the  works  of  this  author,  this  report  is  an  excellent  hand -Look  of  the  year's 
research  in  Kronomic  Kntomolo;_;y  in  Am.-rir.i.  It  is  invaluable  to  all 
entomologists,  uhether  they  In-  interested  in  economic  or  i  l.issiii(  .itory 
work.— E.  M.  A. 

CANADIAN  I-'.N  r<  I.MOI.OC.IST — January,  1X90.  This  first  numl>i-r  of  Vol. 
XX11  contains  "  Ihilaiiinus — Its  food  habits,"  by  |ohn  Hamilton,  M.  1)., 
with  five-  illustrations  of  Jla/aninns  HHCHIH.  The  continuation  of  l'n>f.  |. 
P>.  Smith's  "  Preliminary  Catalogue  of  the  Arctiidtr  of  Temperate  North 
America,  with  Notes"  [the  i^enus  Air  da.']  "Note  OH  the-  Larval  (  >rna- 
mentation  of  the  North  American  ±\/>h  /;/»' '</«"."  by  A.  \\.  (".rote.  "  De- 
scriptions ofLepidopterous  Lar\;e,"  (  Mmnt'xtra  /on a,  Phycis rubifasciella, 
Sit/chria  contatcllct  and  S.  ccltclla}.  "Note  on  the  ^i-mis  Cmcota  and 
Prof.  |.  l'>.  Smith,"  by  A.  R.  drote;  a  controversial  article.  "  Notes"  ,md 
"Correspondence"  contain  brief  notes  on  Collecting  by  !•'.  15.  Caullield. 
"The  Cotton  Worm"  around  London,  Ontario,  by  I-"..  liaynes  Reed,  and 
"  Chrysalids  (Pryrameis  can/it i\  devoinvcl  by  Caterpillars  <Spi/os»ina 
Isabella),"  by  S.  W.  Denton.— K.  M.  A. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  .MONTHLY  MAC.A/.INK — January,  1890,  contains 
"  Mia r>plt v_T.r  larva,-,"  by  John  H.  Wood.  "  ( 'o/coptcra  at  Cobhane 
Park,  Kent,"  by  (.  |.  Walker.  "  Descriptions  of  two  new  genera  (St<-f/i- 
idea  and  Trichidca\  and  of  some  uncharacterized  species  of  d'a/cmii/itf," 
by  Joseph  S.  Baly.  The  species  are  from  the  Indian  fauna.  "  Notes  on 
the  Lepidoptera  of  Mooltan,"  by  N.  Manders.  "  Iicrya  f>unhasi  and  its 
insect  enemies  in  New  Zealand,"  by  W.  M.  Maskell.  The  briefer  notes  in 
this  issue  are  on  "  Scoparia  afonia/is  and  Scoparia  an»'itstt'a,"  by  Kustace 
R.  Bankes.  "  Opostega  salacicl/a"  by  the  same  author.  "  Habits  ot  the 
Honey  Moth"  \_(,'al/cna  ccirana,~\  by  C.  G.  Barrett,  and  ".•/;/</ rta  niyr- 
tilli  at  flowers,"  and  "  Identity  of  Phycis  adornatclla  and  /'.  subornatella" 
by  the  same  author.  "  Habits  of  the  larva  of  Jiudorca  dubita/is,"  by  \\'. 
Machin.  "The  Life-history  of  Siitusthis  combinatana"  and  "On  the 
flight  of  Atta  antarctica,"  by  (1.  Y.  Hudson.  "  Psocidif  aiul  Mistletm  . 
by  R.  McLachlan,  who  says:  "much  and  interesting  could  be  written  on 
the  deni/ens  of  an  old  tuft  of  mistletoe;"  "  Limnophilas  hirsu/us  at  su^ar." 
by  C.eo.  R.  Porritt;  and  the  usual  notes  on  localities  and  captures  in  the 
British  Isles. 

A  review  of  "  Indian  Museum  Notes,  \'ol.  I,  No.  i,"  which  is  "planned 
much  on  the  same  lines  as  '  Insect  Life,'  and  like  it  cannot  fail  to  ha\>-  .1 
beneficial  eliect,"  is  published  and  Obituary  Notices  of  I  >r.  Fran/  Low.  at 
Vienna,  a^ed  hi;  |.  15.  (iehin,  at  Kemiremont,  a^ed  7  v.  and  Pro!.  Win. 
Ramsay  McNab,  M .  I).,  at  I  lublin,  a-ed  45.  are  -i\en.  The  usual  .1. 
i  omits  of  Sorieiv  Meetings  end  the  number. — L.  M.  A. 

Li-  NATURALIST!  C\\ADII;.N  iVceinbei.  iSSi).  \\'ith  this  issue  comes 
i|>a^ed  2X5  2t;2i  a  separatum  continuing  the  \\ork  on  the  /,/.v.\/,/,-.v  i  _/(/.v.v//.v 
to  /','I//I>/>M'M.  The  rest  of  this  number  is  of  general  interest,  and  not 
c-spi-ciall\  addressed  to  entomologists.  !•'..  M.  A. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  3! 

THE  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT,  Dresden,  Band  2,  1889,  con- 
tains a  very  interesting  and  valuable  paper  to  lepidopterists  entitled:  "  Lep- 
idopteren  der  Insel  Palawan,"  by  Dr.  (.).  Staudinger.  It  covers  one 
hundred  and  seventy-seven  pages  enumerating  two  hundred  and  eighty- 
three  species  collected  by  Dr.  Platen.  At  the  end  of  the  paper  are  two 
very  useful  lists  of  species,  one  being  systematic  and  the  other  alphabetical. 
About  sixty  new  species  are  described,  and  some  of  them  illustrated,  there 
being  two  plates,  containing  thirty  figures,  which  are  photographic  repro- 
ductions. Copious  notes  are  given  with  each  species  listed.  Among  the 
interesting  new  forms  were  two  species  of  Ornithoptcra.  Palawan  is  one 
of  the  Phillipines,  and  is  two  hundred  and  sixty  miles  long  by  thirty  wide, 
the  interior  being  mountainous,  and  the  west  flat.  The  products  of  the 
island  are  cowries,  gold,  ebony  and  other  fine  woods.  Also  two  papers  by 
C.  Kibbe;  one  on  two  new  diurnals  from  Africa,  and  the  other  on  new 
butterflies  from  Banggassa,  a  small  isle  in  the  Celebes,  illustrated  by  two 
plates,  seven  figures.  A  paper  by  H.  Ribbe  on  some  aberations  in  the 
•collection  of  Gustav  Borneman,  is  also  of  interest  to  lepidopterists. 

H.  SKINNER. 


Doings  of   Societies. 


COLORADO  BIOLOGICAL  ASSOCIATION,  West  Cliff,  Oct.  19,  1889. — Mr. 
•Cockerell  exhibited  and  made  remarks  on  a  number  of  Hymenoptera,  in 
•eluding  /  'ipio  coloradensis  Ashm.  9 ,  collected  in  the  Wet  Mountain  Valley, 
•Col.  This  was  only  the  second  example  of  the  species  known. 

December  i4th  Mr.  S.  H.  Scudder  was  announced  as  a  corresponding 
member.  Letters  from  Mr.  Ashmead,  containing  identifications  of  Hy- 
menoptera and  Hemiptera,  and  from  Rev.  G.  D.  Hulst,  containing  identi- 
fications of  Lepidoptera,  were  laid  before  the  meeting. 

All  these  insects  had  been  collected  in  Wet  Mountain  Valley,  Custer 
County,  Col.  The  Hymenoptera  included  Glyphe  flavipes  Ashm.,  Ho- 
malotylus  bifasciatus  Ashm.,  etc.  The  Lepidoptera  included  two  new 
species:  Ragonotia  saganella  Hulst  and  Caripeta  niveostriata  Hulst,  and 
.a  species,  Altoona  ardiferella  Hulst,  of  which  only  one  specimen  was 
previously  known.  T.  D.  A.  COCKERELL,  Sec. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON,  Dec.  14,  1889. — Mr.  W.  L. 
Distant  exhibited  on  behalf  of  Mr.  L.  de  NiceVille,  a  branch  of  a  walnut 
tree  on  which  was  a  mass  of  eggs  laid  by  a  new  Lvca-nid  butterfly,  which 
Mr.  de  Niceville  had  referred  to  a  new  genus  and  described  as  Oncfo- 
procta  odata.  It  was  said  to  occur  only  at  elevations  above  5000  feet  in 
N.  W.  India.  Dr.  Sharp  exhibited  eggs  from  a  South  American  bug, 
J'iczostcnniui  siibulalian,  which,  tin  nigh  taken  trom  a  completely  rotten 
imago,  were  in  a  perfect  state  of  preservation.  I  le  also  exhibited  a  speri- 


32     .  I  MOMOLOGICAI.     XKWS.  [Feb. 

men  of  I\L-cilocln-i»iia  /.f.v/.v//,  ;i  Pentatomid  bug  from  Japan,  which, 
uhen  dampened  \\ith  water,  turned  instantly  from  a  dull  green  to  a  nn- 
tallic  copper  color.  Mr.  |.  II.  Leech  exhibited  a  large  number  of  /.,/>/</- 
optcra  from  Mr.  Pratt,  of  Ichang,  China,  which  contained  !i fly-six  new 
liulU-rllics  and  forty  new  moths.  Mr.  Klwes  observed  only  two  genera  in 
this  collection  not  known  to  be  found  at  Sikkim.  He  called  attention  lo 
the  similarity  of  the  species  from  India,  China  and  Java.  Mr.  Md.adilan 
remarked  on  ha\  ing  lately  receh  <•<!  a  drag<  mllv  fr>  iin  Simla  previously  only 
recorded  from  Pekin;  and  Mr.  Distant  stated  thai  he  had  latelv  re(  eiv«  d  .1 
species  of  Cicada  hum.  Hong  Kong  hitherto  supposed  to  be  confined  to 
Java.  Mr.  \V.  II.  15.  Fletcher  exhibited  a  preserved  specimen  and  draw- 
ings of  a  variety  of  the  larva  of  Sphin.v  /igiistri.  Mr.  V.  I),  (iodman 
read  a  letter  from  Mr.  Herbert  Smith,  containing  an  account  of  the  //i - 
menoptera,  Diptera,  Honip/cni  and  Colcoplcra  recently  collected  in  St. 
Vincent,  where  he  was  employed  under  the  direction  of  a  committee  ol 
the  Royal  Society  appointed  to  investigate  the  natural  history  of  the  \\Vst 
Indies  [it  is  understood  that  a  work  on  the  lines  of  the  superb  "  P.iologia 
Centrali-Americana"  will  in  time  be  the  product  of  this  survey.] 

Mr.  Khves  read  a  letter  from  Mr.  I  )oherly  descriptive  of  collecting  at 
light  and  sugar  in  the  Naga  Hills.  Mr.  Doherty  expressed  the  opinion 
that  light  used  in  out-of-the-way  places  repels  rather  than  attracts;  the 
same  applied  to  sugar,  as  insects  required  to  be  accustomed  to  these  de- 
coys, Col.  Swinhoe  said  the  attractive  power  of  light  depended  on  its  in- 
tensity and  height  above  the  ground.  I  le  had  collected  over  three  hundred 
specimens  of  Spiritigidcf  at  electric  light  in  Hombay  in  one  night.  Mr.  J. 
|.  Walker  had  found  electric  lights  very  attractive  in  Panama.  Mr.  F. 
Merrifield  read  a  paper  entitled,  "  Systematic  Temperature  Experiments 
on  some  Lepidoptera  in  all  their  stages,"  and  exhibited  a  number  of  speci- 
mens in  illustration.  Darkness  of  color  and  markings  in  l:.ninnnos  au- 
tnninaria  resulted  from  the  subjection  of  the  pupa.-  to  a  very  low  tempera- 
ture. The  same  had  occurred  in  Sclcnia  illuslrai'ia,  where  the  markings 
had  also  been  altered  in  a  very  striking  manner.  Lord  \Valsingham  ob- 
served that  exposure  to  cold  in  the  pupa  state  appeared  to  prodm  <  a 
darker  coloring  in  the  imago,  and  that  forcing  in  that  stage  hail  an 
opposite  effect;  that  insects  subjected  to  glacial  conditions  probably  de- 
rived some  advantage  from  the  development  of  dark  or  suffused  coloim-, 
and  that  this  advantage  was,  in  all  probability,  the  more  rapid  absoiption 
of  heal,  lie  believed  an  hereditary  tendency  in  this  direction  u.i-^  e-,tab- 
lished  under  glacial  <  onditioiis,  and  that  lliis  would  account  for  the  preva- 
lence of  melanic  forms  in  northern  latitudes  and  at  high  elevations. 

11.  (  ",<  >ss  and  \V.  \V.  FI  IWI.I-.K.  Si  .  's. 


I    NTOMOLOGH    \i    Ni-  us  fur  Januai  \   \v:is  tn.uU  il   I. in.   i 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  MARCH,   1890.  No.  3. 

CONTENTS: 


Wickham— Notes  from  Northwest 3^        Robertson— Notes  on  Bombus 39 

Wadsworth — List  of  Dragonflies 36       Notes  and  News 41 


Lugger — Fond  of  Grammar 38 

f 
Ives — Method  of  Egg  Deposition 39 


Entomological  Literature 44 

Doings  of  Societies 48 


NOTES  FROM  THE  NORTHWEST. 

BY    H.    F.    WICKHAM. 

The  following  notes  were  made  on  my  collecting  trip  in  the 
summer  of  1889,  and  may  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of  EXTO- 

MOLOGJCAL   NEWS. 

The  species  of  Cychrus  included  in  the  subgenus  Brennus  are 
said  by  Dr.  Horn  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  VII,  p,  176)  to  be  "  pe- 
culiar to  the  true  Pacific  coast  fauna  of  North  America."  This 
summer  I  took  the  common  C.  marginatus  Fisch.  at  Mullan, 
Mon. ,  and  again  at  Helena  in  the  same  State,  which  extends  the 
range  a  long  way  east.  These  examples  differ  from  the  western 
ones  by  being  smaller  and  of  a  more  uniform  black. 

Carabus  mccander  occurs  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  at  Mullan 

j 

Mon. 

A  special  search  for  Pselaphidae  brought  to  light  only  the  fol- 
lowing species:  Ctenistes  pulvereus  Lee. ,  one  specimen  under  a 
stone  at  The  Dalles,  Oregon.  Three  examples  of  Pselaphns 


34  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [March, 

erichsonii  var.  longiclavus  Lee.,  many  Bryaxis  conjuncta  Lee. 
and  Bry.  albionica  Mots,  in  rubbish  under  logs  at  Coeur  d' Alene, 
Idaho.  Tychus  cognatus  and  Batrisns  scphyrinus  Case}-  (which 
runs  in  collections  as  albionicus  Aube)  occurs  in  moss  at  Victoria, 
Vane.  I. ;  the  latter  species  also  at  Tacoma. 

Batrisns  monticola  Casey  came  to  hand  only  once  in  the  Cas- 
cade Mountains,  Yakima  Co. ,  Wash.,  where  Bry.  albionica  was 
also  taken.  A  single  $  of  Bry.  albionica  also  occurred  at  Vic- 
toria. At  Portland,  Oreg. ,  I  got  a  specimen  of  Far  onus  cavifrons 
Casey  under  bark.  Bry.  fnndata  is  found  at  the  Spokane  Falls 
late  in  July,  under  logs,  and  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  at  Mullan, 
Mon.,  I  took  a  beautiful  example  of  Tyrus  corticinns  Casey. 

Mycetina  hornii  occurs  occasionally  under  bark  throughout  the 
Northwest,  but  I  found  in  one  case  a  colony  of  over  seventy-five 
individuals  under  a  single  log  in  a  burnt  district  of  the  pine  forests 
covering  the  Cceur  d' Alene  region.  Byrrhidae  seems  to  prefer 
burnt  logs  for  protection,  as  they  were  always  more  numerous 
where  the  timber  had  been  charred  by  fires.  Calochromns  di- 
uiidiai'a  has  the  same  habit. 

In  a  swamp  at  Cceur  d' Alene  I  found  Aphodius  occidentalis  in 
unlimited  numbers  in  little  ditches  which  ran  through  the  soft 
earth.  They  were  there  by  thousands,  dead  and  living,  a  half 
hour's  work  supplying  me  with  above  seven  hundred  of  them. 
The  beetles  were  burrowing  at  random  in  the  mud,  which  was 
apparently  rich  enough  for  them  to  live  and  luxuriate  in,  full  of 
decaying  vegetable  matter.  Toads  had  been  attracted  to  the  feast 
in  numbers,  and,  to  judge  from  the  quantity  of  wing  covers  in 
their  excrement,  had  made  the  most  of  their  opportunity. 

Amphicoma  canina  and  A.  rathvoni  are  day  fliers,  and  may  be 
found  flying  in  the  hot  sun  during  the  early  part  of  July,  fre- 
quenting the  flowers  of  the  "  Yarrow,"  which  grows  abundantly 
near  Tacoma,  where  I  made  my  observations.  I  do  not  know  it 
the  occurrence  of  Cremastochilus  under  bark  has  ever  been  re- 
ported. I  took  a  lew  of  them  in  such  a  situation  at  Coeur  d' Alene, 
but  they  were  in  the  company  of  their  hosts — ants.  I  have  railed 
the  species  f>itosico//is  Horn,  but  there  may  be  some  little  doubt 
as  to  the/ correctness  of  the  determination. 

The  electric  lights  of  Spokane  Falls  attract  great  numbers  of 
/:V;'<r/V.v  spiciditlus  and  Prionus  cn/if\>niicns,  SO  1  made  it  my 
business  to  go  around  everv  night  to  pick  them  up.  They  come 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  35 

out  from  cracks  in  the  sidewalks,  under  door-sills,  and  in  fact 
from  any  place  where  they  can  squeeze  themselves  away.  Then 
the  fun  begins,  and,  as  I  go  down  the  street  with  my  biggest  col- 
lecting bottle  slung  on  my  wrist  and  begin  picking  up  the  ' '  bugs," 
I  am  a  centre  of  attraction.  Next,  two  policemen  proceed  to 
"collar"  me,  and  it  takes  half  an  hour  of  explanation  to  con- 
vince them  that  I  am  neither  an  incendiary  nor  a  fugitive  from  the 
State  asylum,  and  that  my  bottle  (because,  forsooth,  it  is  marked 
"  poison")  is  not  a  deadly  weapon.  At  length  they  are  satisfied 
though,  and  let  me  off,  and  I  filled  my  bottle  every  night. 

Leptura  makes  a  brave  show  in  these  Northern  regions,  and  all 
the  following  occur  on  flowers:  L.  obliterate  soror,  plagifera, 
subargentata,  convexa,  canadensis,  erythroptera,  Icztifica,  quad- 
rill  nm,  chrysocoma,  crassicornis,  crassipes  and  scripta,  most  of 
them  rather  rare. 

Timarcha  intricata  I  found  always  under  logs  in  moss.  Whether 
it  feeds  on  this  or  not  I  cannot  say.  Occurs  at  Portland,  Tacoma 
and  Cceur  d' Alene  from  early  June  until  the  beginning  of  August. 
Chrysomela  exclamationis  and  conjuncta  are  common  in  Idaho 
(Pocatello)  on  Helianthus,  and  C.  elegans  on  willows  at  various 
points.  C.  lunata  I  found  on  rosebushes  mostly,  though  they 
also  appear  on  grasses,  sunflowers,  asters,  and  even  poison  ivy. 
I  doubt  if  they  eat  any  of  these  but  the  roses,  however. 

The  Tenebrionidae  I  leave  for  a  separate  paper,  and  will  close 
with  a  few  remarks  on  the  Rhynchophora  of  the  region.  Thri- 
comigus  luteus  is  found  in  western  Wyoming  under  logs  and  on 
rose-bushes.  Sitones  is  everywhere,  but  I  am  not  yet  able  to 
satisfactorily  separate  my  series.  Plinthodes  t(zniatus  I  took 
under  logs,  and  the  same  is  true  of  Trichalophus  didymus.  The 
former  species  I  took  at  Tacoma  and  Victoria,  the  other  is  found, 
though  rarely,  over  the  entire  northwestern  corner  of  the  United 
States,  and  as  far  East  as  Mullan,  Mon.  It  seems  to  be  quite- 
variable  in  size  and  color. 

Macrops  also  occurs  over  almost  the  whole  region,  though  I 
took  none  at  Victoria.  At  Portland  I  took  M.  hnini/is'm  a  swamp 
around  the  roots  of  grass,  and  on  the  plains  of  Wyoming,  Mon- 
tana and  Nebraska  I  found  I\I.  vitticollis,  tenebrosus,  ulkei  and 
obscurellus  more  or  less  abundant. 

Sphenophorus  is  abundant  in  the  native  grasses  all  through  the 
central  region  from  Nebraska  to  eastern  Oregon,  and  will  doubt- 


36  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NKWS.  [March, 

less  make  itself  felt  as  a  serious  pest  to  farmers  when  cultivation 
cuts  down  its  present  food  supply.  Of  the  species  I  took  the 
following:  simplc.\\  •r^nicrinux,  ulkci.  in<r</na/is,  oc/ircnx,  costi- 
poDiis,  o-i'fi/i/is,  pari'itlus  aiul  probably  oblitns;  all  on  or  about 
the  roots  of  various  grasses. 


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LIST  OF  THE  DRAGONFLIES    ODONATA 

Taken  at  Mam  hi'stcr,  Kunnebec  Co.,  Me.,  in  1888  and  1889. 
i:V    MISS  MATTIE  \\ADS\\OKTH. 


Tribe  I.—  AGRIONINA. 

Subfamily  i.    CALOPTERVGINA. 

1.  Calopteryx  maculata  Keauvois. 

1888,  June  19  to  Aug.  2.  Many  9  9  observed  laying  eggs  on 
plants  in  brook;  sometime  after  young-  larvie  appeared  in  great 
quantities.  1889,  June  6  to  Aug.  9.  A  common  species  near 

brook. 

Subfamily  2.   AGRIONINA. 

2.  Argla  violacea  Hagcn. 

1888,  June  23  to  Aug.   2.      1889,  June  19  to  Aug.  9.      A  very 
common  species  near  brook  and  in  road. 

3.  Argia  putrida  Hagen. 

1889,  June  25,  four  £  £    near  lake. 

4.  Ischnura  Ramburii  Sdys,  9  Orange  variety. 

1888,  Aug.    8.      1889,    M;l.v  25>   27>   3°:  June   7.    25,    27.      In 
woods,  road  and  near  brook. 

5.  Ischnura  verticalis  Say. 

1889,  May  25  to  July  2.      In  woods,  near  brook  and  lake. 

G.  Enallagma  Hag-eni  Walsh. 

1X89,  June  7,  9  9  25,  three  £  £  ;  near  lake.  July  6,  two  &  £  , 
brook. 

7.  Erythromma  conditum  Sri  vs. 

1888,  June  18,  in  field.       iS.x.,,  May  25,   28;    June  j;,  J<c    July 

6.  [n  road  and  near  brook;  not  common. 


8.  Lestes  hamata 

i.ssi;,  June  12,  27;  July  o,  27.    Neai'brnok  and  stagnant  water; 

bill    lew   Seell. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  37 

9.  Lestes  rectangularis  Say. 

1889,  June  25,  27;  July  i,  2,  6,  24;  Aug.  25;  Sept.  4.    A  com- 
mon species  near  lake,  brook  and  woods. 

10.  Lestes  disjuncta  Selys. 

1889,  July  2,  6,  8;  Aug.  26;  Sept.  4.     Near  woods,  brook  and 
in  road;  not  very  common. 

Tribe  II.— yESCHNINA. 

Subfamily  3.  ;£SCHXIXA. 

11.  Anax  junius  Drury. 

1888,  Sept.  5,  14,  25.     1889,  June  25,  29;  Aug.  20  to  Sept.  29. 

A  very  common  species  near  woods,  brook,  etc. 

12.  Gompheschna  furcillata  Say. 

1888,  July  ii,  one  £  .   1889,  June  6,  one  Q  .  Near  brook. 

13.  JEschna  janata  Say. 

1888,  June  19,  one  £  .     Near  brook. 

14.  JEschna  verticalis  Hageu. 

1888,  Aug.  28  to  Sept.  27.    1889,  July  1 6,  24,  26.    Seen  during 
Sept.  with  s£.  constricta  near  woods,  and  in  pasture,  near  brook. 

15.  -3i!sclina  constricta  Say. 

1888,  Sept.   3  to  Oct.    19.      1889,    Aug.    28,    and   occasionally 
during  September.     Near  brook  and  woods. 

1C.  .<Eschna  heros  Fab. 

1889,  June  24,  27,  30;  July  9;  Sept.  i.     Near  brook  and  road; 
not  very  common. 

Subfamily  4.   GO.M  PI  1 1  x  A. 

17.  Gomphus  parvulus  Selys. 

1888,  June  19,  one  £  ;  in  woods. 

18.  Gomphus  exilis  Selys. 

1888,  June  15  to  July  8.    1889,  May  28  to  June  28.    A  common 
species  near  woods,  brook  and  road. 

19.  Gomphus  spinosus  Selys. 

1888,  July    13,    one    9    in  woods.      iS8t>.   June  25,   one    £    in 
woods.     July  5,  observed  one  devouring  a  Calof>tcr\.\  »/<t<-n/<>/(t. 

20.  Hagenius  brevistylus  Selys. 

1889,  June  x^>  onc   9  •  m  woods. 

21.  Cordulegaster  diastatops  Selys. 

iSS8,  July  1 1,  near  brook.    Not  common.    1889,  June  13,  one  £  . 

(To  be  contimu-tl.  i 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     M1WS. 

FOND  OF  GRAMMAR. 

BY  OTTO  LUGGER. 


[March, 


Entomologists  all  know  that  insects  are  by  no  means  very  stupid 
animals,  and  know  much  more  than  is  generally  supposed.  They 
learn,  no  doubt,  by  experience  as  well  as  we  do,  but  do  not,  a.-,  a 
general  rule,  search  for  knowledge. 

A  few  days  ago  a  young  student  at  the  Agricultural  School 
complained  that  his  books  at  home  were  badly  eaten  by  some 

insects,  and  as  a  specimen  of  the 
damage  caused  by  them  he  brought 
a  Norwegian  grammar.  And  true 
enough  the  damage  done  was  very 
plain,  and  the  culprit,  or  rather 
culprits,  were  still  engaged  in  the 
work,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  illus- 
tration. Snugly  hidden  in  the 

o^^  grammar  were  the  larvae  and  the 

imago  of  Trogosita  mauritanica, 
and  also  the  pupal  skin  of  a  third 
individual,  already  escaped.  Hut 
evidently  the  desire  to  inform  them- 
selves in  the  Norwegian  grammar 
had  not  been  very  great,  or  had 
been  too  difficult  for  their  taste. 
They  had  not  penetrated  into  the 
grammatical  mysteries,  but  were 
satisfied  to  rest  contented  with  a 
very  superficial  knowledge  of  the 
same.  Hut  they  had  ^one  into  it 
to  stay;  had  formed  snug  cellsclo-M- 
to  the  edges,  and  had  plugged  the 
entrances  with  trass;  had,  so  to 
speak,  burned  the  ships  behind 
them.  Telling  the  boy  that  he 
ought  to  be  ashamed  of  neglecting 
his  books  he  \\ondered  that  the  insects  should  have  been  able  to 
inform  me  of  thefai  1.  When  I  also  told  him  to  n  mo\  <•  his  books 
from  the  vicinity  of  neglected  llour,  teed  or  similar  things,  he 
looked  perplexi  d,  and  said  that  the  bui;s  h.id  told  me  more  about 


jc.  (&x.,  t  latin 
o:  (erorfforingSt 
=  (Sjigfyebstegr 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  39 

his  room  than  he  knew  himself,  but  an  inspection  soon  showed 
that  the  books  were  stored  upon  a  board  resting  upon  a  barrel 
filled  with  old  bran.  Evidently  the  larva?,  in  search  for  suitable 
quarters  to  transform,  had  wandered  about  and  had  mistaken  the 
covers  of  his  books  for  the  loose  bark  of  trees,  their  usual  abode-. 


An  Interesting  Method  of  Egg  Deposition. 

BY   J.    E.    IVES. 

Some  time  since  I  received  from  Mr.  J.  C.  Saltar,  of  Pember- 
ton,  N.  J.,  what  appeared  to  be  a  dried-up  mass  of  dead  flies, 
about  the  size  of  a  man's  fist.  Throughout  it  were  scattered  light- 
colored  fragments,  which  had  somewhat  the  appearance  of  empty 
egg-cases.  The  whole  mass  was  very  brittle,  and  readily  crum- 
bled to  pieces.  It  was  obtained  from  the  under  surface  of  the 
trunk  of  a  tree  overhanging  a  small  stream. 

Being  unable  to  obtain  any  information  as  to  the  nature  of  this 
peculiar  structure,  I  sent  it  to  Dr.  Williston,  of  Yale,  with  the 
request  that  he  would  kindly  examine  it.  He  has  done  so,  and 
writes  that  the  flies  are  the  females  of  a  species  belonging  to  the 
genus  Atherix,  probably  to  Atherix  variegata  Walk.  He  draws 
attention  to  the  fact  that,  in  the  Standard  Natural  History,  p.  418, 
he  makes  the  following  reference  to  the  subject:  "The  eggs  of 
Atherix  are  deposited  in  large,  pear-shaped  masses,  attached  to 
dried  branches  overhanging  water.  Not  only  do  numerous  fe- 
males contribute  to  the  formation  of  these  clusters,  but  they  re- 
main there  themselves  and  die;  the  newly-hatched  larvae  escape 
into  the  water." 

The  instinct  which  leads  to  the  formation  of  such  a  mass  is  a 
very  peculiar  and  interesting  one. 


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NOTES  ON  BOMBUS. 

BY  C.  ROBERTSON. 

In  a  letter  addressed  to  me  in  October,  1888,  Mr.  Cresson  ex- 
pressed the  suspicion  that  Apathus?  elatus  Fab.  was  not  a  true 
Apathus,  but  that  it  was  probably  a  Bonibiis,  and  in  a  letter  of 
November  he  expressed  the  hope  that  I  would  obtain  some-  lij^ht 
on  the  subject  during  the  following  summer.  Accordingly,  in 


40  i  XK>M( ^LOGICAL   NEWS.  [March, 

the  summer  of  1889,  I  completed  my  observations,  arriving  at 
the  conclusion  that  Bombus  amcricanornm  Fab.  is  distinct  from 
/>.  fr-n>i.fv/i'anici(s  I  )e  Geer,  and  that  Afiathns?  elatns  is  its  male. 
I  give  below  the  synonymy  of  the  two  species  with  my  notes 
upon  them : 

Bombus  pennsylvanicus. 

Apis pensylvanica  DeGeer,  Me'm.  Ill,  575  (1773). 
Bombus  pensylvanicus  Crzss.,  P.  E.  S.  II,  94,  £  —  9  $  in  part  i  181 
On  Aug.  22,  1888,  I  took  the  sexes  of  this  species  in  copula. 
The  female  was  hanging  by  one  foot  to  a  leaf  of  Gerardia  pedicu- 
laria.  This  female  bore  two  yellow  spots  on  the  vertex;  the 
scutellum  had  a  little  yellow;  the  first  segment  of  the  abdomen 
was  entirely  black.  From  the  specimens  at  hand  I  would  distin- 
guish the  female  from  that  of/?,  americanonan  as  follows:  Vertex 
always  more  or  less  yellow;  scutellum  more  or  less  yellow;  first 
segment  of  abdomen  black,  or  with  a  little  yellow  on  the  sides; 
seen  from  above,  the  base  of  the  labrum  shows  a  transverse  rid^e 
more  or  less  interrupted  medially.  The  worker  resembles  the 
female. 

Bombus  americanorum. 

Apis americanomm  Fab.,  Syst.  Km.  380,  (17751;  Ent. Syst.  II,  319  (1793). 

Boinluts  americanorum   Fab.,  Syst.  Piez.  346,  (1804);  St.  Far^.  Hyin.  I, 
472  (1836). 

. -//>/\  da/a  Fab.,  Ent.  Syst.  Suppl.  274,  <$  (1798). 

lloinhns  elatns  Fall.,  Syst.  1'iez.  352,  tf  (1804). 

,\f>ath its  elatns  Cress.,  Proc.  Fnt.  Snc.  II,  114,  $  (1863). 

^•\ fml hits.'  clatii .v  Cress.,  Cat.  Described  Hymeimp.  X.  A.  ^  (iSS;   . 

Apis  nidii Unix  Fab.,  Fnt.  Syst.  Suppl.   274,  $  (1798);  see  Cress.,  Pn>c. 
Ent.  Soc.  II,  165. 

/loin/ins  until /a  us  l-'al).,  Syst.   Pie/.  349,  ^  i  [804). 

/•'<»ii/>iis  paisy/ranii'its  Cress.,  l'n>c.  !•"..  S.  II,  94,   9  $   in  part  ,  1*63). 

In  Proc.  Knl.  Soc.  II,  164,  Mr.  Crimson  says:  "On  the  nth 
of  September,  1863,  a  nest  ot  Bombus  pensylvanicus  T)e  Gteti 
was  captured  near  Gloucester,  N.  J.  It  contained  6  females,  34 
workers  and  21  specimens  of  .\pathits  clatns  Fab.,  all  males. 
No  males  oi  /.'.  pensylvanicus  were  lound  in  the  nest."  This 
convinced  me  that  a  solution  of  the  problem  must  be  found  in 
the  nests  of  .Z?.  f>rn>isv/;-nn/fns.  Accordingly,  on  Au^.  20, 
I  opened  ;i  nest  of  \\hat  I  had  always  taken  as  />'.  fr-niisv 
It  c  ontained  I  li-male  and  \2\  worker^,  and  J  males  <>f  .//>,//// /c\.-> 
claliis.  On  comparing  this  female  and  the  \\nrkers  with  the  fe- 
male taken  in  copula  \\ith  B.  pennsylvantCUS  J)  ,  1  came  to  the 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  41 

conclusion  that  they  were  distinct,  and  that  the  nest  belonged  to 
B.  americanorum.  On  September  gth  I  saw  the  sexes  of  this 
species  in  copula.  The  same  night 'I  opened  two  nests,  one  con- 
taining 10  females,  46  workers  and  10  males,  and  the  other  con- 
taining 9  females,  51  workers  and  i  male. 

The  female  of  B.  americanorum  has  the  vertex  always  black; 
the  scutellum  black,  or  with  a  little  yellow;  the  first  segment  of 
the  abdomen  yellow;  seen  from  above,  the  base  of  the  lab  rum 
shows  two  tubercles  separated  by  a  wide  interval. 

The  males  of  B.  americanorum  and  of  B.  fervid  us  may  prove 
to  be  very  much  alike.  Indeed  the  $  of  B.  americanorum  re- 
semi  >k-s  the  9  of  B.  fervidus  more  than  its  own  female;  but  I 
think  B.  americanorum  is  more  nearly  related  to  B.  fervidus  than 
it  is  to  B.  pennsylvanicus.  B.  fervidus  is  very  rare  in  my  neigh- 
borhood, as  I  have  seen  but  two  female  specimens.  In  Proc. 
Ent.  Soc.  Ill,  247,  Walsh  mentions  finding  B.  fervidus  9  sur- 
mounted by  Af>athus  elatus  $  .  He  was  discussing  the  effect  of 
mimicry,  and  he  cites  this  as  a  case  in  which  a  Bombus  mistook 
an  Apathus  for  one  of  its  own  species.  But  the  mistake  was 
probably  on  the  part  of  the  entomologist;  he  had,  no  doubt, 
taken  the  true  sexes  of  B.  fervidus. 


Notes  and. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUARTERS 
OF   THE  GLOBE. 

[The  Conductors  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  \i.\vs  solicit,  and  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  ni-ws,  likely  to  interest  its  readers,  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  given 
in  each  case  tor  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


O 


SCIKNTII -ic  Ui  SI.ARCH  IN  Mnxico. — An  important  scientific  explora- 
tion is  to  be  made  of  the  less  known  portions  of  Yucatan  and  Mexico,  re- 
gions which  have  not  hitherto  been  systematically  explored  by  naturalists, 
except  in  so  far  as  arch;eoloi;y  is  concerned  It  is  the  object  of  the  expe- 
dition to  ascertain,  as  a  continuation  of  former  explorations  in  Florida,  the 
general  structure  of  tin-  basin  of  the  C.ulf  of  Mexico,  conceniin.y;  which 
there  is  much  dixersity  of  opinion  anioii^  scientists. 

Tin-  exploration  will  comprise,  besides  the  ideological  examination  of 
t!u-  region,  a  <  lose  examination  of  its  /oology  and  botany,  towards  which 
end  specialists  in  various  departments  of  science  uill  accompany  the  expe- 
dition. The  party  will  be  under  the  leadership  of  I'n.l.  An-elo  Heilprin, 


42  KXTOMOI.OGICAI.     NK\VS.  [March, 

of  tlu-  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences.  Accompanying  him  \\ill  be  Mr. 
J.  I-"..  Ives,  one  ol"  I'rof.  Heilprin's  assistants  at  tin-  A<  adcmy  of  Natural 
S<  iences,  who  will  ha\e  charge  i  >f  the  marine  /.<  ><  >\<  >gy;  Mr.  Witmer  St<  >n«-. 
who  will  make  the  collectii  HIS  <  >f  botany  and  ornitholi  igy;  Mr.  !•'.<'.  I  laker, 
of  COnchology  and  general  /oology  and  Mr.  Roberts  l.e  Moiitillier,  uho 
will  be  the  photographer  of  the  expedition. 

Papers  governing  the  expedition  have  b.-eii  ivi  eived  from  the  St.it'-  1  '••- 

partment  at  Washington  addressed  to  the  representatives  of  this  country 

in  Central  America  and  Mexico,  and  also  Irom  the  Mexican  Minister  at 
Washington,  Seuor  Romero,  commending  the  expedition  to  the  <'.o\ein- 
ment  of  Yucatan. 

The  expedition  left  Xe\v  York  by  steamer  February  i.sth.  to  stop  first 
at  Progresso,  Yucatan,  whence  the  research  will  extend  into  the  interior 
of  that  State.  Much  of  interest  is  expected  from  the  expedition  to  this 
region,  as  very  little  is  known  of  its  entomological  riches. 

From  Yucatan  the  expedition  will  be  deflected  to  \"era  Crux,  wheix  e 
will  begin  the  exploration  of  the  Mexican  1<  >u  land  and  of  the  volcanic  belt 
which  stretches  westward  towards  the  1'acilic.  This  region,  like  Yucatan, 
despite  its  ready  accessibility,  is  still  to  a  great  extent  unknown  to  the  en- 
tomologist. The  determination  of  the  limitation  of  the  range  of  animals 
and  plants  and  the  intermingling  of  Northern  and  Southern  forms  will 
receive  the  first  attention  of  the  expedition. 

An  attempt  will  be  made  to  gain  the  summit  of  the  extinct  volcano  of 
Orizaba,  17,500  feet  high,  by  some  considered  to  be  the  loftiest  peak  in 
Mexico,  and  perhaps  loftiest  summit  of  the  entire  North  American  Con- 
tinent, of  the  complete  ascent  of  which  no  trustworthy  details  appear  to 
be  on  record.  The  peak  affords  almost  unsurpassed  advantage  for  the 
study  of  vertical  distribution  of  animal  and  plant  life,  since  it  rises  from  a 
base  within  a  short  distance  of  the  sea,  far  beyond  the  limits  of  perpetual 
snow. 

From  Orizaba  the  course  will  lie  towards  the  City  of  Mexico,  uhere  an 
examination  will  be  made  of  the  lakes  lying  on  the  Mexican  plateau.  An 
ascent  will  be  made  from  this  point  of  the  neighboring  peak  of  Popocate- 
petl, which  rises  to  approximately  the  same  height  as  <  >ri/aba.  but  is  much 
more  accessible  than  that  mountain. 

From  the  valley  of  Mexico  the  expedition  \\ill  take  a  uesterK  course, 
having  in  view  the  passage  of  the  Sierra  Madre  Mountains  and  a  descent 
to  the  Pacific  coast.  The  still  active  \olcanic  foci  uill  be  made  the  feature 
of  this  rest-. in  h. 

The  volcano  of  Colima,  i -?,.S(H>  feet,  in  elevation,  \\hose  recent  furious 
eruption  ga\e  e\  id<  -in  -e  that  the  volcano  \\  as  not,  as  generally  supposed, 
extinct,  and  which  threatened  the  existence  of  /apotl.m,  uill  piobabK  be 
the  limit  of  the  expedition,  although  a  further  attempt  to  reach  lorullo. 
rendered  famous  by  I  1  umbolt It's  narratix  e,  max  be  made. 

The    exact     route     ol      the     return     joimie\      has     Hot     \e|     been     determined 

upon.     It  is  e\pe(  ted,  however,  that  it  uill  reach  home  before  midsummer. 


I890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NF.WS.  43 

A  large  part  of  the  region  to  be  traversed  will  lie  away  from  civilixation, 
necessitating  travel  by  primitive-  methods,  and  for  some  distance  probably 
the  protection  of  an  armed  escort  will  be  necessary,  especially  in  the  re- 
gion of  the  revolted  Indian  tribes  of  Yucatan. 

The  expedition  is  organixed  under  the  auspices  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences,  which  has  recei\ed  the  co-operation  of  its  individual 
members,  and  also  of  the  American  Philosophical  and  American  Ento- 
niological  Societies. 

This  expedition,  it  is  stated,  is  the  first  extensive  one  that  has  been  or- 
ganixed by  a  scientific  institution  in  this  country  to  be  sent  outside  of  the 
bounds  of  the  I'nited  States  for  many  years,  and  its  results  are  awaited 
with  a  great  deal  of  interest  by  scientists. 

The  entomological  collections,  which  will  be  made  in  all  orders,  will  be 
distributed  among  the  leading  specialists,  and  the  conclusions  readied  by 
them  will  be  published  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Academy  of  Natural 
Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  or  in  the  Transactions  of  the  American  Ento- 
mological Society.  The  narrative  of  the  expedition  will  probably  be  pub- 
lished in  separate  book  form. 

Editor  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS: — I  should  like  to  ask  some  of  your 
readers  if  Sudbury,  Ontario,  is  not  a  very  Northern  locality  for  Ca/osonta 
scrutator?  I  have  always  understood  that  if  ever  found  North  of  the  (in-at 
Lakes  it  came  only  as  a  shipwrecked  mariner.  While  looking  under  pine 
bark  for  Allans  invops  last  spring,  of  which  I  took  nineteen  specimens  in  a 
few  days,  1  found  a  fresh,  living,  full-sixed  specimen  of  C.  scrutator. 

Altogether,  I  took  some  450  different  species  of  beetles  here  last  season, 
but  cannot  get  more  than  half  of  them  named.  ]:.latcrid(f  were  peculiarly 
plentiful.  I  took  some  200  individuals  and  nearly  30  species;  also  42  spe- 
cies of  Carabidcc  and  21  of  water  beetles.  My  prixe  is  a  large  green  in- 
sect, apparently  a  Cantharis,  but  certainly  not  one  of  the  common  Ca>i- 
tharidif;  also  several  Ceratnbycidtc  and  fyrochroidif  that  local  entomolo- 
gists cannot  determine. 

Lepidopterists  will  be  interested  to  know  that  Colias  interior,  both  male 
and  female,  are  quite  common  here  in  the  season. — E.  1).  PKTKKS,  JK. 

I  b  IP  W<  IKMS.  --Late  last  August  I  found  several  larx.e  feeding  in  the 
Hop  (Humulus  lupulus).  I  removed  portions  of  the  stems,  cutting  live 
or  six  inches  above  and  below  the  swellings,  and  placed  them  in  a  box 
used  for  feeding  larv.e.  In  about  three  weeks  the  imagos  emerged,  prov- 
ing to  be  (,'oiiyini  nitila  (iueii.  The  \ine  from  uhich  they  were  taken 
uas  literally  riddled  with  them.  No  description  of  the  larva-  was  taken  at 
the  time,  In  it  I  hope  to  be  able  next  season  to  give  a  more  detailed  a  i  count 
of  tlii-rn.  Two  broods  of  (.iortyna  nilcla,  with  its  variety  ;/<•/>; v'\,  were 
raised  in  the  same  manner.  The  larvae  were  feeding  in  the  stems  of  the 

great  rag- weed  i  A  ml  in  >sia  trilida  i.  This  larva  feeds  also  in  the  stems  of 
burdock  (Arctium  lappa).  As  far  as  my  experiem  e  goes,  all  the  <  ', .  >i  iv  na- 
are  internal  feeders. — C.  A.  HI.AKK. 


44  KNTOMOLOGICAI.     NKWS.  [March. 

A  CORRESPONDED   iii  I  lanlee\  Hie,  s.  C.,'says  he  "  witnessed  a  most 

•wonderlnl  phenomenon:'  from  noon  to  sundown,  with  a  -nitlr  wind  Mow- 
ing t'nun  the  soiithuest  and  a  perfectly  dear  sky,  a  shower  of  white 
balls  filled  the  air  and  cove-red  the  -n  >nnd  for  a  space  of  ten  miles  square, 
with  a  gentle  shower  of  a  white  lleecy  substance,  as  line  as  silk,  which 
was  vc-ry  strong  when  twisted.  He  was  nnalile  to  account  tor  its  pn-s- 
ence  there,  and  had  never  seen  anything  like  it  bel.  The  same  tiling 

occurs  liere  every  autumn,   but   I   never  saw  it  as  abundant  as  the  cor- 
respondent describes.      The    little    balls    referred  to  are  the   llm  <  nli.   or 
remains  of  the-  web  of  which  the  spiders  make  their  cocoons,  tin-  exi 
In  in-   cut  off  and  floats  away. — C.   A.    BI.AKK. 

A  NKHDI.KSS  ALARM. — Some  time  ago  a  certain  entomologist  in  one 
of  the  leading  cities  of  the  country  who,  on  the  Sabbath  days,  stri\<-->  to 
enlighten  a  large  and  aristocratic  congregation  in  the  mysteries  of  the 
i;ospel,  but  beguiles  his  leisure  moments  by  the  pursuit  of  hexapods,  hap- 
pened to  find  a  heap  of  refuse  lying  near  a  humble  duelling  in  the  out- 
skirts of  the  city  aforesaid.  The  gentlemen  is  a  devoted  student  of  lepicl- 
opterology,  but  bags  the  beetles,  also,  as  they  chance  to  fall  in  his  way. 
The  most  prominent  object  on  the  ash  heap  was  an  antiquated  and  Hide 
ham,  upon  which  numerous  carrion  beetles  were  disporting  themselves. 
Recogni/ing  the  find  as  worthy  of  his  attention,  he  began  to  collect  the 
insects  upon  it.  He  had  barely  begun  his  malodorous  task  when  he  dis- 
covered that  he  was  being  observed,  and  a  strident  female  voice  from  the 
•^i  (mid  story  of  the  humble  dwelling  rang  out  an  excited  warning—"  Law 
sakes!  man  alive  that  ham  is  spiled!  Nancy  and  me  thrmved  it  out  day 
before  yesterday!  It's  all  blowed!  I  .aw  sakes!  youdon'1  be  after  gatherin1 
up  such  truck  as  that,  be  ye?  A  well  dressed  man  like  you  un  hadn't 
otter  to  be  rakin'  in  old  ash  heaps  after  somethin'  to  eat.  Kf  you'iv  hun- 
gry come  in  the  house  an'  I'll  give  you  a  bite.  Hut  iand  here  the  \oice  rose 
to  a  shrill  falsetto),  mercy  me!  leave  that  old  ham  alone!  It's  spiled!  1 
tell  yon  it's  spiled!"  The  clergyman,  who  carried  under  his  waistband 
reminders  of  an  elegant  luncheon  served  an  hour  or  two  before,  cannot 
cease  to  smile  at  the  memory  of  the  position  into  which  his  eiUomolo-u-.il 
ardor  had  brought  him  in  the  eyes  of  the  old  dame,  from  whom  he  es- 
caped as  she  was  coming  down-stairs  to  open  the  door  and  oiler  him  the 
hospitalities  of  her  little  home. — AM>N. 


Entomological  Liu -r. •  i  n  nx\ 

li.  NATURALISTA  SIOI.IANO. — Anno  IX,  No.  i.  October,  i.s*>j.     |  Ke 
ceived    |annar\,   iS<,o.] — Contains  "  Lepidotteri   nno\i  della  Sicilia,"      /'/ 
>n-iil<i')  by  !•'.  \Vocke.    "Note  Lepidotterologiche  (cont.),"  by  V..  U.i-nsa, 
brief   not<-s   on   s]><-(  ies   running  from    .-'.n/i^nsh\i   to   .h'if>fi/ia.      "  I l<~!o- 
t  litn;-\ •;//-,' /v7// ///A  n.  sp.  i  habitat  Sit  ilia  i,"   b\    Kuwert.      "Tavola    -inottica 
<]•  i  (  .yrinns  di  Sicilia,"  [synoptic  table  ol   the  Sicilian  species  of  the  -einis 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     XLWS.  45 

(iyrinns]  by  I-"..  Ragusa.  "  Coleotteri  nuovi  o  ]» >co  coiiosciuti  della  Sicilia 
(com.)"  [new  or  little  known  Sicilian  <  '<  ileoptera]  by  !•"..  Ragusa;  no  new 
species  dcsi  Tibed  in  this  part.  "Una  n<>tasulla  Chalcis  Dalmannii,"  by 
T.  DeStefani.  This  number  is  accompanied  by  the  indict.-^  lor  Yol.  \'II[ 
of  this  journal. 

THK  WORK  or  \  DKCADK  rpox  FOSSIL  INSKCTS  1880-1889,  by  S.  II. 
Scudder  [Annual  address  of  the  retiring  ])resident  of  tlie  Cambridge  l.n- 
tomological  Club  |an.  10,  1890.  Kxcerpt  from  "  1'sychc,"  January,  1890.] 
The  author  hen-  gives  a  comprehensive  and  very  readable  account  of  the 
work  accomplished  in  this  field  in  the  decade  just  ended;  a  field  in  which, 
as  is  well  known,  he  has  been  the  principal  laborer.  In  speaking  of  the 
relative  abundance  of  fossil  insects  the  author  says:  "During  the  past 
summer,  in  explorations  for  the  (  ,e<  (graphical  Survey,  I  found  that  the 
strata  of  a  considerable  tract  of  country,  certainly  many,  probably  hun- 
dreds of  square  miles  in  extent,  lying  in  western  Colorado  and  eastern 
I 'tali,  were  packed  with  fossil  insects  as  closely  as  at  Florissant.  There 
can  hardly  be  any  doubt  that  we  shall  soon  be  able  in  our  Western  terri- 
tories to  rehabilitate  successive  faunas  as  successfully  as  has  been  d  ,ne 
with  many  of  our  vertebrate  types,  anil  as  has  not  yet  been  done  for  in- 
sects in  any  country  in  the  world.  What  we  really  need  is  a  51 
<>f  trained  workers  to  '  go  in  and  possess  the  land.'  No  one  would  wel- 
come them  more  heartily  than  one  who  is  almost  a  solitary  worker  in  the 
American  field." 

P.KiuH.iA  CENTRALI-AMERICANA,  Part  LXXX  of  Zoology;  Xovem 
1889. — [Received  January,  1890.] — -Contains  "  A  K. \CH.NIDA  ARANKIKI  \," 
by  O.  1'ickard  Cambridge,  pp.  41-48,  pi.  iv.  83  figs.,  1 8  colored;  u  new 
species  are  described  from  the  genera  /:/V/;w,  Tiirckhcitnia  and  Carcf>al.\'i*. 
CoM-ioi'TKUA  as  follows:  Yol.  Ill,  part  I,  pp.  145-168,  plates  vii  and  viii. 
46  figs.  20  colored.  This  portion  on  the  nnf>rcstides  contains  the  descrip- 
tions by  C.  O.  Waterhouse,  of  many  new  species,  usually  illustrated  in 
colors.  Yol.  YI,  part  I,  Supplement,  pp.  153-168,  plate  xxxix,  34  figs.  25 
colored.  Many  new  species  are  here  described  by  M.  Jacoby,  entirely 
from  /'IK-// ybrac/iys  and  Ch/ainys.  "  LKIMI><  >i- TKKA  /\/i<>f>a/<>CcT(i,\«\.  II," 
by  F.  I).  C.odman  and  <  >.  Salvin;  pp.  153-18},  plates  Ixiii  and  Ixiv,  55  figs. 
all  colored.  This  part  contains  the  systematic  consideration  of  the  group 
from  Colias  ccssonia\.Q  Enantia  virgo.  The  pale  '/'<-rins,  allied  to  m<-.\-j- 
cana  in  pattern,  which  was  returned  as  from  tin-  Mt.  (  iraham  Range  in 
Ari/ona  is  here  deii-rinined  i  with  an  excellent  figure  as  '/".  i:,nsJii:\ili(iii<i 
Feld.  =-  in^nila  Feld.  ^nttinsa  Reak.  =  inc.vicana  I'.oisd.  in  "Sp. 
Gen."  Ihe  synonymy  as  worked  out  in  this  part  is  most  instructi\e  to 
the  student.  "  Li  i-nx  >i>ri:RA  HI-.TI.KI  »CKKA,  \"ol.  I,"  by  1 1.  Druce,  pp. 
336,  contains  the  systematic  treatment  of  this  suborder  from  />r,'/>.\- 
ocellata  \K>  Anomis  agillacea.  While  revieuing  this  stupendous  work  it 
may  interest  our  readers  to  know  that  the  following  entomological  volumes 
have  been  completed:  Coleoptera,  \'ol.  I,  |>art  i  ,.\Jc(^ha^a\,  by  II.  \\". 
Hates;  Yol.  I,  part  2  i .  /</,/>//</<,'</,  etc.  i,  by  D.  Shar|>;  \'ol.  1 1 1,  pai  t  2  \  Ma/a- 


46  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NKUS.  [March, 


by  II.  S.  Gorhani;  and  Y<>1.  \'  i  Lon^icornia  i,  by  II.  \V. 
Hates  and  (  /.V//<7//</V\)  by  I  >.  Sharp.  These  lour  volumes  cf.ni.iin  2088 
pages  and  69  plates,  with  many  hundred  figures.  In  acklitii.n  several  other 
volumes  on  Coleoptera  are  well  under  way.  \'ol.  I  of  the  l\lu>f>uloccrii  is 
complete,  save  the  index  and  title,  running  through  the  suborder  from 
Danais  plexippus  to  haf>)iis  hc>-a. 

INSECT  LIFE,  \'<>1.  II,  No.  6,  December,  1889  (Received  Ian.  14,  1890). 
It  hardly  seems  worth  while  to  enumerate  the  usual  richness  •  .1'  the  m<  uithly 
issues  of  this  most  excellent  periodical,  as  it  may  be  had  from  the  I".  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  asking;  no  entomologist  can  allord  to 
be  without  it.  Besides  short  notes  on  "The  Official  Association  of  Fcon- 
omic  Entomologists,"  "Entomology  at  the  Paris  Exposition,"  'The 
Mediterranean  Flour-moth,"  "Spider-bites,"  "Scent  in  Dung  beetles," 
"Beetles  from  Stomach  of  a  Chuck-wills-widow,"  "  A  harvest-mite  de- 
stroying the  eggs  of  the  Potato  beetles,"  "  Injury  to  grass  from  Gastro- 
phvsa  polygoni"  "Damage  to  Pine  by  Rhaginin  lineatiini"  Notes  on 
"  Vedalia"  and  "On  Heematobia  serrata"  there  are  longer  papers  on 
"The  so-called  Mediterranean  Flour-moth,"  with  illustrations;  "The 
•Ox-warble  (Ilypotit  •>  'ina  bovis),  illustrated;"  "Association  of  Economic 
Fntomologists  —  First  Annual  Meeting,"  by  L.  O.  Howard,  secretary  pro. 
tern.;  "Office  and  Laboratory  Organization,"  by  S.  A.  Forbes.  Follow- 
ing these  are  "  General  Notes"  on  "  Oviposition  of  Tragidion  fnlrit>cnne" 
"  Insects  injuring  the  tea-plant  in  Ceylon,"  "On  some  gall-making  insecis 
in  Xew  Zealand,"  "Dr.  Franz  Low"  and  "Eugene  Maillot,"  obituary 
notices,  and  the  usual  quota  of  purely  economic  notes. 

ILLUSTRATIONS  <  >F  TYPICAL  SPECIMENS  OFLEPIDOPTERA  1  1  KTLKI.CI  K  v 
IN  THE  COLLECTION  OF  THE  BRITISH  MI/SETM,  I  'art  7,  by  Arthur  Gardiner 
IHitler,  1889,  contains  an  account  of  a  collection  of  Macro-I.epidoptera 
made  in  the  district  of  Kangra  India  by  the  Kev  .  J.  H.  Hocking  in  tin- 
years  1877-79,  chielly  at  Dharmsala.  The  number  of  species  amounts  I.. 
ii]  .wards  of  780,  many  reared  from  larvce.  There  is  a  systematic  list  and 
a  list  of  descriptions  with  notes.  Vol.  VII  consists  of  124  pages,  18  fine 
colored  lithographic  plates  representing  249  figures. 

In  the  COMPTES  KE.NI.TS  HEBDOMADAIRES  I>KS  SEANCES  DE  LA  So- 
CIETE  m<;  BIOLOGIE  (Paris)  ninth  series,  1890,  No.  i.  —  M.  Gaston  I'.oiichet 
has  a  short  note  on  the  "Action  of  tin-  Venom  of  the  Hymenoptera  on 
the  gray  wall-lizard."  He  slates  that  lie  caused  some  wasps,  bees,  and 
oilier  hymenopti-rs  to  sting  some  gray  lizards,  some  of  which  received 
eight  or  ten  stings  on  tin-  most  sensitive  parts,  such  as  the  evelids,  tongue, 
etc.  In  most  cases  the  piercer  remained  sticking  in  the  tlesh.  The  lizards 
apparently  suffered  little  pain,  and  no  inllammation  u  as  visible  at  the 
places  stung.  None  of  the  lizards  who  were  stung  died. 

TRANSACTIONS  <>!•  Tin  WISCONSIN  .  \CAIUMY  Ol  SCIENCES,  Aurs, 
AND  LETTERS,  Vol.  VII,  iss^  S;  (published  iNSf.i,  contains  a  paper  f>n  the 
Auid.e  of  North  America  by  George  W.  and  Fh/abeth  (  i.  1'eckham.  ;j 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  47 

genera  and  79  species  are  described,  including  both  new  genera  and  spe- 
cies, and  six  plates  figure  details.  Also  by  the  same  authors  and  \Vin.  1 1. 
Wheeler  "Spiders  of  the  Subfamily  I.yssomanae"  (of  the  world);  a  num- 
ber of  new  species  are  described.  \Ve  have  not  seen  plates  \i  and  xii 
intended  to  accompany  this  paper. 

In  the  SCHRIFTEN  DES  NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN  YKREINS  FUR 
ScHLESwio-HoLSTEiN  (Kiel),  Bd.  VIII,  Heft  i,  1889,  W.  Wiistnei  con- 
tinues his  notes  on  the  Hymenoptera  of  Schleswig-Holstein  in  his  third 
"  Beitrage  zur  Insectenfauna  Schleswig-Holsteins." 

In  LE  NATURLISTE  (Paris)  for  Jan.  15,  1890,  L.  Planet  describes  the 
larva  and  nymph  of  Helops  striatiis,  with  woodcuts,  and  1'.  Dognin  de- 
scribes three  new  species  of  Lepidoptera  from  Zamora,  belonging  to  the 
genera  Ficfo/iia  and  Acida/ia. 

SlTZUNGSBERICHTE    DER     KoNIGL.     HoHMISCH.     GESELL.    D.    WlSSEN- 

SCHAFTEN  (Prague),  1889,  I,  contains  "Revision  der  in  Kolenatis  Tri- 
chopteren-Sammlung  enthaltenen  Arten,"  by  Fr.  Klapalek — asynonymical 
article. 

ATTI  DELLA  SOCIETADEI  NATURALISTI  DI  MODKNA,  Serie  III,  Vol.  VIII, 

fascic.  ii,  1889  (published  in  Italian),  has  "  Notes  on  Arachnida  received 
troin  South  America,"  by  G.  Boeris,  describing  four  new  species. 

H.  PIERS  in  Proc.  and  Trans.  Nova  Scotia  Inst.  Nat.  Science,  Vol.  VII, 
pt.  iii,  describes  a  larva  of  the  May-beetle  with  parasitical  fungus. 

TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  Vol.  XVI, 
Jan. -Dec.,  1889,  (380  pp.  8  plates),  contains  a  Revision  of  the  species  of 
Cardiophorus  Esch.  of  America  north  of  Mexico,  by  Frederick  Blanchard; 
On  the  species  of  Macrops  Kirby,  inhabiting  N.  America  (plate  I),  by 
W.  G.  Dietz,  M.D.;  Contributions  to  a  knowledge  of  the  Lepidoptera  of 
West  Africa,  Paper  II,  (plates  2-4),  and  Descriptions  of  new  species  of 
Japanese  Heterocera,  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Holland;  Synopsis  of  N.  Am.  species 
of  the  genus  Oxybclits,  by  Chas.  Robertson;  Two  new  species  of  butter- 
Hies,  by  H.  Skinner,  M.D.;  Catalogue  of  Coleoptera  common  to  N.  Am., 
Northern  Asia  and  Europe,  with  the  distribution  and  bibliography,  by  John 
Hamilton,  M.D.;  a  Synopsis  of  the  Halticini  of  Boreal  America  (pis.  5-7), 
•by  George  H.  Horn,  M.I)  ;  Contributions  towards  a  monograph  of  the 
Noctuidae  of  temperate  N.  Am. — Revision  of  the  species  of  Oiicoou-inis 
i  plate  8),  by  John  B.  Smith;  and  Proceedings  of  the  monthly  meetings 
of  the  Entomological  Section  of  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Philadelphia  for  the  year 
1889. 


ERRATA. 

Page    5,  line  22,  read  type  of  coloration  contrary  to  what  obtains,  etc. 
15,  line  30,  for  Tcnzcm  read   /.cit 

19,  line     i,  for  worm  read   worn. 

20,  line  25,  for  from   read  forms. 
20,  line  33,  for  marked  read  naked. 


48  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [M 

Doings  of   Societies;. 


'l'n  i    ENTOMOLOGICAL  Socn  IN  or  \V.\sn  i  \i ,  i  <  >.\,  Nov.  12,  is,S9.     Mr. 
Lugger  rt  ail  some  notes  on  "The  migration  of  tin-  Archippus  butterlly." 
;nid  gave   an   interesting  study  of  their  spring  and    tall  nio\<-incnts.      Ik- 
noted   similar    migration    in    / '.  <antni.      Dr.   Thaxter  stated   that   In-   had 
found   .  I rc/i if>/>ns  wintering  along  the-   dull"  of  Mexico  in   vast    num' 
Mr.  Howard  read  a  paper  on  "A  feu  additions  and  corrections  to  S.  ud- 
der's Nomenclator  /.oologicus."     Mr.  Marlatt  ga\  e  "  Notes  on  the  abun- 
< lance  of  oak-feeding  I  .epido|)teroiis  larva/  this  fall,"  and  mentioned  tu  el\e 
species  of  Macrolepidopterous  larva'  taken  in  the  conr.se  of  about  an  hour. 
Mr.  Schwar/  read  a  paper  entitled,  "  Capritication,"  and  Mr.  Toun-. 
paper  on  "The  fall  occurrence  of  /!i/>io  and  /->//Vy>///c.s."     In  disi  iission  on 
the  last  ]>a|>er  it  was  conceded  that  tin-  autumnal  occurrence  uas  d: 
acceleration  of  development.  \\'.  H.  F<>.\,  M.  D.,  Kec.  £ 

ENTOMI  >i.(  I(;ICAI,  SECTION,  ACADKMV  NATTKAI.  SCIENCES  <>i  I'HII.A- 
DKi.riiiA,  Jan.  23,  1890. — A  meeting  of  this  Section  of  the  Acadeim  uas 
held  January  23d,  Dr.  Geo.  H.  I  lorn,  President,  in  the  (hair.  Members 
present:  Messrs.  McCook,  Ridings,  Martindale,  Skinner,  Calvert,  l.ielieck, 
Wells,  \\'estcott  and  several  visitors.  Dr.  Horn  exhibited  some  drauings 
illustrating  points  of  interest  in  the  comparative  anatomy  of  the  spe<  ;< 
the  genus  Cercyon,  and  stated  that  most  of  the  species  were  either  intro- 
duced, or  also  found  in  F.urope.  The  classification  of  the  species  and 
facts  in  their  geographical  distribution  were  discussed  at  length.  Dr. 
McCook  exhibited  the  first  volume  of  his  new  book  entitled,  "  American 
Spiders  and  their  Spinning Work;  A  Natural  Historx  of  the  (  )rb\\ea\  in;^ 
Spiders  of  the  t'nited  States."  He  i;a\e  a  resume  of  the  \olume.and 
also  some  interesting  generalizations  on  the  facts  in  their  natural  history. 
On  a  (|iiestioii  from  one  of  the  members  Dr.  McCook  made  some  instruc- 
tive remarks  on  Spiders  as  mathematicians.  Dr.  Skinner  called  ,;tt<  ntii  n 
to  the  donations  to  the  cabinet:  Mrs.  A.  T.  Slosson  prest  nted  a  specimen 
&i Ecpantheria  dcnnilaia  described  by  herself,  from  Florida;  /.';>//./  niti^- 
iliilcini  and  .•Irgyiniis j'rig»'a  var.  Sa^n;  tuo  rare  species,  from  Colorado, 
from  Mr.  Aaron;  a  type  specimen  of  I'aniplnla  .\a/;>>n  and  tuo  exi  l;c 
butterflies  donated  by  Dr.  Skimu-r. — For  the  Recorder  by  I!.  SKINNl 

Tnr  AMERICAN  FXTOMOLOCICAI,  SOCIETY,  |an.  23,  [890.— Al  a  busi- 
ness meeting  of  the  Society  held  alter  the  Section  meeting,  as  abo\e,  the 
sum  of  $IOO  was  voted  toward  defiaying  the  expense  ot  the  expedition 
to  Mexico  to  In  mule  i  taken  under  the  auspices  o|  the  Acadeim  ot  Natural 
Sciences  and  the  direction  of  Prof.  Angelo  lleilprin.  1'rot.  Heilprin 
uas  elected  a  member  of  the  Society,  and  Dr.  \Y.  M.Croufoot  a  C( 
sponrlent.  'I  he  President  amioiini  ed  the  death  of  Mr.  I.  I'lank  Knight, 
one  of  the  oldest  members  ot  the  Society,  and  for  a  nnmbei  of  years 
Recoidini;  Secretary.-  For  the  Secretary  by  H.  SKINM  K. 


I    NTOMOLOCICAl     \r\\-.  lm    (ittiiim  \    w  .ts  ui.nl.  il  J;in  .  .;  i . 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  APRIL,    1890.  No.  4. 

CONTENTS: 


Hamilton — Inhabitants   of   a   Hickory-  Wadsworth — List  of  Dragonflies 55 

nut  Hull. 49       Notes  and  News 57 

Skinner — Notes  on  Lepidoptera 51        Entomological  Literature 59 

Liebeck — Notes  on  Col eoptera 52       Queries  and  Answers 62 

Horn — Notes  on  Elateridae 53        Doings  of  Societies 63 

The  Inhabitants  of  a  Hickory  Nut  Hull. 

BY   JOHN    HAMILTON,   M.  D. 

While  collecting  Hickory-nuts  last  October  the  hulls  or  husks 
of  several  of  the  species  were  observed  to  be  inhabited  by  some 
lepidopterous  larvae,  and  to  ascertain  their  parentage,  some  of 
these  hulls  were  thrown  into  a  capped  glass-jar  and  kept  in  my 
office. 

January  8th,  two  £  specimens  of  a  beautiful  hymenopterous 
parasite  appeared  belonging,  according  to  Mr.  Cresson,  to  the 
genus  Pinipla.  On  cutting  open  one  of  the  hulls  a  nearly  ma- 
tured 9  nymph  was  found  in  its  host's  cell,  of  which  all  that 
remained  was  the  horny  head;  the  long  ovipositor  ascended  over 
the  tip  of  the  abdomen  and  extended  along  the  centre  of  the 
back  reaching  the  labrum.  This  example  lay  naked  in  the  cell 
formed  by  the  larva  of  the  moth,  having  made  no  cocoon. 

February  gth,  two  moths  appeared,  and  another  small,  but 
beautiful  parasite,  which  Mr.  Cresson  determined  to  be  Phanero- 
toina  (Sigalphits)  tibia/is  Hald.  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Phila.  2cl 
s. ,  iv,  203)  the  larva  of  which  forms  a  thick  silky  cocoon  in  the 


50  I   XTOMOLOGICAI.    NKWS.  [April, 

cell  of  its  devoured  host,  though  three  or  four  crawled  out  and 
spun  up  against  tin-  glass.  This  species  has  heretofore  been 
known  to  prey  on  the  larva-  <>f  another  Hickory  Tortricid  which 
feeds  on  tin-  leaves,  ^-Icro/hisis  caryce  Grote,  1'apilio  I,  13  and  14. 
It  is  much  smaller  than  the  Pimp/a,  which  may  be  accounted  tor 
by  the  fact  that  the  larva  of  the  latter  wastes  none  of  its  substance 
in  forming  a  cocoon,  and  the  perfect  insect  appears  much  larger 
than  its  host. 

The  moth  was  courteously  determined  by  Prof.  C.  H.  Fernald, 
and  proves  to  be  a  Tortricid  long  known  to  microlepidopterists 
as  an  inhabitant  of  Hickory-nut  hulls.  It  was  first  described  by 
Fitch  (N.  Y.  Agric.  Rept.  xvi,  459,  1856)  under  the  name  J-'phip- 
pophora  caryana,  now  Grapholitha;  and  again  by  Shinier  (Trans. 
Am.  Ent.  Soc.  II,  394)  as  Grapholitha  carvcc.  The  larva  when 
full  grown  excavates  a  cell  in  the  hull  several  times  larger  than  itself. 
which  it  lines  with  a  silky  gum.  It  is  then  about  .25  inch,  in 
length,  white,  except  a  luteous  head,  and  i6-footed.  The  pupa 
is  pale  clay  colored,  .20  inch,  long,  and  has  on  the  posterior  mar- 
gin of  each  segment  a  transverse  row  of  erect  teeth  which  enables 
it  to  move  about  its  large  cell  with  great  ease.  The  anterior  wing 
cover  of  the  moth  is  dusky  black,  with  a  sprinkling  of  scales- 
golden,  purple  and  blue,  and  a  silvery  blotch  near  the  tip.  K\- 
panse  .50  to  .60  inch. 

The  nuts  attacked  in  their  earlier  stages  usually  abort  and  fall, 
or  fail  to  produce  a  perfect  kernel.  In  furnishing  these  beautiful 
parasites  nature  has  been  very  kind  to  the  country  and  village 
boys,  as  without  this  protection  Hickory-nut  hunting  would  not 
often  be  one  of  their  chief  autumnal  pleasures. 

A  full  grown  larva,  while  under  observation,  stepped  from  tin- 
table,  but  like  its  leaf-rolling  kindred,  it  let  itself  down  very  gently 
by  a  suddenly  improvised  thread.  This  \\.is  rather  a  surprise.  as 
it  is  not  known  to  leave  the  interior  of  the  hull  voluntarily  till  it 
comes  forth  with  wings.  Some  evolutionists  may  interpret  this 
as  proof  of  an  ancestry  that  had  business  in  the  outride  world. 

In  compliance  with  my  request,  Mr.  I'..  T.  Crcsson  has  kindly 
furnished  a  description  oi  the  /'inip/a. 

[Pimpla  grapholithae  n.  sp.       ,  .     I  lead  nifopi.  eons,  smooth  ami  shining; 

vertex,  fiicr  and  mandibles,  except  tips.  fuse,  p  i.-st.n  •<•<  ,us;  palpi  and  scape 

lieneath  uhile,  remainder  ol  aiilenii.i-  l>l.n  k;   thorax  smooth  and  polished. 

mpnnctate,  lukoiis  or  h»ne\   \.-llo\\;   metathorax   piceoiis;   te-ul.e  uhite; 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  51 

wings  hyaline,  iridescent,  nervures  brown-black,  upper  nervure  of  third 
discoidal  cell  bent  downwards  at  about  the  middle,  so  that  the  cell  is  nar- 
rowed at  base;  legs,  including  coxa?,  white;  spot  on  coxae  and  trochanters 
within,  broad  stripe  on  femora  within,  tips  of  four  posterior  tibia?  and  of 
their  tarsal  joints,  black;  abdomen  brown-black,  rather  closely  punctured, 
segments  2-5  above  with  a  rounded  elevation  on  each  side  about  the  mid- 
dle; segment-;  i  and  3-5  quadrate;  segments  rather  longer  than  broad; 
ovipositor  a.;  long  as  the  body,  honey-yellow,  sheaths  black.  Length  .40 
inch. 

<3\ — More  slender  than  the  9  ;  head,  metathorax  and  abdomen  jet-black; 
face  with  a  fine  whitish  pubescence;  all  the  abdominal  segments  longer 
than  broad  and  clothed  with  a  short,  fine,  whitish  sericeous  pubescence; 
basal  segment  above  with  a  longitudinal  central  groove.  Length  .37 — .40 
inch. 

Described  from  one  female  in  collection  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.  from 
Missouri,  and  two  males  reared  by  Dr.  Hamilton,  as  stated  above. 

-E.  T.  C] 

o 

NOTES  ON  LEPIDOPTERA. 

BY  HENRY  SKINNER,   M.   I). 

A  SPHINX  NOT  KNOWN  IN  AMERICAN  COLLECTIONS. — Proto- 
parce  dalica  was  described  by  Kirby  in  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  London 
(1877),  p.  243.  Locality  Canada.  There  is  a  good  figure  of  it 
on  page  70  in  the  "  Aid  to  the  Identifications  of  Insects,"  Vol.  i, 
by  C.  O.  Waterhouse.  Dr.  H.  Strecker  thinks  this  is  an  aber- 
rant form  of  P.  rustica,  and  such  it  will  likely  prove  to  be. 

ARCTIA  PALLIDA  Pack. — Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  in  "  Can.  Ent." 
February,  1890,  p.  35,  says  "the  type  of  pallida  is  in  the  collec- 
tion of  the  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  where  I  have  several  times  seen  it. 
It  is  certainly  not  an  Arctia,  but  perhaps  nearer  Seirarctia."  The 
specimen  in  the  collection  of  the  Society  was  marked  type  on  the 
authority  of  Mr.  Aaron.  He  showed  it  to  Prof.  Packard,  when 
he  was  here  on  a  visit,  who  said  he  thought  it  might  be  his  type. 
The  specimen  has  a  Pennsylvania  locality  label  on  it,  and  also 
Dr.  Lewi--/  name.  In  the  original  description  of  the  species  Prof. 
Packard  says,  "I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Calverly  for  the  lean  of 
this  fine,  and  apparently  very  rare  species."  Locality  given  is 
New  York.  The  specimen  in  question,  in  my  opinion,  is  an  aber- 
ration of  Hvphanti'ia  I'unca  of  Drury,  but  it  also  answers  to  the 
description  ol  . /.  pallida.  \*  pallida  known  to  exist?  has  any 
one  the  species  ?  Is  our  specimen  the  t\  | 


52  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

In  "Notes  on  Cuban  Sphingida-,"  Proc.  Knt.  Soc.  Phila.,  \>. 
79,  1865,  Mr.  Grote  refers  to  OLnosanda  noctuifonnis  \\'alkcr, 
and  refers  to  the  specimens  in  the  collection  Knt.  Soc.  of  Phila. 
which  came  from  Cuba,  and  were  presented  by  Prof.  Poey,  being" 
No.  835  of  his  MS.  catalogue.  I  ha\c  compared  these  with  speci- 
mens in  our  North  American  collection  labeled  Cauftl/tia  (Jrotci 
Hy.  Kdwards,  and  can  see  no  specific  differences.  If  there  is 
no  difference  between  the  Florida  and  Cuban  specimens  it  seems 
likely  that  there  is  but  one  species  inhabiting  the  \\V-t  Indies 
and  that  Walker's  type  from  San  Domingo  represents  the  same 
thing.  If  but  one  species  is  found  in  San  Domingo,  it  will  prob- 
ably be  found  to  be  identical  with  the  one  inhabiting  Cuba  and 
Florida. 

SOME  SYNONYMY. — Phyciodes  ianthe  Fab.,  =  Acca  hera  Hub. 
Samml.  Ex.  Schmett.  Band  2,  figs,  i  and  2  £  ,  3  and  49  = 
Eresia  Texana  Edw. ,  Pr.  Ent.  Soc.  Phila.,  2,  81,  1863,  =  Smer- 
dis  Hew.,  Ex.  But.  3,  pi.  5. 

o 

NOTES  ON  COLEOPTERA. 

BY  CHAS.    LIEBECK. 

While  visiting  some  friends  near  Landisville,  N.  }.,  during  the 
summer  of  1888,  my  attention  was  directed  to  the  damage  caused 
by  the  common  Rose  bug,  Macrodactylits  subsfiinosus  Fab.,  to 
the  young  grapes  in  their  vineyard,  situated  about  two  hundred 
yards  from  their  house.  About  the  same  time  they  planted  a  tew 
rose  bushes  of  the  common  free  blooming  variety  in  front  of  the 
house.  In  June,  1889,  the  beetles  again  made  their  appearan.  <• 
in  large  numbers,  but  showed  a  decided  preference  for  the  roses, 
not  molesting  the  vines  in  the  least.  The  bushes,  at  a  short  dis- 
tance, appeared  to  be  scorched,  but  a  nearer  vieu  slmued  that 
they  were  being  devoured  by  the  beetles,  and  although  the  bushes 
had  grown  to  a  large  size,  bearing  hundreds  of  buds  and  tloueix 
none  seemed  to  have  escaped  their  voracity.  It"  others  similarly 
afflicted  would  plant  a  hedge  of  roses  in  the  vicinity  of  their  vine- 
yard it  may  prevent  damage  by  this  pest  to  their  grapes. 

TWO    NOVEL    HKKTI.K    TKAI'S. 

During  the  warm  days  in  the  early  spring  of  last  year  1  \\a> 
colleeting  Coleoptera  in  the  fields  towards  evening,  taking  such 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  53 

species  as  generally  fly  just  before  dark.  I  usually  selected  a 
piece  of  meadow-land  with  a  bank  of  earth  five  or  six  feet  high 
running  through  it,  thus  making  it  easier  to  see  the  insects  against 
the  horizon  as  they  flew  over.  Accompanied  by  a  white  setter 
dog,  I  happened  to  glance  at  him  while-  sitting  by  my  side  and 
noticed  a  number  of  specimens  running  along  his  back  among 
the  hair.  I  captured  these,  and  laughable  as  it  may  seem,  there- 
after found  it  much  more  profitable  to  send  him  running  along 
the  top  of  the  bank  and  act  as  a  trap,  than  by  the  usual  method. 
I  took  numbers  of  small  Carabidae,  Staphylinidae,  Scydmaenidae, 
Pselaphidae  and  Niticlulicke  in  this  way,  which  were  evidently 
attracted  by  his  white  coat  in  the  semi-darkness.  A  wide  ditch, 
the  surface  of  which  was  covered  with  a  small  floating  water  plant, 
a  species  of  Lemna,  served  as  the  other  trap.  A  large  swamp- 
oak  on  its  borders  was  very  attractive  at  night  to  numbers  of  Lach- 
nosterna,  which,  in  returning  to  the  ground  in  the  morning,  flew 
into  the  water,  no  doubt  mistaking  it  for  solid  ground,  where  they 
staid  until  their  sluggish  movements  met  the  eyes  of  a  collector 
happening  that  way  soon  after,  when  they  were  immediately  fished 
out  and  transferred  to  his  bottle.  Although  a  large  number  of 
specimens  were  taken,  I  believe,  but  two  species  were  represented, 
L.  micans  Knoch.  and  L.  hirticnla  Knoch. 


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NOTES  ON  ELATER1D>£. 

I5V  GEO.    II.    HORN,   M.   D. 

In  the  A'nnales  Soc.  Ent.  Belg. ,  1889,  Dr.  Candeze  resumes  his 
descriptions  of  Elateridae  in  a  "  Ouatrieme  fascicule' '  of  fifty-seven 
pages.  The  descriptions  are  brief,  but  ample,  and  concerning 
them  he  makes  the  following  comment,  which  I  translate  : 

"  Entomologists  have  been  often  able  to  observe  that  it  is  not 
the  longest  descriptions  which  arc  the  best.  By  too  many  details, 
in  which  one  loses  himself,  and  which  apply  definitely  and  very 
often  to  the  specimen  only  which  tin-  de->rril>er  had  before  him,  it 
becomes  impossible  t<>  figure  to  one's  ^-If  the  species  which  it  is 
desired  t<>  recognize." 

The  following  North  Anu-rican  species  are  deseribed  : 

.  Hans  cauadcnsis.  Allied  to  wiv/>\,  but  with  the  dark  ei  >lc  >r  of  nic- 
/in/i>/>s.  I  have  a  specimen  from  Canada  which  responds  fairly  to  the 
deseriptioii,  \\hich  seems  hardly  specifically  different  from  A>/r<yV. 


54  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NF.WS.  [April, 

Motwcrcpidins  f>cninsularis.  Compared  by  Candcxc  with  res- 
pcrtiniis,  and  from  the  series  in  my  cabinet,  certainly  a  variety 
of  it.  Florida. 

lletcrodcrcs  lantus.  The  species  of  I  [ftcrodcrcs  were  included 
by  LeConte  in  Monocrepidius.  From  the  description  lantus  is 
al>out  the  size  of  r/'sfio'tin/i.t,  and  of  the  color  of  simfidns.  It  is 
of  the  type  (fide  Cdz)  of  certain  Fast  Indian  species,  and  I  sus- 
pect requires  further  confirmation  as  a  member  of  our  fauna. 
Florida. 

Dr.  Candeze,  in   passing,  speaks  of  the  revision  of  I  >ra>terius 
by  LeConte  in  1884  (posthumous),  and   says  that  the  union  ot 
several  under  the  name  elegans  seems  "  rigoreu-e."      It  is  pn>b- 
able  that  sufficient  cause  determined  such  action  on  LeConte  s 
part. 

Mi-Ianotus  peninsularis.  This  is  the  species  determined  by 
LeConte  as  dandestinus  Er.  and  distributed  as  such  in  all  our  col- 
lections. Florida. 

Corytnbites  trunculentus.  Black,  thorax  with  ferruginous  side 
margin;  elytra  ferruginous  brown.  Allied  to  vo/itans  and  sa^it- 
ticollis.  Long.  14  mm.  California. 

Corvmbitcs  iirostigtna.  Brown,  elytra  with  apical  testaceous 
spot;  third  joint  of  antennae  long.  Long.  13  mm.  California. 

Corymbitcs  gracilis.  yEneo-piceous,  third  joint  of  antennae 
shorter  than  the  fourth.  This  is,  without  doubt,  C.  monticola 
Horn,  from  the  same  region.  X.  California  and  <  )regon. 

C.  floridanus.  Closely  allied  to  diraricatns*  and  (littering  in 
having  the  hind  angles  shorter  and  not  divaricate.  My  examina- 
tion of  a  specimen  sent  me  led  me  to  believe  it  merely  a  variety 
of  that  species.  Long.  9  mm.  Florida. 

Asafihes  Lccontci.  This  is  a  species  which  has  long  been  in 
our  cabinets  unnamed,  as  I  have  never  been  able  to  xati-.lv  my- 
self  as  to  the  proper  genus.  It  is  of  piceous  color,  elytra  yellow- 
ish te.xtaceoux,  the  suture  and  border  darker. 

Scricn*  lu'hrcnsi.  This  is  Scricoxonius  int'oti^rnits  Lee.,  which 
Cande/e  seems  to  ha\-e  lo.xt  sight  of.  The  nanu-  is  in  hix  index 
as  Alrat'li>f>lcrus  incon^ruHs,  but  no  mention  ot  it  occurs  in  the 
volume. 

In  addition  to  the  above  I  de^in-  t<>  make  known  two  interesting 
ix  fiirnixhed  me  by  correspondents  : 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  55 

Megapenthes  limbalis  Hbst.,  is  the  male,  and  grauulosns  the 
female  of  the  same  species.  Mr.  M.  Lim-11  informs  me  that  they 
have  several  times  been  taken  in  copulation  by  himself  and  others. 
Certainly,  all  the-  specimens  I  have  seen  confirm  this,  as  the  one 
is  always  male  the  other  female. 

Corymbites  injlatus  Say,  is  the  male,  and  crassns  the  female  of 
the  same  species.  To  Mr.  Frederick  Hlanchard  this  information 
is  due,  and  he  has  made  the  same  observation  here  as  has  been 
made  in  the  preceding  species. 


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LIST  OF  THE  DRAGONFLIES  (ODONATA) 

Taken  at  Manchester,  Kennebec  Co.,  Me.,  in  1888  and  1889. 
BY   MISS   MATTIi:   \\ADS\VORTH. 


(Continued  from  p.  37,  Vol.  I.) 

22.  Corduleg-aster  maculatus  Selys. 

1888,  June  19,  to  July  n.      1889,  May  15,  June  6,  13,  22,  24. 
This  species  not  very  common,   but  several  £  £   seen  on  dates 
mentioned  flying  directly  over  brook  and  following   its  course. 
Few   9  9  observed. 

23.  Corduleg-aster  obliquus  Say. 

1889,  June  29,  one  £  ,  near  brook. 

Tribe  III.  —  LIHKLLULIXA. 

Subfamily  5.   CORDTLINA. 

24.  Macromia  transversa  Say. 

iSSS,   May  27,  to  July  10.      1889,  May  15  to  June  25.      A  very 
common  species  in  woods,  field  and  near  brook. 

2.->.  Epitheca  Walshii  Scml. 

1888,  July  1 6,  one  £  ,  near  brook. 

•.'(;.  Epitheca  forcipata  Scud. 

1889,  May  20,  one   £  ,  in  woods. 

27.  Cordulia  semiaquea  Burin. 

IS88,  June    15   to  July  9.       [889,    May  15  to  June  28.      A  \ vry 
common  species  in  woods,  near  water  and  everywhere. 

•>.  Cordulia  lepida  Sclys. 

iSSS.  July  II,  one  9  ,  near  brook. 


56  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

29.  Cordulia  libera  Sclys. 
1889,  June  6,  one   $  . 

30.  Cordulia  Uhleri  Sdys. 

1889,  May  1 8,  23,  25,  two  &  ,  three   9  taken.     All  near  road. 

31.  Cordulia  princeps  Hagm. 

1889,  June  19,  24,  one  taken  each  day.    Near  road  and  brook. 

32.  Cordulia  new'.'  species. 

1889,  May  29,  one  9  »  "ear  woods. 

Subfamily  6.   LIBELLULINA. 

33.  Libellula  exista  Say. 

1888,    June   15;    July   7,    9.      1889,   May  18  to  June   25.      This 
species  quite  common  near  woods  and  brook. 

34    Libellula  quadrimaculata  Liun. 

1888,  June  19;  July  8-n.     1889,  May  15  to  June  24.     A  com- 
mon species  in  1889. 

35.  Libellula  pulchella  Drury. 

1888,  July  7  to  Aug.  2.     1889,  June  25  to  July  16.    This  species 
observed  near  water,  woods,  and  in  open  fields. 

36.  Libellula  incesta  Hayen. 

1889,  June  18,  19,  22,  25;  July  9,  16.      But  few  of  this  species 
taken.     Near  lake,  woods,  and  in  road. 

37.  Libellula  semifasciata  Bunii. 

issy,  June  21,  one  £  ;  July  n,  one  £  .      Near  brook. 

38.  Leucorhinia  intacta  Ha.m-n. 

1888,  June  1 6,  one  1  ,  in  open  field.      iXSq,   May  25  to  July  4. 
A  very  common  species  (1888)  near  brook,  woods  and  road. 

39.  Leucorhinia  proxima  (lla^cn  in-s.    (  alvcrt. 

1888,  July  10,   n,   16.     One  £    taken  each  day,  all  near  brook. 

40.  Dipfax  rubicundula  Say. 

isss,  June  2«;  to  July  30.      188  i,  June  j.s  to  An-,  21.     A  very 
(  ommon  Aperies  everyw  here. 

11.  Dlplax  vicina  Hagen. 

isss,  Aug.   i  to  Oct.   ii.      [889,  An-.  3  to  Oct.  9.     This  spe- 
cies al>o  very  common  rvrry\\  hen-. 

\i.  Diplax  coatifera  (  riilrr  ins.  j  llaym. 

ISSS,  Sept.  o.       iSS(j,   An.^.    -1  to  Sspt,    l  \.      Thi>   sp( cirs   t|iiitc 
( -0111111011,  Iml  all  taken  wnv  tcm  lies. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  57 

43.  Diplax  new  ?  species. 

1888,  Aug.  6,  one  I  ,  five  o'clock  P.  M.,  in  field. 

One  or  two  specimens  of  each  of  the  species  mentioned  in  the 
foregoing-  list  were  identified  by  Mr.  Philip  P.  Calvert,  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  from  these  the  others  were  identified  by  me.  All 
the  species  noted  were  taken  in  Manchester,  Kennebec  Co.,  Me. 


Notes  and.  Ne\vs. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUARTERS 
OF   THE  GLOBE. 

[The  Conductors  of  KN  IOMDI.OCICAI.  NKVVS  solicit,  and  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  news,  likely  to  interest  its  readers,  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  given 
in  each  case  'or  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


"  K.x  KI.MDI.OCV  must  always  be,  as  it  undoubtedly  is  at  this  time,  not  only 
a  useful,  but  a  popular  study,  and  must  contribute,  perhaps,  mure  than  any 
other  to  the  enjoyment  and  recreation,  mental 'and  physical,  of  those  dwel- 
lers in  towns  who  possess  a  true  appreciation  of  the  pleasures  and  interests 
attaching  to  country  life.  I  think  it  would  be  difficult  to  over-estimate  the 
rivili/ing  and  refining  effect  which  a  day  in  the  country  with  the  object  of 
gaining  an  insight  into  tin-  marvels  of  natural  creation,  none  the  less  won- 
derful because  in  themselves  common  and  widely  distributed,  must  have 
upon  the  minds  and  characters  of  all  who  seek  such  enjoyment." — LORD 
WALSINGHAM. 

WKITIM,  from  Darjeeling,  Hritish  Sikkim,  under  date  of  Jan.  13,  1890, 
Miss  Adele  M.  Kielde  refers  to  a  visit  she  paid  to  the  shop  of  Mr.  Paul 
Miiwis.  dealer  in  Tibetan  curios  and  butterflies,  i  Victoria  Terrace.  Mr. 
Mowis  is  one  of  the  five  Europeans  who  has  ever  traveled  in  Tibet,  lie 
makes  very  valuable  collections  of  Himalayan  butterflies,  which  he  sends 
to  museums  in  all  countries.  1  le  exhibited  to  Miss  Kielde  the  male  of  a 
pair  of  butterflies  i  Teinopalpus  iui/>fria/is}  whose  mate  he  had  sold  to  a 
museum  in  Merlin  for  ,(."25  sterling.  This  was  the  largest  sum  he  had  ever 
received  for  an  insect.  The  male  was  exquisitely  beautiful,  bright  ^n  < n 
and  gold.  The  female  was  said  to  have  "six  tails." 

Miss  Kielde  inclose  s  .1  beetle  of  the  f.imiK  <  "hrysome!id;e.  which  she  ob- 
tained from  a  ragged  t;irl  on  the  1  Iiinal,i\.is,  \vho  brought  it  to  the  train 
lor  sale.  When  she  took  the  insect  in  her  hand  she  at  first  thought  it  must 
ha\  e  b< -en  artificially  gilded,  so  truly  like  metallic  g.  >ld  was  its  ornamenta- 
tion. This  does  not  remain  alter  death. 

Dr.  I  >.\vn>  SIIAKI-,  the  eminent  entomologist,  and  late  I'tesident  of  the 
Kntoniolo-iral  Society  of  London,  has  act  epted  the  appointment  of  Cu- 
rator of  7o!  >lo;_;y  in  the  Mus.-nm  of  the  I ' Diversity  of  C  unbridle. 


5§  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NE\\  -.  [April, 

IN  answer  to  Dr.  Skinner's  artick-  in  Kvn  >MOI.<  K.IC'AI.  NI-AVS,  Vol.  i,  p. 
20,  in  which  IK-  (k-siivs  to  correct  an  error  I  made  in  describing  tin-  cocoon 
of  Cal/osamia  an^it/ifem,  I  should  like  to  say  that  the  <  ••»  ooii  of  </;/;'«- 
lifcni,  \vliicli  I  bred,  could  only  be  distinguished  from  that  of  Iconic  I  he  a 
by  its  larger  si/e.  I  ha\e  also  distinct  evidence  that  the  lar\  a  of  titign- 
///(•;•<?  will  spin  a  silken  thread,  liy  means  of  which  it  lianas  to  branches  of 
trees.  The  cocoon  of  aiigu  lifcra  when  spun  on  the  ground  is  exactly  as 
Dr.  Skinner  describes  it.  I  was  unacquainted  with  this  form  when  !  made 
my  description  i  Knt.  Am.  \'.  p.  200).  —  \\'.M.  Ili-.i  n  NMU.I.HK. 

What  Mr.  lieutenmuller  says  is  undoubtedly  true,  an  i^Hlifcra  does  spin 
a  thread  occasionally,  but  it  is  the  exception  that  proves  the  rule.  Mr. 
Philip  Laurent,  in  a  large  collecting  experience  found  one  suspended,  all 
the  others  he  has  found  were  under  tulip  poplar  trees.  Mr.  !•".  M.  lone-- 
sent me  one  with  the  silken  thread.  1  have  collected  in  a  single  day  more 
than  a  quart  of  angulifera  cocoons,  not  all  of  them  alive,  however,  and 
never  saw  one  suspended,  and  for  negative  evidence  I  may  say  I  ha\e 
found  thousands  of  promethia  cocoons  on  poplar,  etc.,  and  never  had  an 
emerge  from  them.  —  H.  SKINNKK. 


LORD  WAI.SINC.IIAM,  in  his  Presidential  address,  estimated  the  number 
of  species  of  insects  as  upwards  of  two  millions,  and  further  said,  "we 
may  well  ask  ourselves  who  can  venture  to  assume  the  appellation  of 
'  Entomologist?'  or  even  of  Lepidopterist  or  Hymenopterist  ?  Surely,  our 
successors  in  this  Society  must  one  day  be  content  to  be  called  Pieridists. 
Gelechiclists,  Hispidists,  or  Cicindelidists,  according  to  their  ditti-rent 
branches  of  study." 

"  \\"K  have  abundant  evidence  that  the  whole  field  of  /oolo-ical  research 
apart  from  Entomology  is  but  small  as  compared  to  that  in  which  the  I  -"el- 
lows  of  this  Society  i  Knt.  Soc.  London  are  interested,  when  we  see  that 
in  Central  America  one  small  family  of  Coleopu-ra,  the  Hispid.  c  exce  d 
the  whole  of  the  mammalia." 

Dr.  W.  L.  Ar.r.irrr  has  left  the  Kilimanjaro  region.  He  was  heard  from 
at  Zan/ibar,  and  intended  to  leave  there  shortly  to  study  the  fauna  of  the 
Comoro  Islands  and  Madagascar. 

KKKBIA  KIMPSI  >DKA.  In  "  P.utlerllies  of  North  America,"  Pt.  9,  Vol.  iii, 
Mr.  W.  II.  Kdwards  gives  us  a  very  interesting  account  of  /-.'.  <•/>//.  v<  >i  it  \  i. 
I  [e  gives  as  its  ideographical  distribution  "  Middle  (  'ol,  >radi  >  north  wan  I  to 
the  Arctii  Sea."  It  comes,  how<-ver,  a  little  further  South  than  this,  and 
it  may  be  north  while  to  lix  its  most  southern  point  as  at  present  knoun. 
Mr.  II.  \V.  Nash  informs  me  that  he  has  taken  it  at  Music  Pass,  CiMcr 
(  'on  nt  \  ,  Col.,  and  at  I  'x  man/a.  Sagmache  County.  Col.  The  litst  ,  it'  these 
localities  is  about  N.  I.  at  ^S",  tin-  other  is  rather  more  northern.  —  T.  P. 

A.  CnrKKui  LI  ,  West  Cliff,  Custer  County,  Col. 

()\  (AM  AKV  2oth,  while  in  llaltimoic,  I  t.iptuied  a  line  specimen  of 
('/nun  tiii(tii\  Drury,  iia\\lin-  on  tin-  sid<  \\alk.  /:"/  v  •'  the  early  bug 

(  ate  lie  ,  (he  pin.  —  C'.    A.    I'.l    \K  I   . 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  59 

Entomological  Literature. 

TRANS.  KNT.  Soc.  London,  for  the  year  1889,  Part  IV,  "On  some  Le- 
pidoptera  from  New  Guinea,"  by  Fdward  Meyrick.  This  paper  consists 
of  sixty-seven  pages,  in  which  a  number  of  n«-u  genera  and  spec  irs  of 
moths  are  described.  "On  the  distribution  of  the  Charlonia  group  of  the 
genus  Anthocharis,"  by  George  T.  I  taker.  "  A  revision  of  tin-  genus  Ar- 
gynnis,"  by  Henry  |.  Llwes.  A  new  species  is  described  under  tlie  name 
hanniii^loni:  it  was  taken  at  Taveta,  near  Mt.  Kilimanjaro,  in  Africa. 
This  paper  is  a  very  interesting  and  important  one  to  Ameriean  students, 
and  will  probably  be  reviewed  later  at  some  length.  "Additional  note-, 
on  the  genus  Hilipus,"  by  Francis  I'.  1'ascoe. 

From  the  I'K<  >n-.i-.i>i.\<;s  <>K  Tin-:  I'MTI-:!)  STATKS  NATIONAL  Mi  si  IM 
"Annotated  Catalogue  of  the  Insects  collected  in  1887-88,"  by  !,.<>.  How- 
ard. The  insects  received  were  the  part  products  of  the  scientific  results 
of  explorations  by  the  IT.  S.  Fish  Commission  steamer  "Albatross."  The 
I  li-inipli-m  wen-  sent  to  Prof.  P.  R.  Uhler,  of  Baltimore,  .Md.;  the  Orthnf- 
Icrn  to  Mr.  Lawrence  Hruner,  of  Lincoln,  Neb.;  the  Diptera  to  Prof.  S. 
\\'.  Williston,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.;  the  LcpiJoptcra  to  Rev.  \Y.  |.  Hol- 
land, Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  and  the  Mallophaga  to  Prof.  Herbert  Osborn,  of 
Ames,  Iowa."  Dr.  Holland  describes,  as  new  to  science,  I'rotuparce 
calapagensis  horn  Charles  Island,  Galapagos. 

The  K.vn  >MI  >I.(>(;IST,  February,  1890. — "New  species  of  Lepidoptera 
from  China,"  by  J  .  II.  Leech.  The  specimens  were  collected  near  Ichang, 
Central  China,  and  fifty-six  new  species  are  described,  all  diurnals.  "  Co- 
leo|itera  at  Camber  during  iS.Sg."  "An  entomological  tour  on  the  Table- 
land of  Mount  Arthur,"  by  G.  Y.  Hudson."  "On  the  occurrence  of 
Hcspcria  lineola  in  Lssex,"  by  A.  |.  Spiller.  I\hof>aloccra  in  Swit/erland. 
"<  )n  the  variation  of  Ilclinpluilms  his/tutus  at  Portland,"  by  N.  M.  Rich- 
ardson. "Gas-lamp  entomology,"  by  J.  Arkle.  The  remaining  part  of 
the  number  consists  of  notes,  captures,  etc.,  and  the  doings  of  societies 

"  RHI  H'AI.OCKKA  NIIIONICA  :  a  description  of  the  butterflies  of  |apan," 
by  H.  Pryer.  Part  .^  for  Decemln-r,  iSSc;,  has  arrived,  completing  the  work. 
<  hving  to  the  lamentable  and  untimely  death  of  the  author  on  the  i;th  of 
February,  1888,  the  preparation  tor  the  press  of  the  unpublished  portion 
of  the  work  was  undertaken  by  James  P>isset,  F.I..S.  The  text  is  in  l-'.n-- 
lish  and  Japanese,  and  colored  figures,  notes,  description  of  spe<  ies,  time 
of  appear.mce  and  food-plants  are  gi\en. 

TRANS.  KANSAS  ACAD.  Sc\  \'ol.  n,  [887-88.— " Notes  on  the  early 
stages  of  Nerii-t-  l>id<-ntatii,  Aui\»tn  sti^tna  and  (\illinwrpha  .\i<ti'i(Mi,"  by 
C.  L.  Marlatt. 

ANNALS  AND  M.\I,\/INI:  OF  NATTKAI.  HISIOKV. — "  I  )escri|>tion  of 
a  new  -enus  of  Oriental  Cicadid.i  ,"  /'a/din^a)  by  \\'.  L.  Distant. 
"  I  'escriptii  in  of  two  ne\\  spi-cjes  ( if .  /,  /•,/•</  from  Mombasa,"  by  II.  Grose 


60  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NKWS.  [April, 

Sniitli.  "Observations  on  some  Coleoptera  from  the  Bonin  Islands,"  by 
C.  O.  \Vaterhouse  and  C.  J.  Galian.  "  I  )escri])tion  of  three  new  species 
of  luitterflies  from  New  Ireland,"  by  H.  Grose  Sniitli.  "Seasonal  di- 
morphism in  Japanese  butterflies,"  by  Dr.  Adolf  Fritze. 

"  LKS  PARNASSIKNS  DK  i..\  KATNK  I'.u.EARCTiorK,"  par  Jules  L^on  Am- 

stat,  Leipxig,  1889. — This  is  practically  a  monograph  of  the  genus,  all  the 
species  being  mentioned,  except  our  American  /\irntissius  c/oJiits.  There 
are  two  hundred  and  twenty-two  pages  devoted  to  descriptions,  history, 
etc.,  of  the  species  and  varieties,  and  thirty-two  plates,  representing  a 
number  of  figures  delineating  the  species,  varieties  and  comparative  anat- 
omy. The  figures  are  fine  examples  of  chrome-lithography. 

"S.AFRICAN  IU  TTERFLIES:  A  monograph  of  the  extra-tropical  spa  ies," 

by  Roland  Trimen  and  James  Henry  Bowker,  Vol.  3. — Papilioimke  and 
Hesperidas.  This  volume  completes  the  work;  it  contains  four  hundred 
and  thirty-eight  pages  and  twenty-eight  colored  figures.  These  three 
volumes  make  a  very  valuable  addition  to  the  literature  of  the  subject,  and 
are  very  exhaustive. 

The  ZOOLOGISCHKR  AXZEIGER  for  Feb.  1.1,  1890,  contains  a  summary 
of  J.  Carriere's  studies  "On  the  embryological  development  of  the  Wall 
Bee  (Chalicodoina  mitraria  Fab.) 

LE  NATURALISTS  for  Feb.  15,  1890,  contains  an  article  by  L.  Cuenot, 
"  <  >n  the  means  of  defense  of  Arthropods,"  including  references  to  insects, 
and  1'.  Dognin  describes  a  new  lepidopter  from  Loja,  O.vytt'iiis?  t'cna- 
dorensis. 

The  ExTr  >M<>I.O<;ISCHE  NACHRICHTKN  i  Berlin)  for  February,  1890.  con- 
tains "  Pentathcmis  inemln-annlata,  a  new  Australian  Libellulid  with  five- 
sided  cardinal  cell,"  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch,  describing  a  new  genus  /'•;//,?///,•- 
mis  (family  Confii/i/ia),  type  I',  membranulata  n.  sp.  from  Torres  Strait, 
with  a  woodcut  of  fore  wing.  "On  varieties  of  Knropean  ("icindelid.e." 
by  H.  Beuthin.  "On  ('.alls  and  Gall-flies  from  flower-heads  of  various 
Compositae  (continued),"  by  |.  J.  Kieffer,  including  Cecidomyia Jlorum 
n.  sp.  "New  Histeridrc  (Coleoptera),"  by  Joh.  Schmidt  i  continued  i,  nine 
species  of  the  genera  V/V Y^.sV/.r,  Tri/ta/ns.  /'c/orni'its  and  Siif>riniis>  from 
.Australia,  Africa  and  South  America.  Some  shorter  notes  and  notices  ,  it" 
recent  entomological  works. 

INDIAN  MISM  \i  Notes  (economic)  Vol.  i,  No.  2;  one  hundred  .md 
twenty  pages,  three  plates,  Calcutta,  iSSi,  ;  published  by  .mthoiily  of  the 

<  rovernmenl  of  India. 

In  !,!•:  NfATURALISTE  (Paris)  for  Feb.  i,  is.);,,  Kd.  Andre  has  a  note  on 
"  Les  lar\es  de  Malar-hiiis  ( 'oleoptei.i,  (".mi.  Mal.icodermi<l.e  '."  \\itli  t\\o 
\\oodcuts  of  the  larva  of  .!/.  bipustulatus.  1'.  I  >ognin  diagnoses  t\\o  new 
I.epirloplera  from  /  iniora,  Amalu/a  and  I  .oj.i--.  liit/.i/iit  aJc/a  and  (  \i/>,-- 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NK\VS.  6l 

The  ORVOS-TERMESZETTUDOMANYI  EKTKSITO  (Medical  and  N. aural 
Science  Communications,  being  the  organ  of  that  Section  of  the  Transyl- 
vanian  Museum  Union),  Vol.  XI\',  3  heft,  1889,  contains  "  Contributions 
to  the  Coleopterous  fauna  of  Transylvania,"  by  L.  V.  Mehely.  It  is  a  list 
of  species  with  notes  in  I  lungarian.  A  German  summary  is  given  p.  295; 
also  a  "  Notice  of  his  entomological  excursion  into  S/eklerland,"  by  I  )r.  A. 
I'.alint;  a  general  list  of  insects  taken. 

LE  NATTRAI.ISTK  CANAUIKN  for  January,  1890,  contains  notes  on  the 
Jassidae  (Hemiptera-Homoptera)  of  the  province  of  Quebec,  and  describes 
as  new, —  Tluitnnotettix  decifiiens  and  llythoscopus pnini  (Flitch  ms.) 

In  the  TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  MARYLAND  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCES  for 
1888-89,  PP-  33-44.  Pr°f-  V-  K-  Uhler  describes  some  "New  genera  and 
species  of  American  Homoptera."  The  new  genera  are  Scaphoideus 
(fam.  Jassidce),  type  J.  immistus  Say  and  three  new  species;  Dyctidce 
(fam.  Issidae),  type  D.  angustata  and  one  other  new  species;  Dictyobia 
(Issidce),  type  D.  pcrmutata  n.  sp.;  Dictyonia  (Issidae),  type  D.  obscura 
n.  sp.,  Danepteryx  (Issidae),  type  D.  manca  n.  sp.;  also  a  new  species  of 
Tilicen  (cupreo-sparsa).  Most  of  these  new  species  are  from  California. 

In  IL  NATTRALISTA  SICTLIANO  for  Dec.  i,  1889,  B.  Grassi  and  G.  Ro- 
velli  publish  tlieir  sixth  memoir  on  the  Progenitors  of  the  Myriapods  and 
Insects  by  a  (continued)  study  on  the  Italian  Thysanura.  Four  new  spe- 
cies of  Lepisma  are  described. 

We  have  received  from  the  author  a  copy  of  "Die  Tagfalter  (Rhopal- 
ocera)  Europas  und  des  Caucasus.  Analytisch  bearbeitet  von  K.  L.  Bram- 
son.  Kiew.  Verlag  des  Verfassers,  1890."  In  this  work  Prof.  Bramson 
publishes  analytical  tables  of  the  families,  genera  and  species  of  the  but- 
terflies of  Europe  and  the  Caucasus,  with  notes  on  the  distribution  and 
time  of  appearance  of  each  species.  A  list  of  all  the  species  (330  in  num- 
ber) with  their  varieties  and  synonyms,  and  alphabetical  lists  of  the  fami- 
lies, genera  and  species  are  given.  One  plate  showing  the  terminology 
of  the  wings  and  head  of  a  lepiclopter  accompanies  this  work,  which  ought 
to  be  of  great  use  to  students  of  the  European  Rhopalocera. 

K.  Moiiiex  has  a  (continued)  paper  on  the  "  Acari  and  Marine  Insects  of 
the  sides  of  the  Boulonnais"  in  the  "Revue  Biologique  du  Nord  de  la 
France  (Lillej,"  ame  Anne'e,  No.  5,  Fevrier,  1890. 

The  F.vroMou  H;ISK  TIJDSKRIFT  (published  in  Swedish,  with  short  re- 
sumes in  French,  by  the  Entomological  S<><  i«-ty  of  Stockholm )  Arg.  10, 
1889,  Haft  1-4,  contains,  besides  other  notes,  the  continuation  of  H.  I),  f. 
Wallengren's  "Skandinaviensvecklarefjarilar,"  relating  to  the  Tortrit  i<l.r. 
"New  contributions  to  the  myriopodology  of  Scandinavia,"  by  C.  <  >.  v. 
Porat.  Lists  of  entomological  papers  of  1888,  relating  to  Srandina\ia  and 
Finland,  and  a  new  species  of  Chai'd.vcs  ^ic^ius  from  the  Cameroons),  by 
Chr.  Aurivillius. 


62  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April. 

The  Zweite  Abtheilung  of  Dr.  Arnold  Land's  I.ehrbnch  der  \Vrgleich- 
enden  Anatomic  i  Text-book  of  Comparative  Anatomy;.  Jena,  iSXy,  con- 
tains that  portion  of  the  work  treating  of  the  Insecta.  Ac.  onlin-  to  the 
classification  here  adopted  the  Insecta  i  I  It'.vapoda  •  are  divided  inti  •  ->i\t«-en 
orders.  Dr.  Lang  successively  treats  of  the  External  Organization,  Inte-u- 
ment,  Musculature,  Alimentary  Canal,  Nervous  System,  Sense  <  irgaiis. 
Circulatory  System,  Fat  Bodies,  Respiratory  System,  Sound-producing 
Apparatus,  Sexual  Organs,  Dimorphism  and  Polymorphism,  Development 
and  Life-history,  and  Phylogeny  of  lns<-<  ts.  A  bibliography  of  important 
\vorks  on  the  anatomy,  development,  etc.,  of  insects  completes  this,  section. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEIGER  for  January,  iSgo,  No.  326,  contains  "  EnrtluT 
observations  on  the  Dorsal  Gland  in  the  Abdomen  of  I'criplaueta  and  its 
allies,"  by  Kd\v.  A.  Mmchin.  "  Note  on  the  Sexual  Apertures  of  the 
Lepidoptern  Chrysalis,"  by  W .  Hatchett  |ackson.  Note  on  H.  T.  Fer- 
nald's  paper  entitled,  "External  Sexual  Markings  of  Pupae." 

"  Butterflies  of  North  America,"  by  W.  H.  Edwards,  third  series,  part 
9,  contains  figures  and  descriptions  of  Arg.  nevadensis  $,  A.  halcyonc  .  . 
Life-history*  of  Arg.  aphrodite,  Satyms  pcgala,  Sal.  alopc  var.,  Ercbia 
cpipsodca,  figures  and  life-history,  also  figure  of  epipsodea  var.  Jimcci. 

ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGA/INH,  February,  1890,  "  (/<•/<•<// /<? 
portlandicclla  n.  sp."  by  X.  M.  Richardson.  "  Ncpticula  auromarginetta 
n.  sp."  by  N.  M.  Richardson.  "  Description  of  the  Micropteiy.v  of  the 
hazel  (M.  h'altenhailrii'}"  by  H.  T.  Stainton.  "  Notes  on  Dr.  Jordan's 
observations  on  Norwegian  Lepidoptera,"  by  \\'.  M.  Schoyen.  "On  the 
Coleoptera  found  in  a  small  mossy  bank  at  Knowle,  Warwickshire,"  by 
\V.  <i.  Blatch.  "  Notes  on  the  metamorphoses  of  two  species  of  the  genus 
Tinodes"  by  Kenneth  |.  Morton.  "Observations  on  Coccidce,"  by  Al- 
bert C.  T.  Morgan.  Diaspis  zainiu-  n.  s|).  described.  "  Descri|>tions  of 
new  species  of  South  American  HalticicUe  of  the  group  CEJi/>otft's."  by 
Martin  jacoby. 

A.Mi'.i<ic.\N  NATTKAI.IST,  January,  1^90,  "  Rectal  Glands  in  Coleoptera," 
by  H.  T.  Fernald. 


Oiaeries  and  Ans\vers. 


I1.  C.  'I'KfMA.N  writes,  "  will  yon  kindlx  gi\e  me  a  little  aid  through  the 
NKUS.  Some  of  my  set  specimens  of  bntterllies  and  moths  show  spots, 
which  have  seemed  to  slowly  spread.  These  spots  are  darker  than  the 
balance  of  the  wing,  and  they  look  shiny  and  oily.  What  is  the  matter, 
and  what  is  the  n-medy?"  -The  disfigurement  is  due  to  oil  being  ab- 
sorbed by  capillary  attraction  into  the  \\  in-s  from  the  bod\ .  Why  some 
spc-cimens  grease  and  others  do  not  is  probably  not  known.  Take  a  turn- 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NK\VS.  63 

bier  or  other  convenient  vessel  and  press  into  tin-  bottom  of  it  a  piece  of 
cork  so  that  it  will  remain  tightly  united,  then  pin  in  your  oily  specimen 
and  pour  in  the  glass  enough  gasoline,  refined  benxine  or  chloroform,  to 
cover  it  to  the  depth  of  an  inch  above  the  wings,  and  then  co\er  the  glass 
to  prevent  evaporation.  Allow  it  to  remain  for  three-quarters  of  an  hour, 
then  take  out  the  specimen  and  put  it  to  dry  in  a  place  free  from  dust. 
This  treatment  makes  them  look  fresh  and  bright,  and  relieves  them  of  all 
traces  of  oil.  If  afterwards  the  specimen  needs  resetting  it  can  be  relaxed 
as  usual.  The  same  gasoline  can  be  used  a  number  of  time-,. 

Dr.  A.  E.  Ki'N/.K  writes  as  follows:  "  As  a  suggestion  I  would  offer  the 
desirability  of  giving  stations  for  insects  the  same  as  botanists  give  locali- 
ties for  all  plants  inhabiting  a  certain  radius  of  miles.  Botanical  catologues 
of  local  stations  are  issued  by  several  societies.  Is  it  not  feasible  in  tin- 
field  of  entomology  ?  Why  not  try  the  experiment?  Would  it  not  assist 
working  entomologists?  Surely  many  insects  are  as  local  as  plants." 
This  has  been  done  to  a  certain  extent,  but  not  as  commonly  as  in  Botany. 
Careful  and  accurately  made  local  lists  are  very  useful  to  the  collector,  the 
student  of  geographical  distribution  and  the  economic  entomologist,  and 
their  value  is  enhanced  if  the  dates  of  occurrence  are  given. 


Doin.s;s  of   Societies. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION  ACADKMV  NATTKAI.  SCIKNCKS  01    I'IIII.A- 

• 

DELi'HiA,  Feb.  27,  1890. — Members  present  :  Messrs.  Cresson,  Martindale. 
Smith,  Blake,  Ridings,  G.  B.  Cresson,  Laurent,  Skinner,  Calvert,  Liebeck, 
Westcott,  Castle  and  Seeber.  Dr.  Geo.  H.  Horn,  Director,  in  the  chair. 
Mr.  Martindale  exhibited  a  living  specimen  of  Belostoma  Amcricaim.' 
which  had  cut  offa  water  supply  by  being  wedged  in  a  pipe,  and  had  been 
found  by  the  aid  of  a  plumber.  He  stated  that  he  had  endeavored  to  find 
a  description  of  the  species,  but  had  failed,  as  nearly  all  authors  attributed 
the  description  to  Leidy  in  Vol.  i,  2d  ser.  jour.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  1'liila.,  p. 
58,  but  it  is  not  given  there.  The  poisonous  character  of  the  insect,  and 
its  habit  of  preying  on  shell  fish,  young  trout  and  other  fishes,  were  dis- 
cussed at  length.  Mr.  Charles  Liebeck  exhibited  specimens  of  a  new  spe- 
cies of  CenbrinHst  which  he  had  first  noticed  in  June,  1886,  feeding  on 
Chenopodium  album,  a  plant  introduced  from  Europe.  Dr.  Horn  said  the 
species  was  indigenous,  for  the  reason  that  the  -.-mis  was  not  found  in 
Europe.  1  te  also  called  attention  to  the  small  characters  in  the  Coleoptera, 
which  are  often  overlooked,  and  spoke  of  their  importance  from  a  classi- 
ficatory  standpoint,  for  if  they  were  properly  studied  it  was  not  unusual  to 
find  them  develop  into  larger  Structures  which  could  be  used  to  Advantage 
in  classification.  He  promised  to  speak  later  on  in  regard  to  <  'ercyon  and 
its  allies,  and  their  mutual  relationship.  Mr.  Liebeck  donated  to  the 


64  KNTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April. 

cabinet  specimens  of  Tac/iygomis  icu/m/is  and  Mciynotar.\nx  <  atntuiit .v. 
Mr.  Calvert  presented  one-  male  type  of  Leucorhinia proximo  n.  sp.  and 
one  female  of  L.  intacta  Hag. 

COLORADO  BIOLOGICAL  ASSOCIATION,  West  Cliff,  Feb.  i,  1890. — Mr. 
Cockerell  exhibited  a  number  of  gulls  found  at  West  ("lilt".  Col.,  including 
those  of  Rhoditcs  fiisciformans  n.  sp.,  A',  bico/or  Harr.,  A',  rosesfolits 
Ckll.,  7\*.  ignota  (  >.  S.,  (.\-cido>nyia  sa/icis-siliqna  Walsh. 

February  22d. — Mr.  T.  Charlton  exhibited  specimens  of  Cemthophilus 
niacit latits  Scud.,  which  he  had  found  in  the  Powhattan  Mine,  in-flr  Kosita, 
Col.,  about  250  feet  from  the  entrance.  Tun  subterranean  occurrences  <,\ 
this  species  had  already  been  recorded  by  Packard  ("Cave  Faun,  of  X. 
Amer."  p.  72)  in  Massachusetts  and  New  York.  Mr.  Cockerell  exhibited 
an  apparently  new  genus  and  species  of  Flateridae  found  at  West  Cliff, 
and  remarked  that  this  insect  was  now  being  studied  by  Dr.  Horn,  with  a 
view  to  ascertaining  its  precise  relationships.  On  behalf  of  Mr.  H.  G. 
Smith,  Jr.,  the  following  Coleoptera,  collected  by  him  at  Denver,  were 
exhibited:  Bruchus  obsoletus  vur.  fabcz  Riley,  ICuryojnia  iiida  I..,  Si//>/ia 
lapponica  L.,  Chauliognathus  basalis  Lee.  and  Hippodantia  conrergcns 
Gue"r.  A  letter  from  Mr.  L.  Bruner,  containing  identifications  of  Colorado 
Orthoptera  was  laid  before  the  meeting.  Among  the  Orthoptera  was  an 
apparently  new  species  of  Ameles  from  Custer  County. 

T.   I).  A.  COCKKKKLL,  SeC.    . 


-o- 


MORE  MISTAKES. 

Some  of  onr  readers  have  kindly  pointed  out  a  number  of  oversights  in 
proof-reading,  which  we  desire  to  correct. 

Page  15,  line  30,   for    Ten  zero,  read  Zeuzera.      An  unsuccessful  attempt 

was  made  to  correct  this  error  in  the  errata  given  at 
bottom  of  page  47. 
Page  21,  line  16,  for  1886,  read  1836. 
"      26,     "    20,  for  AUCANTIIIA  read  ACANTHI. \. 
"     27,     "    20,  for  symmetrical  read  asymmetrical. 

29,  "    1 8,  for  I-roliaws  read  Frohawk. 
"      30,     "     19,  for  Cobhane  read  Cobham. 

30,  33,  for  Limnophilas  read   l.imnophilus. 
"      48,  last  line,  for  January  read  February. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  January  was  mailed  Jan  ;  ioi  i'Yiini.u> .  i.m. 

31,  1890;  for  March,  l-'cli.  27,  1890. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

» 

VOL.  i.  MAY,   1890.  No.  5. 


CONTENTS:' 


Cockerell— \Yhat  are  the  uses  of  bright 

colors  in  Hymenoptera 65 


Notes  and  News 74 

Entomological  Literature 77 


\  an  Winkle— Collecting  by  lamplight..    68 

,,      ...  Doings  of  Societies 79 

1'.  1'.  C.— Elementary  Entomology 70 

Calvert — Additional  notes  on  some  X. 
American  Odonata 73 

What  are  the  uses  of  bright  colors  in  Hymenoptera? 

BY  T.    D.   A.   COCKERELL. 

Following  somewhat  on  the  lines  indicated  in  my  letter  pub- 
lished in  the  February  number,  p.  27,  with  the  editor's  permission, 
I  will  put  the  above  question  to  your  readers.  Hereafter,  I  may 
have  something  to  say  on  the  uses  of  color  among  insects  in  gen- 
eral, but  the  present  question  seems  so  suitable  for  general  inves- 
tigation that  I  will  briefly  give  some  of  the  pros  and  cons  and 
leave  your  readers  to  work  the  matter  out  themselves  if  they  will. 
In  that  admirable  work,  "  Darwinism,"  Dr.  A.  R.  Wallace  lavs 
considerable  stress  on  "Warning  coloration,"  and  shows  that 
many  animals  art-  conspicuously  colored  as  a  sign  that  they  are 
dangerous  or  inedible.  With  insects  this  is  said  to  be  specially 
noticeable,  and  thus  insectivorous  birds  and  other  enemies  of  the 
insect  tribes  get  to  know  and  avoid  those  they  cannot  eat,  to  the 
great  advantage  of  such. 

On  p.  233  of  "  Darwinism"  is  a  reference  to  the  Aculeate  Hy- 
menoptera in  this  connection,  as  follows:  "We  all  know  how 
well  marked  and  conspicuous  are  the  colors  and  forms  of  the 
stinging  wasps  and  bees,  no  one  of  which  in  any  part  of  the  world 

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Tjf^  \~---  :••—-  r.    --.  :  06         ^      -:  .cr^-i.: 

»  ra*  Bdi:         '          -  --<  : 


•  J.] 

"  I  am  of  course  speaking  of  tbe  insects  found  ir.  neri  a, 

as  I  am  n-  -amifer  vitfa  exotic  or  oriental  forms. 

"In  far  -spidar  tbere  are  none:  in  Emmten.  i^  -.  .-.-_ 

nooe:  in  Crabronida;  onJy  a  Jew  species  in  die  genera 

and  OjcrMu.?  show  am-  and  tben  uruCv 


to  die  pubesccE.  Pan]  r.redon:  ^"r  ilack  or  ornate 

with  white  and  yeflow;   in  MT!  rJdar  and  Mimesidar  v.t 
althougii  sometimes  die  poi-r^.cr  r  golc 

- 

- 

the  same:  in  die  Larrkiar  some  of  the  :"  m~  i-:    i--jt  r~ 

ing  di  not  brilliant,  and  die  met^  :    :  :  :   -    .         _  -  _  L 

connned  to  tt.  -  e  family  Ampul.  ;  .~L~  -_  ^-  :  .  : 

r  :  '~---'.  is  i_'k  colored.    In  die  famihr  Sphecida:: 
a  large  percer.--^T  ~h  :^  metaffic  but  onlv  a  iev.  uc 

briUiant:  in  P:~:  .  i;-     -  - 

ored.  but  not  met^ll;  :  :  iz  .>.  t  Scoiiidar  only  a  lew  ic^ms.  wh£ 
:  -.;dar  and  Fonnicidar  not  :-w  01 

j   : 
make  in  a  nutshell  (AV.  H.  Ashmeac  :>  .":'-.  F^:    =    :  >  j 

.ich  sunur  <ecomes  evident  diat.  as  a  -s  ':  ._'.-: 

actdeata  do  not  compare  in  brilhar  -.~j 

-  '     -     -       '    -  "  -  •     ,  - 

die  bees  and  wasps  from  birds,  or  render  diem  inedible.     Dr. 

•  \Y 
powerful  «i*Tm;  -  .3d  wasps  odv  prc  :t-  r:  ibem  ag^^r^:  5ome 

-    -  •  •     - 

oped  to  feed  upor.  diem,  and  son:         _     _-  :i  lizirir  i     - 
- 

Dr.  R  ri^   dial   -oarrowr  fomt  ifitmi     ieed   :r. 

fandant:-  oolessdianzc  -~ 

•cfefoczi   :r.   :r      - 
j^h  -•:-. 
-•;•:  hi  -    v^:--       1    :  -f 

- 

The  stomach  of  a  woodpecker 
^tained  a  _ 

. 

die  torn-tit   ^P*j  ,  >:.-: 

ilms. 


68  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [  Ma\ ', 

So  clearly,  the  Aculeata  do  not  always  escape!  Myzine  sex- 
cincta  is  marked  pretty  much  as  most  of  the  species  of  \  ~cs/>a, 
Odvncnis  and  Crabro,  and  yet  is  not  protected.  So  here  is  the 
great  class  of  yellow  markings  on  black,  apparently  useless  for 
warning  purposes.  The  humming  and  buzzing  of  bees  may 
likely  frighten  their  enemies  in  some  cases.  Certainly  it  scares 
those  of  the  genus  Homo  in  most  cases.  But  that  has  nothing  to 
do  with  the  colors. 

There  seems  to  be  a  tendency  for  insects  which  are  carnivorous 
in  their  early  stages  to  be  metallic,  but  there  are  very  many  ex- 
ceptions to  this  rule.  Thus  in  Coleoptera  the  Carabidas  are  often 
metallic,  but  so  are  many  of  the  plant-feeding  Chrysomelicke  and 
several  of  the  Curculionidae,  while  many  carnivorous  beetles  are 
dull.  In  Diptera,  the  blow-fly,  Lucilia,  is  metallic.  In  Hymen- 
optera,  the  parasitic  Chalcididre  are  mostly  metallic,  while  the 
plant-feeding  Cynipidae  are  brown,  black  or  yellowish.  And  so 
on  through  numerous  examples. 

So  much  then  on  the  colors  of  the  stinging  and  stingless  Hy- 
menoptera.  The  question  remains,  what  are  they  for?  Win- 
do  they  exist  ? 

o 

COLLECTING  BY  LAMPLIGHT. 

BY  A.   S.   VAX  WINKLE. 

Xo  doubt  many  entomologists  have  spent  night  alter  night  col- 
lecting different  species  of  moths  which  can  only  be  taken  after 
dark.  Many  a  time  have  I  spent  night  after  night,  alone,  dm\n 
in  the  dark  forest  bordering  the  Mississippi  in  collecting  on  very 
warm,  dark  and  damp  nights  when  the  harvest  would  be  ver) 
productive,  as  many  different  species  ot  Bombycidae,  Xoctuid.i  . 
GeometricUe,  Pyralida-,  Tortricid:e,  Tineidie  and  Pterophorid.e 
would  be  captured,  while  on  other  nights  I  would  be  dm  mud  t«> 
disappointment  for  after  being  up  almost  night  1  would  collect 
little  or  nothing. 

When  one  reads  Dr.  Wallace's  delightful  work  entitled,  "  Tin- 
Malay  Archipelago,"  giving  his  experience  of  collecting  in  the 
e.i^iern  Tropics,  especially  the  part  referring  to  the  subject  of 
moth  collecting  at  night,  he  cannot  tail  to  appreciate  its  impor- 
tance. Knowing  full  well  that  the  readers  of  KNTO.MOI.IHIICAL 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NK\VS.  69 

NE\\'S,  especially  those  who  have  not  had  the  pleasure  of  reading 
Dr.  Wallace's  work  will  he  interested  in  it,  and  that  ENTOMO- 
LOGICAL NEWS  is  chiefly  devoted  to  this  kind  of  literature  I  take 
pleasure  in  quoting  the  following  passage:  "  While  collecting  on 
the  island  of  Borneo  what  occupied  me  most  was  the  great  abun- 
dance of  moths  which,  on  certain  occasions,  I  was  able  to  capture. 
As  during  the  whole  eight  years'  wanderings  in  the  East  I  never 
found  another  spot  where  these  insects  were  at  all  plentiful,  it 
will  be  interesting  to  state  the  exact  conditions  under  which  1 
here  obtained  them.  On  the  one  side  of  the  cottage  there  was 
a  verandah  looking  down  the  whole  side  of  the  mountain,  and  to 
its  summit  on  the  right  all  densely  clothed  with  forest.  The 
boarded  sides  of  the  cottage  were  whitewashed  and  the  roof  of 
the  verandah  was  low  and  whitewashed.  As  soon  as  it  became 
dark  I  placed  my  lamp  on  the  table  against  the  wall  and  with  pins. 
insect-forceps,  net  and  collecting-boxes  by  my  side,  sat  down 
with  a  book.  Sometimes  during  the  whole  evening  only  a  soli- 
tary moth  would  visit  me,  while  on  other  nights  they  would  pour 
in  in  a  continual  stream,  keeping  me  hard  at  work  catching  and 
pinning  till  past  midnight,  as  they  came  literally  by  thousands. 
These  good  nights  were  very  few.  During  the  four  weeks  that 
I  spent  altogether  on  the  hill  I  only  had  four  really  good  nights, 
and  these  were  always  rainy,  and  the  best  of  them  soaking  wet, 
but  wet,  rainy  nights,  were  not  always  good,  for  a  rainy  moon- 
light night  produced  next  to  nothing.  All  the  chief  tribes  of 
moths  were  represented,  and  the  beauty  and  variety  of  the  species 
was  very  great.  On  good  nights  I  was  able  to  capture  from  a 
hundred  to  two  nundred  and  fifty  moths,  and  these  comprised  on 
each  occasion  from  half  to  two-thirds  that  number  of  distinct 
species.  Some  of  them  would  settle  on  the  wall,  some  on  tin- 
table,  while  many  would  fly  up  to  the  roof  and  gave  me  a  chase 
all  over  the  verandah  before  I  could  secure  them. 

(To  be  continued.) 
O 

NOTK. — By  a  slip  of  the  pen    I    quoted    Mr.    Blanchard    incor- 
rectly in  the  April   Ni:\vs.      C<>>"\'»il>itt'f  I'mssit*  is  the  female  of 

,  and  not  as  I  there  stated  of  in/liitns. — *  i.    II.   Ilnk.v 


JO  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [May. 

ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

FIRST  PAPER— WHAT  IS  AX   IXSKCT? 


While  the  study  <>f  Entomology,  or  the  knowledge  of  In- 
is  one  of  the  most  fascinating  of  pursuits,  it  is  not  a  matti-r  of 
wonder  that  many  have  been  deterred   from   undertaking  it. 
cause  of  the  difficulties  with  which   it   is  hedged   about,  and   the 
array  of  strange,    technical   words   with   which   it   is  surrounded. 
The  purpose  of  these  articles  is,  therefore-,  to  endeavor  to  popu- 
larize the  study  by  explaining,  in  as  simple  a  manner  as  possible. 
the  various  technical  terms  which,  of  necessity,  must  be  emplov,  d 
by  scientific  writers. 

The  word  Insect  is,  as  a  rule,  very  loosely  employed  by  those 
who  have  not  studied  the  subject.  Even  scientific  usage  of  the 
word  has  varied,  and  Insects  are  sometimes  regarded  as  equiva- 
lent to  the  group  described  later  on  in  this  paper  under  the  name 
of  Tracheata.  In  this  series  the  word  Insect  is  used  in  a  restricted 
sense,  and  does  not  include  such  animals  as  spiders,  cent;p< 
and  mites,  and  yet  we  would  not  exclude  Irom  the  pages  ol  this 
journal  information  about  such  creatures,  since  we  hope  to  give 
our  readers  some  very  interesting  notes  on  spiders  (as  well  as  on 
ants),  from  the  pen  of  our  fellow-member,  the  Rev.  Dr.  McCook, 
who  has  made  the  study  of  their  habits  a  specialty,  and  who 
knows  so  well  how  to  interest  his  readers. 

Insects  may  be  described  as  being  (i)  joint-footed  animals, 
breathing  by  tracheae;  (2)  having  the  body  of  the  adult  divided 
into  three   distinct  portions, — head,    thorax    and   abdomen:       ; 
having  in  the  perfect  or  imago  state,  one  pair  of  antennae  attached 
to  the  head. 

(i)  The  joint-footed  animals,  or  technically  the  A>Uirof>odii 
(which  is  the  ('.reek  equivalent  i,  are  formed  on  a  different  plan 
from  the  other  branches  ot  the  animal  kingdom.  Their  bodie-. 
are  i  omposed  ofa  series  of  rings  (or  segments)^  within  which  are 
the  vital  apparatus  and  muscles.  It  is  true  that  many  ot  the 
Worms  have  their  bodies  segmented,  but  no  Worms  have  jointed 
feet.  A  vast  number  of  animals  are  included  within  the  Artluo- 
poda, —  not  only  the  Insccla,  but  also  the  AnichnitJii  (spider-. 
scorpions,  etc.),  the  .l/ivv<//W<f  (centipedes,  millipedes,  ,-t,  . 
Certain  curious  animals  known  as  Onyckophora,  and  the  O  n.<t.  • 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  7 1 

(crabs,  lobsters,  shrimps,  etc.)-  It  is  necessary,  therefore,  to 
find  some  differences  which  will  distinguish  the  Insects  from  all 
other  Arthropods/1'  One  of  these  is  the  breathing  by  trachca\ 
which  are  tubes,  composed  of  thin  membranes  kept  open  by  a 
fine,  but  stiff,  wiry  thread  twisted  spirally  throughout  the  whole 
course  of  the  tubes.  The  trachea-  have  their  external  opening, 
called  spiracles  or  stigmata,  along  the  sides  of  the  body.  From 
the  spiracles  the  trachea-  pass  inwards  and  ramify  in  all  direction- 
throughout  the  body.  The  Crustacea  breathe  by  ^ills,  and  hence 
form  a  division  of  the  Arthropods  called  Branchiata  (from  the 
<  ircek  work  brangchia,  gills).  All  other  Arthropods  than  the 
Crustacea  breathe  by  tracheae,  or  similar  structures,  and  henci- 
form  the  division  Trachea ta. 

(2)  The  body  of  an  adult  insect  is  divided  into  three  regions,— 
head,   thorax  and   abdomen.       In   the   Crustacea  and   Arachnida, 
tin-re  are,  as  a  rule,  two  regions,  the  united   head  and   thorax 
(cephalo-thorax))  and  the  abdomen.     In  the  Onychophorans  and 
Myriapods  the  body  is  worm-like,  and  can   hardly  be  said  to  be 
divided  into  regions  (although,  of  course,  segmented);  the  head, 
however,  is  distinct. 

(3)  Insects,    when  they  have  attained  their  imago  or  perfect 
form,  have  one  pair  (^antenna;  (or   "  feelers")  attached  to  the 
head,  three  pairs  of  legs  which  are  restricted  to  the  thorax,  and 
usually  two  pairs  ot   'Beings,   also  attached  to  the  thorax.      The 
Arachnida  have  no  true  antenna-,  but  have  four  pairs  of  legs  at- 
tached to  the  thoracic  part  of  the  cephalo-thorax.     The  Myria- 
poda  and  Onychophora  have  one  pair  of  antennae  and  numerous 
pairs   of  legs.      The  Crustacea   have  two   pairs  of  antenna-  and 
11  nally  five  or  more  pairs  of  legs  to  the  thoracic   part  of  the 
cephalo-thorax,  and  often  some  abdominal  legs.      NO  other  Ar- 
thropoda  than  the  Insecta  have  wings,  and  even  some  Insects  are 
destitute  of  them  during  their  entire  life. 

With    respect   to  the  states  or  forms  assumed  in  the  course  of 
their  lives,   Insects  may  be  grouped  into  three  divisions  : 

i.    Insects   which   pass  through   four  states,  vi/.,  (  i  )  the  r.gg, 
(2}  the  Lann  i  caterpillar,  ma^"t,  ^rub,  or  "  worm"  i  >,     3)  the 
Pwpa  (chrysalis),    usually  a   quiescent    state,    and    (4)   the    Im 
(perfect  insect). 

*  The  characters  given  in  this  paper  for  thi  classi      •>  Irthropoda  are  mainly  thos 

in  i  'l.uis  anil  Si-ili;\\  ick'si-M'i-lli-nt    I  i-\t  1'unk  <>t  /n. ' 
t  Such  as  the  "  Tomato-worm,"  "  <  Irapo-vinv  wui  in."  and  similar  pl.int-lcr 


72  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [M.iy. 

2.  Insects  which  pass  through   three  states,  viz..  f i)  the  . 
(2)  the  Nymph  and  (3)  the  Imago. 

3.  Insects  which  pass  through  two  states,  viz.,  (i)  the  E± 
and  (2)  the  Larva-form. 

1.  Insects  passing  through  four  such  states  differ  very  much 
when  in  their  larval  state  from  the  form  which  they  possess  when 
in  their  imago  state,  and  hence  are  said  to  undergo  a  complete 
metamorphosis  or  transformation.     Such  are  Bees,    Butterflies, 
Beetles,  etc.     Very  frequently  the  pupa  is  enclosed  in  a  cocoon  <>t 
silk,  earth,  chips,  or  other  substance. 

2.  In  other  insects  there  is  no  distinction  between  the  larval  and 
pupal  states,  and  the  larva  much  resembles  the  imago,  although 
differing  noticeably  by  the  wings  being  not  yet  developed  as  or- 
gans of  flight.     Such  insects  pass  through  an  incomplete  trans- 
formation.     Lately  the  word  Nymph  has  been  used  to   den»te 
that  state  of  existence  in  such  insects  between  the  egg  and  the 
imago,  although  formerly  it  was  synonymous  with  pupa.     Insects 
with  an  incomplete  transformation  are  Grasshoppers,  Dragflies,  etc. 

3.  These  insects  undergo  no  transformation,  the  larval  form 
being  retained  to  the  end  of  their  existence.     Such  are  Fish- 
moths  and  Spring-tails. 

The  growth  of  an  insect  is  completed  in  its  larval  or  its  nymph 
state,  and  however  long  an  insect  may  live,  it  never  increases  in 
size  after  it  has  attained  its  perfect  form.  The  modes  of  passing 
through  the  successive  changes  of  form  vary  much  in  the  different 
orders  of  insects,  and  are  always  full  of  interest  to  careful  ob- 
servers. These  changes  will  be  referred  to  in  future  articles  .m 
the  various  orders. 

I 

The  principal  characters  which  distinguish  the  Insecta  from  tin- 
other  classes  of  Arthropoda  may  be  tabulated  as  follows    (Th<  -< 
characters  apply  only  to  adult  individuals): 

Arthropoda.— Animals  with  a  segmented  body  and  jointed  M--iiK-m.il 

appendages. 

A. — Breathing  by  gills  i  1  >i\isi.m  Uraiu'liiatd.^ 

I'.'  >dy  usually  divided  into  a  ceplialo-thorax  and  an  al>doim-u ;  two  pairs 
of  antenna-     .        .  Qass  1,  Crustacea. 

B.  —  breathing  by  tracln-.r  il>i\ision    Ti\ichcata.\ 
i.    No  true  antenna-  >  Subdivision  Ckelicerota.} 

Body  usually  divided    into  a   eephalo-lliorax   and   an   abdomen;   tour 
pairs  of  thoraric    feet;  no  abdominal  feet.      I'las-.  II.  Aracllllitla. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  73 

2.   With  one  pair  of  antenna:  (Subdivision  Aiitcunatu  i. 

a.  llody  not  divided  into  regions;  feet  fairly  mum-rous, 

Class  III,  Onychophora  (or  Prototracheata  . 

Class  IY,  Myriapoda. 

b.  Body  divided  into  head,  thorax  and  abdomen;  six  feet,  restri<  t« •<] 

to  thorax. 
Usually  with  two  pairs  of  wings,  Class  Y.  Insecta  (or  Hexapoda  . 

p.  r.  c. 
— o 

Additional  Notes  on  some  North  American  Odonala. 

BY  PHILIP  P.    CALVERT. 

On  Jan.  28,  1890,  were  published  the  separate  copies  of  my 
paper  entitled,  "  Notes  on  some  North  American  Odonata,  with 
descriptions  of  three  new  species  (Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.  xvii, 
pp.  33 — 40,  i  pi.)."  During  the  next  two  days  I  sent  copies  ot 
my  paper  to  various  students  of  the  Odonata.  One  of  the  new 
species  I  described  under  the  name  of  Leucorhinia  Hageni,  Ii-- 
uring  the  inferior  appendage  and  hamule  of  the  male,  and  the 
vulvar  lamina  of  the  female.  Under  date  of  Feb.  2,  1890,  Dr. 
Hagen  wrote  to  me  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  my  paper,  and 
stated  that  "  your  Hageni  is,  I  believe,  L.  hudsonica  Selys."  1 1<- 
also  sent  me  drawings  of  the  male  hamule  and  female  valvules  ol 
hudsonica.  I  can  now  see  no  reason  for  believing  Hageni  to  be 
specifically  distinct. 

Since  the  publication  of  my  paper,  Mr.  Charles  W.  Johnson 
has  kindly  looked  over  my  Floridan  types  of  Lcpthemis  grai'ida. 
He  tells  me  that  he  has  collected  this  species  flying  over  the  salt 
marshes  near  St.  Augustine,  Fla.  In  the  habitat  given  originally 
(1.  c.  p.  36)  for  this  species,  I  have  misspelled  Ponto  Rasso  for 
Punta  Rassa. 

Students  of  the  Odonata  must  rejoice  in  the  recent  publication 
of  two  parts  of  Dr.  Hagen's  new  "  Synopsis  of  the  Odonata  ot 
North  America,"  published  in  "Psyche"  vol.  v,  Nos.  160  and 
166,  and  dealing  with  the  genera  Calof>tery.\  and  .\ua.\\  I  have 
recently  compared  the  specimens  of  Caloplcryx  in  my  collection 
and  that  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  with  Dr.  I  la-en'-, 
paper  on  that  genus,  [n  both  collections  Calof>tcry\-  is  but  j.-oorly 
represented,  and  but  few  new  facts  were  ascertained  from  the 
comparison. 


74  1  XTOMOLOGICAI.     NK\VS.  [May, 

Five  Xorth  Anu-riran  species  are  recogni/.ed  in  tin-  paper  re- 
ferred to,  vi/. :  C.  angitstipenniS)  auiata,  dimidiata  '\\-ith  race 
apical  it  \  it"(]intbilis  (\vith  races  intdsouicti  Mu\yakima\  and  tti<icn- 
lata,  Of  these  I  have  .si-en  diuiidiata  and  r.  apiciilis^  ir,j//al>i/is 
and  maculaia. 

I  >r.  Hagen  states  ("Psyche,"  v,  p.  242)  that  '  Tin-  -mus 
Calopteryx  largely  represented  in  tin-  northern  boreal  and  t<-m- 
perate  zone  nowhere  passes  to  the  south  beyond  the  30! li  d«  --r< 
I  possess  a  male  dimidiata,  fornit-rlv  in  the  collection  of  1'rot.  I'. 
R.  Uhler,  of  Baltimore:  when  Prof.  I'hler  gave  this  specimen  to 
me  it  bore  (and  still  bears)  the  label  "Calopteryx,  Honduras." 
Honduras,  including  that  part  under  British 'rule,  i-xtend.s  fnun 
about  the  iSth  to  the  I3th  parallel  of  Xorth  latitude.  The  nio-t 
southern  locality  in  all  America  for  any  species  of  Caloptcry.\.  as 
given  by  Dr.  Hag'en,  is  Florida. 

In  the  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  collection  are  two  males  of  apicalit  from 
Delaware,  a  new  locality.  In  the  same  collection  are  two  k-males, 
one  certainly,  the  other  probably  from  Delaware;  I  think  that 
they  also  belong  to  apicalis.  The  nu  a-nrements  of  these  females 
are:  Total  length  40 — 40.5  mm.;  abdomen,  31.5  —  32.5  mm.; 
anterior  wing,  30  mm. ;  posterior,  29  mm. 

Of  (zquabilis  I  possess  one  male  and  one  It-male,  both  taken 
by  Mr.  Harry  L.  Walker  at  Belvidere,  Boone  County,  111.,  June 
29,  1888,  "on  the  bank  of  a  little  stream."  I'.oth  agree  very 
well  with  Dr.  Hagen's  description,  except  that  the  wings  of  the 
ti  male  are  hardly  smoky  at  the  apex. 

For  maculata  I  add  a  new  locality,  Tama  County,  Iowa;  two 
males  and  one  female  taken  June  21,  2X,  29,  iSs.j.  by  Miss  Alda 
M.  Sharp. 

Notes  arid.  Ne\vs. 


ENTOMOLOGICAl    OLE  \N1N(,S  I'RoM   A  I  I.  QUARTERS 

OF     I  II  1     i  ,  l.iil'.l  . 

[The  Conductors  of  ENTOM"i  "*.!<•  M     NEWS  Solicit,  ;uicl   will   thunkfullv   rt-ri-iM-   it 

•.vs,  likely  to  interest  its  n-a.l.  rs,  tr«m  :inv  smin  e,      I'ln-  autlim  's  n.tiiu-  will  l'i-  i;i\'i-n 
in  ,  ai  ii  '  ase  tor  tin-  ininnnaticni  di  rataii H.MUTS  ami  bibliographers.] 


IDENTIFICATION  01.  INSECTS  (IMAGOS)  !••< >K  Sn-.scKiia  KS.— Sp;-(  i 

will  IK-  naiiu-d  under  tin-  fi  >ll«  >\\  iii;^  n  unlitii  MIS; 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  75 

ist. — The  number  of  specimens  to  be  limited  ID  twelve  (12)  for  ea 
sending. 

2(1. — The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transportation  and  the  inset  ts 
to  become  the  property  of  the  Ann-rican  Entomological  Society. 

.vl.  — Eai  h  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  MI  that  the  identii1 
tions  may  be  announced  accordingly. 

Such  identifications  as  can  be  ^iven  will  be  published  according  to 
number,  in  the  issues  of  the  NKWS.  Address  packages  to  I'jiiniiiolo^ical 
News,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Logan  Square,  I'liiladelphia,  l'i. 

\OTKS  FROM  Coi.<  IK  A  D:  i. —  T'unolhy  hugs.     On  A  ut;.  21,  iSSc;,   I   took 

and  9  Pentatomids  on  Timothy-.^rass  •.  riilcidii  pralcnsc]  by  Willow 
Creek,  Custer  County,  Col.  They  are  identified  by  Mr.  Ashmead  as  //,/- 
iiiit-iniis  hijit^is  I'hler,  which  is  probably  a  variety  of  H.  aneifronx  Sa\ . 

)'iiccti-inst<cts.  ( )ne  day  1  examined  tin-  flowers  of  Yucca angustifolia 
at  \\"est  Cliff  for  insects,  having  at  the  time  just  read  some  articles  on  the 
Yucca  controversy.  I  found  many  Aphides,  and  some  ants,  possibly 
l:»nnica  ciliata  Mayr,  and  on  the  outside  of  one  of  the  flowers  a  bee, 
\oinia  unr/oni  Cress.  The  Hymenoptera  were  kindly  examined  by  Mr. 
Ashmead. 

Ca'Ht»iymf>/ni  rxtfs.  On  June  26,  iS.s^.  I  cau-ht  a  9  Ca'iio>iy»i/>/ui 
ochracea  near  Texas  Creek,  Custer  County.  From  its  abdomen  1  ob- 
tained an  e--  by  pressure;  it  was  pale  yellow,  -lobular  and  lar-e  for  tin- 
size  of  the  insert.  It  proved  infertile. — T.  D.  A.  C<  >CK  KKKLL. 

|.  \V.  Tr  rr— Raylei.nh  Villa,  \Vestcombe  Park,  London,  E.  England 
is  engaged  on  a  Monograph  of  the  varieties  of  NOCTU^E  occurring  in  (in-at 

liritain,  with  descriptions,  etc.,  of  the  varieties  of  these  species  occurring 
in  other  countries,  and  would  be  phased  to  hear  from  the  readers  of  EN- 
TOMOLOGICAL XKWS  as  to  any  striking  forms  of  variation  that  may  come 
under  their  notice. 

THK  GLANVILLK  EKITI.AKY. — "This  butterfly  took  its  name  from  the 
inu'-nious  I. ady  ( ilanville,  whose  memory  liked  to  have  suffered  for  her 
curiosity.  Some  relations  that  were  disappointed  by  her  will,  attempted 
to  set  it  aside  by  acts  of  lunacy;  for  they  sii^ested  that  none  but  those 
who  were  deprived  of  their  senses,  would  i;'o  in  pursuit  of  butterllies. 
Her  relations  and  legatees  cited  Sir  1  lans  Sloaiie  and  Mr.  Ray  to  sup|>ort 
her  character;  tin-  last  gentleman  \\ent  to  |-".\eti-r,  and  on  the  trial  satisfied 
tin-  jud-i-  and  jury  of  tin-  lady's  laudable  inquiry  into  the  w>  .ndt-rfnl  works 
of  tin-  Creation;  and  established  her  will.  —  1 1  arris  .lnir/ian  1766. 

"I  RECOLLECI  some  ten  or  twelve  years  a-o,  one  Sunday,  whilst  col- 
lecting in  a  neglected  field,  near  I'-.-rnard's  dam,  that  the  proprietor  ol  ih.- 
ground,  or  of  some  nei^hborin-  territory,  a  pleasant,  hale  old  ^<-ntlem  in. 
came  down  in  his  shirt  sleaves  to  gratify  his  curiosity  in  regard  to  my 
doings.  He  first  approached  with  the  |iro|»-r  caution  du<-  t<  >  Hearing  an 
equivocal  animal,  but  assuring  himself  b)  the  placidity  of  my  countenance, 
doubtless,  that  there  was  no  apparent  danger  to  be  dreaded,  he  approached 


76  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May. 

me,  and  in  tin-  Pennsylvania  German  dialect  asked  what  I  was  doing.  I 
showed  him  my  collecting-box  and  its  contents,  my  net.  etc.,  and  as  at 
that  moment  a  large  female  of  the  ICf>/icstion  butterfly  Hew  near,  I  joined 
example  to  precept  by  capturing  and  killing  and  pinning  it  in  my  d  fleet- 
ing-box in  his  presence.  The  most  difficult  part  to  make  tin-  old  gentle- 
man comprehend,  was  what  the  things  could  be  used  tor  after  they  • 
caught.  1  attempted  an  explanation.  Whether  I  was  successful  in  doing 
so  to  his  satisfaction  I  still  doubt,  however.  In-  seemed  pleased,  and  by 
way  of  explanation  said,  as  he  departed,  '  Ich  haab  clich  gasayn  for  ein 
bar  Suntaag  here  und  durt  so  rum  springe  un  ich  hab  gaydenkt  du  waaiM 
so  ein  kaerl  wo  nicht  gons  recht  in  kopf  war,  aber.'  Here  he  pauvd 
and  looked  puzzled,  and  I  fear  to  this  day  the  worthy  old  husbandman 
(bless  his  kindly  face)  is  still,  if  living,  in  a  state  of  suspense  as  regards 
my  being  responsible  for  my  actions  before  the  Lord  and  my  fellow-man.' 

Tut:  EXPEDITION  sent  out  by  the  Academy  has  been  heard  from  several 
times;  they  are  doing  good  work,  and  are  all  well.  The  last  report  says, 
"  We  have  just  arrived  at  Yera  Cruz  after  a  very  enjoyable  and  interesting 
time  in  Yucatan.  Expect  to  go  straight  to  Orizaba.  This  m<  >rning,  early, 
we  saw  the  snow-clad  peak  of  Orizaba  in  the  distance." 

WHILE  watching  a  luna  moth  just  after  it  emerged  from  the  cocoon.  1 
noticed  that  the  small  and  unexpancled  wings  were  light  yellow  in  color. 
and  I  thought  it  would  be  abnormal  in  coloration,  but  at  the  base  of  the 
wing  I  saw  a  small  area,  which  was  of  a  beautiful  light  green,  and  as  the 
moth  gradually  expanded  the  wings  this  was  distributed  through  them, 
making  the  color  normal.  This  is  another  proof  of  the  fact  that  the  wing- 
are  expanded  by  the  moth  pumping  a  lluid  into  them  when  they  are  soft 
and  elastic. — H.  SKINNER. 

THE  fine  collection  of  insects  made  by  the  late  Stephen  Calverley  has 
been  presented  to  the  Brooklyn  Institute  by  his  son. 

PLANS  FOR  EXTERMINATING  MnsoriToEs. — Mrs.  Eugene  M.  Aaron.  of 
1832  Pine  Street,  has  been  awarded  the  first  pri/e  offered  by  Dr.  Robert 
II.  I.amborn,  of  New  York  City,  for  the  best  essay  on  the  extermination 
of  mosquitoes,  especially  by  Dragon-Mies.     The  second  and  third  p' 
have  ceen  divided  equally  between  Mr.  Archibald  C.  We, -ks.  u,,  p.m. id 
way.  New  York,  and  Mr.  William    P.eutenmiiller,  i;,j   K.ist  Seventy-sixth 
Street,    New  York.     It  is  understood   that    Dr.  I.amborn  will  publish  the 
essays.      The  judges  who  made  the  awards  were   the    Rev.   Dr.   llenrv   t 
M«  (  ook,  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Scieix  es  of  Philadelphia,  and  Prof. 
|.  S.  Newberry,  of  the  School  of  Mines.  Columbia  Co  New    N  »rk. 

Mr.    |.    D.    EVANS,  in   the  "Ottawa    Naturalist."  vol.    iii.    No..),   rep. 
/•'.rcliiti  <-f>if>s/>t/t-ii  as   being    found  at   Sudbnry   on    the    Canadian    P.  i 

Railroad. 

*  '  I  li;i\  i-  s.-i-n  vim  i  uiiiiin^   H  .'MM. I  hen  for  thi  last  coupli  ol  Sundays    .    ;   !  tl    MI; lit 

vi  i  ii  wen-  ..in   ..I   those  1 1  11"  ws  \\  In'  \VL-II.-  1 1  "I  1 1 11  it  i-  unlit  iii  tin.-  up;.  I  nit' 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     XKWS.  77 

Entomological  Literature. 


DlK   ZWKII-IA'GLKR    DKS    K  A1SKKLICH  K.N    .MlSKl'MS    7.V  \\  \  KN,    IV.—  Vo- 

rarbeiten  zu  einer  Monographic  des  Muscaria  Schizometopa  (exclu 
Anthomyidae)  Pars  I.  \'<>n  Prof.  Dr.  Friedrich  Brauer,  \\'.  M.  K.  Akad., 
undj.  Edl.  v.  Bergenstamm  i  Mit  11  Tafeln).  Denkschr.  d.  math.-wisseiis. 
Classed,  k.  Akad.  d.  \Vissciisch.  I5d.  Ivi,  pp.  i  —  112,  pis.  i  —  xi,  4to.  1889. 
-(  inly  lie  who  has  endeavored  to  find  his  way  in  the  devious  labyrinth  of 
tht-  calyptrate  Muscicke  can  appreciate  this  important  and  valuable  paper, 
the  most  important  that  has  ever  appeared  on  the  subject,  and  one  that 
will  mark  a  new  epoch  in  our  knowledge  of  the  group.  To  give  even  an 
outline  of  its  contents  is  impracticable  here,  nor  would  I  feel  at  all  com- 
petent for  the  task,  were  my  opportunities  unlimited.  A  paper  that  intro- 
duces fifty  new  families  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  new  genera  would 
appall  any  ordinary  critic,  and  I  know  only  enough  about  the  insects  to 
appreciate  the  labor  and  research  the  paper  has  cost.  The  authors,  fol- 
lowing out  Prof.  Brauer's  previously  published  taxonomic  views,  present 
an  almost  entirely  new  classification  of  the  group,  which  is  coextensive 
with  what  has  been  generally  known  as  the  Muscida-  calyptraUe,  with  the 
inclusion  of  the  Oestricke.  "  Families,"  groups  and  genera  are  defined, 
and  three  hundred  and  ten  admirable  lithograph  figures,  graphically  illus- 
trate most  of  the  genera.  All  the  known  genera  are  not  included;  only 
those  of  which  the  authors  had  definite  or  artoptic  knowledge;  still,  there 
cannot  be  many  wanting,  and  the  work  must  remain  as  the  sine  qua  >i/»i 
of  all  dipterologists  wh  >  have  anything  to  do  with  these  flies.  The  work 
is  nothing  if  not  iconoclastic,  and  1  do  not  think  will,  and  ought  not  to, 
obtain  the  concurrence  of  entomologists  in  all  respects.  The  authors' 
conception  of  the  genus  is,  I  think,  not  tenable,  and  there  is  a  great  lack 
of  uniformity  in  the  group  names.  I'.ut,  whatever  the  differences  m.i\  be, 
all  \\ill  unite  in  their  appreciation  of  the  great  value  of  this  bahubrechend 
.  —  S.  \V.  \Viu.isTuN. 


PROCEEDINGS  ACAI>I:.MV  X.VITKAI.  Sen  NCKS  PHILADKLIMIIA,  I  'art  111, 
j.  —  .\uteniue  of  Coleoptera,  by  Geo.  H.  Horn,  M.  D.  On  a  new  spe- 
cies of  Spider  of  the  genus  Dinopis  from  the  Southern  I'nited  States  by 
(  M-O.  Marx,  M.  I). 

A  SKASON'S  \\'<>KK  A  MONT,  Tin  ENEMIES  OP  THE  I  b  u<  nrri/i  i  KIST,  by 
Clarence  M.  \\Vt-d.  The  enemies  referred  to  in  this  paper  are  of  t\\o 
kinds:  insects  and  fungi.  The  insects  treated  of  are  tin-  Rhubarb  Snout 
Beetle,  Imported  Currant  Worm,  Plum  Curculio,  Striped  Cucumber  Bee- 
tle, Cherry  Tree  Slug  and  Strawberry  Root  I  .oust.-.  The  appropriate 
remedies  are  given  to  destroy  each  of  these  pests. 

Tin  ENTOMOLOGIST,  London,  March,  1X90.  —  The  Involution  of  Insect- 
galls  by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerel!.  Notes  on  tin-  I.'  onoiny  of  l\ctinia  rcsincllii, 
R.  Adkin.  Khof>aloict\i  at  1  >igne,  Mrs.  Nicholl.  (  )ne  the  Phylogeiietic 


78  i:\roMoLOGiCAL   XE\\-. 

significance  of  the  wing-markings  in  certain  genenera  of  tin-  Nymphalida-. 
F.  A.  Dixey.  New  species  of  Lepidoptera  from  China,  ].  H.  Leech.  1  '•• 
scriptions  of  new  species  of  Phytophagous  Coleoptera  received  by  .Mr.  j. 
H.  Leech  from  Chang-  Yang,  China,  Martin  (acoby.  Descriptions  of  the 
Homopterous  family  Cicadukc,  \V.  L.  Distant.  Notes  on  Hybocaiuf>a 
milhanst-ri,  T.  A.  Chapman.  Faroe  Islands,  Rev.  I  )r.  \\'alker.  Ento- 
mological Notes,  Captures,  etc.,  and  doings  of  societies,  etc.,  complete 
the  number. 

ANNAI.S  AND  MAG  A/  INK  (  >K  NATTKAL  HISTORY,  vol.  \  ,  No.  27,  London. 

—Descriptions  of  new  species  of  Lepidoptera  i  I  leteiocerai  from  Central 

America,  Herbert  Druce.    The  new  species  mentioned  in  the  above  paper 

are  figured  in  the  Biologia  Centrali-  Americana.    Descriptions  of  two  new 

Central  American  Buprestidse,  C.  (  ).  \Vaterlioiise.     Description  of  a  new 

/'npilio  from  the  West  coast  of  Africa,  H.  Grose  Smith  (J'api/ioii  harpa- 

goti).     On  the  constitution  of  the  body  in  the   Ulattiihe,   1C.   Haas..      De- 

scription of  a  new  genus  of  the   Homopterous  family  Cicadidce.  \V.   L. 

Distant.       • 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMEKICANA,    Part   LXXXI,    December,    i 
(Received  March,  1890).     Contains  ARACHNID  ARANEIDEA,  O.   Pickard 
Cambridge,  pp.  49  —  56,  pi.  5,  thirteen  colored  figures.    COLEOPTKKA.  vol. 
ii.  pt.  2.     H.  \V.  Bates,  pp.  385  —  416,   pi.   24,  twenty-live  colored  figures 
COLEOPTERA  vol.  iii,  pt.  i,  C.  O.  Waterhouse.  pp.  169  —  193.    C<  >].!•:<  IITEKA 
vol.  iv,  pt.   2,   G.   C.  Champion,   pp.  103  —  120,  pi.  5,   twenty-live  colored 
figures.     LEPIDOPTKRA,   HKTKROCKRA,  H.  Druce,  pp.  337  —  344,  plate  5. 
twenty-fiva  colored  figures.     RHYNCIIOTA   1  IETEKOI-TERA  \V.  L.  Distant. 
pp.  321  —  328,  pi.  30,  twenty-five  colored  figures.     (Juite  a  number  of  new 
species  are  described  and  handsomely  illustrated. 


CENTRALI-AMERICANA  Part  I.  XXXII,  January. 

March,  1890).  —  COI.EOPTKKA  vol.  ii,  part  2,  H.\Y.  P.ates.  p|>  417  —  432. 
COLEGPTEKA  vol.  iv,  part  2,  G.  C.  Champion,  pp.  121  —  160,  plates  6  and 
7,  fifty-one  colored  figures.  LKPIIH  U-TKKA  Hi  i  i  RO<  ERA  \ol.  i,  H.  Druce. 
pp.  345  —  368,  plate  31,  fifteen  colored  figures.  DIIMIKAXO!.  ii.  !•'.  M. 
van  der  \\'ul]),  l>|i.  41  —  56. 

The  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  .M.\r,.\/i\i  (London)  M.uvh,  : 

Syno])sis  of  the    I'.ritisli   (  )K  rm  >r  i  i  u.\  (continued),  Kland  Shaw.     COLE- 

(irii'.KA  in  Noriolk,  |ames  lulwards.     Descriptions  of  some  new  s|,, 

of  South  American    1  lalticida-  of  the  group  CEDIPODES  (<  on  tinned  I,  .Mar- 

tin jacoby.     Descriptions  of  four  ne\\  species  of  the  genus  i\ix/niii  from 

.South  America,  llerbeit  I  >nice.    Notes  on  British  Tortricei  (continued  . 

C.  G.  Barrett.    Notes  on  the  Coi  E(  »P  CERA  and  l.i  ni'i  >ri'i  KA  (  A7/<  >/>..• 

of  Nor\\a\  ,  <  i.  <   .  Clianip'h  Jii  i  u  ilh  list  oi    Noru  e-iaii  butterllies  b\   \\'.  .M. 

Si  hopen).     Notes  on  British  and  l.\oii(  Coccidae.  J.  \\'.  I  'ouglas.    HI  \i- 
HETEROPTERA  at  Dover  and  its  vicinity,  G.  C.  Hall, 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     \I.\VS.  79 

llcsticoodii  at  Maidstone,  G.  E.  Frishy.  Cis  cis  bilamelUiiiis  breeding  in 
captivity,  Rev.  Theodore  Wood.  Ilarpalus  obscnrus  \\.  K.  Tottenham. 
Casual  captures  of  COLKOI-TK'KA,  J.  J.  Walker.  C<  U.KOI'KKA  in  the  North 
of  Ireland,  Rev.  W.  V.  Johnson.  Obereu  ocitlata.  Rev.  C.  Fowler. 
My,  li-nts  cnrcnlionidcs  from  near  Oxford,  Id.  On  the  larva  of  C 
spadicea  and  (,'.  racciiiii,  T.  A.  Chapman,  M.  1).  A  point  concerning 
hybridization,  II.  W.  Vivian.  Some  MICRO-LKIMDOI>TKKA  of  the  Chalk 
Hills  near  Reading,  W.  Holland.  Acipfilia  palndiiin  in  the  New  Forest, 
Id.  Mciyna  polygonalis  Tr.  in  ;New  Zealand,  E.  Meyrick.  Nepticnla 
/>_]'/•/,  a  species  new  to  Ilritain,  J.  II.  Wood.  Si  of>aria  basistrigali*  as  di->- 
tinct  from  S.  ambi^nalis  G.  T.  Porritt.  Identity  of  Diantha'cia  carf><>- 
phciira  and  D.  capxo[>hila,  W.  F.  H.  I'.landford.  Drepanopiery.i'  f>hal«-- 
noides  in  Durham,  Amos  Mitchell. 


Doings  of   Societies. 


ENTOMOLOGIYAL  SECTIOX  ACADEMY  XATTKAL  SCII.M.  is  OF  PHILA- 
DELPHIA, March  27,  1890. — Members  present:  Messrs.  Martindale,  Rid- 
ings, Skinner,  Liebeck,  Seeber,  Castle,  Calvert;  Westcott,  Mr.  Meng<  1 
and  Mr.  Fox,  visitors.  'Dr.  Geo.  H.  Horn,  Director,  in  the  chair.  Verbal 
communications  being  in  order.  Dr.  Horn  called  attention  to  a  box  con- 
taining C',-/riv;/and  allied  genera,  with  all  the  known  species  represented. 
He  exhibited  plates,  showing  anatomical  characteristics  of  Cercyon.  The 
shape  of  the  meso-sternum  was  considered  in  relation  to  classification.  A 
lighter  colored  region  of  the  meta-sternum  is  defined  or  not  according  to 
circumstances.  The  genus  Cryptoplcitmni  lias  a  \\ell  defined  line  or  ex- 
tension of  the  meta-sternnm,  which  lias  value  as  a  basis  of  comparison. 
In  Cercyon  the  pro-sternum  is  a  carina,  and  in  some  genera  a  broad  plate. 
Points  in  the  comparative  anatomy  of  the  genera  were  considered  at 
length.  He  further  stated  that  the  proper  way  to  study  genera  is  by  a 
Comparison  ol  the  gradations  of  anatomical  features.  Mr.  C'alvert  spoke 
of  the  list  of  dragon-Hies  collected  at  Manchester.  Me.,  by  Miss  W.nU 
worth,  forty-three  specie-,  U-ing  enumerated,  which  is  a  very  creditable 
showing.  The  number  (lf  species  observed  in  comparison  to  other  places 
is  large,  as  in  Great  Britain  only  forty-six  species  are  enumerated  accord- 
ing to  Md.achlan.  Mr.  Calvert  estimated  tin-  species  of  this  locality 
'  Philadelphia  i  as  fitly.  /:/>///•,•<(/  H'ti/s/iii  is  the  rarest  species  in  the  Maine 
list,  only  four  •/  and  one  .  specimens  being  known.  Dr.  1 1.igen  has  lately 
published  a  synopsis  of  the  dragoii-tlies  of  North  America,  to  \\hicli  Mr. 
Calvert 'called  attention.  The  following  specimen-,  \\ere  donated  to  the 
cabinet:  Rhodites  fusiformans  Ckl.,  four  specimens;  Syntomaspis  mon- 
ticola  Ashm.,  one  s|)ecimen.  Galls  of  7/;i'/>< -fa  bigt'lurus  Ckl.  Cialls  of 


8o  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

Rhoditcs  rosirfo/iu",   Ckl.   (the-  flies  liave  since  emerged),   all  fnun   Mr. 
kerell.  West  Cliff,  Colorado.     J'hnpla  ^rupholil/nr  Cress.,  presented 
by  Dr.  John  Hamilton. 

t 

ENTOMOLOGICAL   SOCIETY    <>F  WASHINGTON. — March   6,   1890.      Mr. 
Schwarx  exhibited  and   remarked  upon  the  following  Species  of  Coleop- 

tera,  \vhich  are  new  to  the  fauna  of  North  America:  Ln(hridins  i  Conino- 
inns)  nodifcr  Westwood;  Actinopteryx fucicola  Allibert;  Arrhipis  Lancri 
Guerin  and  I'rohafins  itmhmtilis  Duval.  He  also  showed  specimens  of 
TcHiHochilii  Hiibbardi  Leveillee,  and  Tt'irlriosonui  Jforf/ii  Lewis,  re- 
cently described  in  European  journals  from  the  semi-tropical  region  of 
Florida.  He  finally  drew  attention  to  Dr.  Horn's  recent  Revision  of  the 
North  American  species  of  Ochthchius,  and  spoke  of  the  -,  .  .graphical 
distribution  of  these  aquatic  beetles.  Discussion  followed  by  various 
members. 

The  Secretary  presented  a  note  on  a  1  >ipterous  larva  infesting  the  seeds 
of  Xanthium.  He  had  found  that  these  larva-  at  Manhattan.  Kansas  and 
during  the  past  winter  in  the  District.  Drawings  were  exhibited  illustra- 
ting the  larva  and  the  nature  of  its  work. 

'The  Secretary  also  presented  a  short  note  on  the  food-habits  of  Psi/op- 
tcra  drnininondi. 

These  notes  were  discussed  by  Schwar/,  Towns-nil  and  Howard. 

Mr.  Townsend  read  a  paper  entitled,  "  Notes  on  Acridiida-  in  Michigan." 
which  related  more  particularly  to  dates  of  appearance  and  habits. 

C.  L.  MAKI.AT  i , 


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ERRATA. 

l'.i-e  ^,  line  10  from  top,  for  exista  irm/  exust.i. 

"  58,  "  6  from  bottom,  for  Sagmache,  >;\iJ  Sa^nache. 

"  60,  "  5  from  top,  for  Amstat,   iTad  Austat. 

"  61,  "  15  from  top,  for  Dyctidif  read  1  \vctidca. 

"  61,  "  i.S  from  top,  for  Tiliccn  read    Tibiccn. 

"  64,  "  6  from  top,  for  fitscifurtnaiis  re. id  f'nsi/t>nnan.<. 

••  64,  "       S  from  to|  >,  for  <  ':-iii//iof>/i  i/iis  re. id    (\-tithof>liilns. 


EiSTOMOLOGlCAL  \i.\vs  fi >r  April  \vus  inailcil  Mai.  li   I   . 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AM) 

I'ROCHHniXCS  OF  Till:  l:\TOMOLOGICAL  SECTION", 

ACADEMY  NATfKAL  SCIKXCKS,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  JUNE,    isgo.  No.  6. 

CONTEXTS: 


Slosson— Winter  collecting  in  Florida..  Si  Wukham— On  the  Habits  of  some  Me- 

Fox — Aculeate    Hymenoptera    new    to  loini 89 

Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey 83  Van  Winkle — Collecting  by  lamplight..  91 

Skinner — Geographical  Variation 84        Notes  and  News 92 

P.  P.  C.  — Klementarv  Knti>inr>i<>gy S6        F.ntomological  Literature 95 

<""]i!ley — "Sports"  in  Venation 88 


WINTER  COLLECTING  IN  FLORIDA. 

i;\    ANXII-:  TRUMBULL  SLOSSON. 

I  rea<  h< -d  Florida  this  year  on  January  25th.  Butterflies  were 
flying  at  that  season  in  Jacksonville,  anil  I  saw  from  my  window 
Cti//idt'}'<i.\'  cubule,  Tcrias  dcliii,  I.inicnitis  disippiis,  l^anais  ar- 
i'/iif>pi(s,  and  some  of  the  Hi^pi-rida-.  At  nis^ht,  though  the 
weather  was  cool.  .l^r<'/is  incii'is  and  .-/.  malcfida  came  to  the 
]>ia//a  lights  l>y  the  dozen.  On  the  Jjth,  at  Sanford,  about  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  miles  farther  xnith,  several  moths  came 
to  the  rather  dimly-lighted  windows,  amon^  them  the  Southern 
form  of  1  f\'pi-)-i'hiria  /\>,  Dr.  Stn-cker's  lilith — Endiof>tis  /iva/innta 
and  Agrotis  iui'/i'i's.  On  the  jSth  we  went  to  Puntu  Gorda 
(Charlotte  I  liirl.or  i  and  remained  there  until  March.  Then' had 
lieen  no  rain  there  for  some  four  or  ti\e  months,  con>e(|uently 
\i-c|;ition  was  t>ack\vard,  and  then-  u  i-ri-  very  few  flowers,  luit 
in^ecN  were  ])lentitnl.  During  the  tirst  t'eu  days  alter  my  arrival 
I  -aw  I\  crcs/i/hvt/fs,  P.  palani<-d<  ,v,  /'.  ajax}  /'.  /nn'/us,  /'.  tnrnns, 
D.  un-hif>f>us,  L.  ditippus.  I  .  eros}  /V(;vV  >nomtsft\  .l^nm/is 
rani/la-.  Ti-rnt*  dcli<<,  I',  lisa,  (.'(tl/idn'tt*  cnbulc  and  Jioionia 
cn-nia,  he^iiles  numerous  He-,])erida-.  A  feu  days  later,  about 

6 


82  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

the  few  orange  blossoms  which  opened  in  spite  of  the  drought, 
we  found  beautiful  specimens  of  Erycides  batabano.  They  flut- 
tered about  the  fragrant  flowers  like  humming  birds,  their  wings 
glancing  in  the  sunlight  with  touches  of  sapphire  and  emerald. 
With  them,  and  sipping  from  the  same  blossoms,  we  took  three 
specimens  of  an  Alypia  new  to  me,  and  which  I  cannot  place  till 
I  have  access  to  my  books.  Along  the  shore,  just  inside  the 
thicket  of  mangroves,  are  long  flat  stretches  of  sand,  often  sub- 
merged and  always  wet.  On  these  grow  little  but  samphire  {Sali- 
cornia  ambigna)  Iresine  vermicularis  and  such  marine  plants  with 
fleshy,  succulent  leaves  and  insignificant  flowers.  But  over  these 
in  the  hot  sunshine  at  midday  were  always  flitting  tiny  Lyctznas 
and  Theclas.  Here  I  took  the  little  bronzy  L.  isophthalma,  L. 
filenus,  L.  theomts  (a  lovely  little  species,  the  female  with  wings 
almost  white),  Thecla  pccas,  T.  M-albiDn  and  T.  melimis  (this 
last  name  is  given  me  by  Dr.  Henry  Skinner).  There  were  so 
very  few  blossoms  that  I  knew  nearly  every  plant  which  bloomed, 
f  and  could  visit  each  one  as  I  made  my  collecting  rounds.  One 
large  thistle  (C.  horriduluni)  with  several  heads  of  pale  yellow 
flowers  was  always  a  favorite  spot  for  insects,  and  wherever  a 
plant  of  the  ugly  fireweed  {Erechthites)  lifted  its  greenish,  com- 
monplace heads  of  flowers  they  were  surrounded  by  little  gay- 
winged  lovers.  Seeing  at  a  distance  one  day  what  looked  like  a 
patch  of  large  white  blossoms  I  went  towards  it  only  to  find  a  mat 
of  the  little  creeping  hyssop  (Herpestis  monnierd)  with  tiny  lav- 
ender flowers  covered  with  the  Southern  cabbage  butterfly  (P. 
monuste).  There  were  at  least  twenty  on  a  patch  not  two  feet 
square.  Hesperidae  abounded,  skipping  jerkily  about  the  grounds 
of  the  hotel  and  over  the  palmetto  scrub;  Paniphila  brettus,  P. 
fusca,  P.  phyla:us  (Dr.  Skinner  gives  me  these  names),  P.  arpa, 
P.  maculata  and  several  others  yet  unnamed.  Calcphelis  ccenius 
was  also  abundant.  The  evenings  were  generally  windy  and  cool, 
not  favorable  conditions  for  moth  hunting,  but  we  met  with  com- 
parative success.  At  light  we  captured  many  fine  specimens, 
some  still  unidentified.  Here  we  took  Hyparpax  aurichictus  (I 
think  that  this  is  the  name  given  last  year  by  Mr.  Graef,  but  I 
have  no  book  for  reference),  Varina  ornata  Neumoegen,  Lito- 
prosopus  futilis  G.  &  R.,  Byssodes  obnissata  Gr. ,  Lepiodes  scolo- 
pacinaria  Guen. ,  Dilophonota  obscnra  Fab. ,  Ellema  coniferanaii 
A.  &  S. ,  Lagoa  pyxidifera  A.  &  S. ,  Platccccticus  gloi'eri  Pack. , 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  83 

Trama  hinna  Gey. ,  Phurys  vinculum  Guen. ,  Euhalisidota  longa 
Gr.  and  many  other  species.  The  true  collector  is  always  san- 
guine, and  I  have  great  hopes  concerning  my  unnamed  speci- 
mens. One  large,  oddly-marked  sphinx  fills  me  with  visions  of 
a  new  genus  as  well  a£  species,  and  I  have  already  selected  its 
name.  There  is  also  a  strange  and  beautiful  moth,  apparently 
one  of  the  Zygaenidae,  unlike  anything  I  have  seen  or  of  which 
I  have  read.  I  found  feeding  upon  the  tomato  vines  in  the  hotel 
garden  many  larvae  of  Phlegethontius  celeus,  and  upon  the  sweet 
potato  and  Ipom&a  pes-capr(E,  larvae  of  P.  cingidata.  These 
were  all  full  grown;  I  placed  several  of  them  with  their  food- 
plant  in  a  box  of  earth  where  they  soon  buried  themselves  and 
transformed,  but  though  they  have  been  in  the  pupa  state  nearly 
five  weeks  no  moth  has  yet  emerged.  I  also  found  feeding  upon 
mangrove  (Rhizophora  mangle)  and  upon  Conocarpus  erecta 
young  larvae  of  Hyperchiria  io  Fab.  I  have  reared  them  and 
they  are  just  spinning  themselves  up  among  some  leaves.  They 
do  not  differ  in  any  respect,  as  far  as  I  can  see,  from  the  typical 
form,  and  I  am  anxious  to  see  if  they  will  develop  into  var.  lilith 

Strecker. 

(To  be  continued.) 


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Aculeate  Hymenoptera  new  to  Pennsylvania 
and  New  Jersey. 

BY  WILLIAM    J.    FOX. 

The  following  list  of  Aculeate  Hymenoptera  may  prove  of  in- 
terest to  some  readers  of  the  NEWS,  as  it  adds  a  few  more  species 
to  the  fauna  of  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey.  The  majority  of 
them  were  collected  at  Westville,  N.  J.,  several  miles  belou 
Philadelphia,  during  1889.  The  localities  in  parentheses  signify 
where  the  species  was  recorded  from  before  publication  of  this 
article. 

Mntilla  ornativentris  Cress.  Several  specimens,  Westville,  N.  J. , 
1889  (Southern  and  Western  States). 

.Mutilla  dubitata  Sm.  Several  specimens  taken  with  the  pre- 
ceding species  (Florida,  Georgia,  Colorado). 

Mntilla  thoracica  Blake.  One  specimen  of  this  small  species 
was  captured  Oct.  29,  1889  (New  York). 


84  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [June, 

Sph&rophthalma  cypris  Blake.  This  species  was  moderately 
common  at  Westville  during  the  summer  of  1889  (Georgia). 

Sphcsrophthalma  canadensis  Blake.  About  a  dozen  specimens 
were  taken  in  the  same  locality  (Canada). 

Tachytes  mandibularis  Patton.  Taken  at  Westville,  N.  J., 
1889.  One  specimen  (Connecticut). 

Philanthus  Sanborni  Cress.  Westville,  N.  J.,  August,  1889. 
One  female  (Massachusetts). 

Crabro  trapezoideus  Pack.  One  male,  Fairmount  Park,  Phila- 
delphia, September,  1889  (Illinois). 

Thyreopus  cingulatus  Pack.  Westville,  N.  J.,  Oct.  29,  1889. 
One  female  (Illinois^. 

Anacrabro  occellatus  Pack.  Three  specimens,  one  male  and 
two  females,  Westville,  N.  J.,  July  and  August,  1889  (Mass.,  111. ). 

Vespa  occidentalis  Cress.  One  specimen,  Fairmount  Park, 
Philadelphia,  September,  1889.  Flying  in  company  with  V. 
germanica,  vidua  and  diabolica  (Nevada,  New  Mexico). 

Nomada  texana  Cress.  Two  specimens,  both  females,  Camden, 
N.  J.,  1889  (Texas). 

Nomada  lepida  Cress.  Three  specimens  (males),  Franklinville, 
Pa.,  April  20,  1890.  Flying  over  and  alighting  on  dry  sunny 
paths  in  the  woods  (Illinois,  Colorado,  T^cas). 

Mellissodes  compta  Cress.  One  female  of  this  handsome  spe- 
cies taken  in  Fairmount  Park,  Philadelphia,  Sept.,  1889  (Ga.). 

Apathus  variabilis  Cress.  Gloucester,  N.  J.,  August?,  1889. 
One  specimen  (Texas). 

All  these  species  were  compared  with  those  in  the  collection  of 
the  American  Entomological  Society,  which  contains  the  types  of 
nearly  all  the  insects  mentioned. 


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GEOGRAPHICAL  VARIATION. 

BY  HENRY  SKINNER,   M.   D. 

Dr.  John  Hamilton,  in  a  recent  paper  (Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc. 
vol.  xvi,  p.  88),  gives  a  list  of  the  Coleoptera  common  to  North 
America,  Northern  Asia  and  Europe,  and  Mr.  Cockerell  (Ento- 
mologist's Record  and  Journal  of  Variation  vol.  i,  No.  i,  p.  9)  a 
list  of  the  "  American  Species  of  Lepidoptera  Representative  of 
European;"  also  on  page  13  of  same  work,  "  American  Varieties 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  85 

of  British  Species  (Lepidoptera)."  These  papers  are  very  in- 
teresting and  instructive,  and  suggest  many  other  lines  of  investi- 
gation of  a  similar  character.  When  the  Lepidoptera  have  been 
more  exhaustively  studied  after  the  plan  adopted  by  Dr.  Hamilton 
in  the  Coleoptera,  I  have  no  doubt  the  results  will  be  interesting, 
and  a  number  of  species  now  considered  distinct  more  on  account 
of  difference  of  locality  than  anything  else,  will  be  amalgamated. 
It  has  been  noted  that  the  Pacific  coast  fauna  more  nearly  ap- 
proaches that  of  Europe  than  the  Eastern,  but  I  do  not  know  that 
in  a  species  common  to  both  countries  a  greater  similarity  has  been 
noticed  between  the  Western  specimens  and  those  of  Europe  than 
the  Eastern.  Last  Summer  I  had  sent  to  me  a  number  of  chrysa- 
lids  of  Vanessa  antiopa  from  San  Jose,  Cal. ,  and  when  they  dis- 
closed the  perfect  insects  I  found  them  all  to  be  intergrades  be- 
tween the  specimens  found  here  (Philadelphia)  and  those  of 
England  and  Germany.  I  had  previously  noticed  that  the  Eu- 
ropean antiopa  could  always  be  distinguished  from  the  American 
example  by  the  less  irrorate  character,  and  usually  lighter  color 
of  the  yellow  border  of  the  wings,  the  former  of  which  is  gen- 
erally most  markedly  illustrated  on  the  little  tail  to  the  inferior 
wings  and  the  similar  projection  on  the  superiors.  The  European 
specimens  are  also  usually  smaller.  The  Calitornian  examples 
are  intermediate  between  the  Eastern  and  European  as  far  as  the 
dark  peppering  on  the  border  is  concerned,  and  could  be  readily 
picked  out  from  the  others.  I  leave  it  to  some  one  else  to  point 
out  the  significance  of  the  observation.  Among  the  chrysalids 
there  was  one,  three  or  four  shades  lighter  in  color  than  the  rest, 
and  perhaps  also  a  little  larger,  which  disclosed  the  rare  and  in- 
teresting variety  hygicea  Hdrch.  (Verz.  Eur.  Schmett.  p.  7,  1851), 
of  which  lintnerii  Fitch  (3d  Rep.  Trans.  N.  Y.  State  Agr.  Soc. 
p.  485,  1856)  is  a  synonym.  It  will  be  interesting  to  know  whether 
a  very  much  lighter  colored  chrysalis  is  an  indication  of  a  coming 
hygi&a.  In  Mr.  Cockerell's  list  of  "American  Species  Repre- 
sentative of  European"  he  omits  Vanessa  Californica  and  V. 
polychloros,  which  are  probably  one  and  the  same  thing.  It  would 
be  interesting  to  know  whether  Californica  produces  anything 
analogous  or  the  same  as  the  varieties  of  polychloros,  testudo  and 
pyromelas  given  in  Kirby.  I  do  not  know  of  any  described  va- 
riety of  the  American  species.  Grapta  faunus  and  G.  C-album 
are  undoubtedly  identical,  as  has  been  pointed  out  by  Strecker. 


86  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

To  the  list  of  American  varieties  of  British  species  may  be  added 
P.  rapes,  var.  immaculiita  (Can.  Ent.  July,  1889,  p.  128);  this 
makes  five  in  all.  I  hope  that  some  one  will  give  a  list  with  the 
bibliography,  of  the  Lepidoptera  common  to  Europe  and  America, 
and  when  a  new  list  of  the  North  American  Lepidoptera  is  pre- 
pared the  whole  geographical  range  of  the  species  (when  found 
outside  of  America)  will  be  given. 


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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Second  Paper — THE  GENERAL  STRUCTURE  OF  INSECTS. 

In  those  papers  of  this  series  which  treat  of  the  anatomy  of 
Insects  in  general,  we  have  largely  drawn,  with  the  author's  per- 
mission, from  Prof.  J.  H.  Comstock's  excellent  '"Introduction  to 
Entomology."* 

Thanks  to  the  kindness  of  Prof.  A.  S.  Packard,  we  have  also 
made  use  of  his  well-known  "  Guide"  f  and  his  valuable  "  Ento- 
mology for  Beginners. "J  » 

As  stated  in  the  first  paper  the  body  of  an  Arthropod,  and 
consequently  that  of  an  Insect,  is  made  up  of  a  series  of  rings  or 
segments,  within  which  are  the  vital  apparatus  and  muscles.  Con- 
fining our  attention  to  insects,  it  is  to  be  noticed  that  even  young 
larvae§  just  hatched  from  the  egg  show  this  segmentation  of  the 

*  An  Introduction  to  Entomology  by  John  Henry  Comstock,  Professor 
of  Entomology  and  General  Invertebrate  Zoology  in  Cornell  University, 
and  formerly  United  States  Entomologist.  With  many  original  illustra- 
tions drawn  and  engraved  by  Anna  Botsford  Comstock.  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Published  by  the  author  1888,  pp.  iv,  234,  201  figures.  Price  $2.00. 

t  Guide  to  the  study  of  Insects  and  a  treatise  on  those  injurious  and 
beneficial  to  crops  for  the  use  of  Colleges,  Farm-schools  and  Agriculturists 
by  Alpheus  S.  Packard,  M.D.,  with  fifteen  plates  and  670  woodcuts;  ninth 
edition.  New  York,  Henry  Holt  &  Co.,  1889,  715  pp.  (first  edition,  1869, 
Salem) 

J  Entomology  for  Beginners.  For  the  use  of  Young  Folks,  Fruit- 
growers, Farmers  and  Gardeners,  by  A.  S.  Packard,  M.D.,  Ph.  D.;  second 
edition,  revised.  New  York,  Henry  Holt  &  Co.,  1889,  367  pp.  272  figs. 

£  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  remind  the  reader  that  an  Insect  is  an  Insect, 
whether  it  is  an  unhatched  egg,  a  growing  larva,  an  apparently  lifeless 
pupa,  or  a  flying  or  creeping  imago.  Images  being  so  much  more  con- 
spicuous than  the  preceding  stages,  have  naturally  received  both  common 
and  scientific  names  first. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  8j 

body.  If  such  a  young  larva  be  examined*  the  jointed  appear- 
ance of  the  exterior  will  be  seen.  The  skin  of  this  young  larva 
is  quite  soft,  but  becomes  harder  as  the  larva  grows.  This  hard- 
ening- is  due  to  the  deposition  in  the  outer  layer  of  the  skin 
(called  the  cuticle)  of  a  horny  substance — chiiine.  The  chitine  is 
deposited  in  the  cuticle  of  the  different  segments,  but  there  is 
left  a  narrow  space  around  the  body  between  each  segment,  in 
which  there  is  little  or  no  chitine.  These  narrow  rings  of  unaf- 
fected skin  divide  the  segments  from  each  other,  and  are  termed 
sutures.  Remaining  soft,  the  sutures  permit  a  freedom  of  motion 
of  the  hard  segments  upon  each  other. 

In  larvae  the  sutures  are  usually  wider  than  in  the  correspond- 
ing imagos.  Very  often  the  sutures  themselves  become  hardened 
by  chitine,  so  that  the  line  of  separation  between  two  segments 
disappears.  Such  an  obliteration  of  sutures  occurs  very  fre- 
quently in  the  head  and  fore-parts  of  imagos,  and  less  frequently 
in  the  hind  parts. 

We  have  spoken  of  the  segments  as  hard,  but  the  hard  part 
of  any  one  segment  is  not  a  continuous  ring.  On  the  contrary, 
the  hard  part  of  a  segment  consists  of  several  pieces  which  are 
more  or  less  free  to  move  upon  each  other.  These  pieces  are  the 
sclerites  (from  the  Greek  yk/eros,  hard).  Some  of  the  soft  cuticle 
remains  between  the  sclerites,  and  this  separating  portion  also 
receives  the  name  of  suture,  and  like  an  inter-segmental  suture 
may  also  become  "  obsolete"  (/.  e.  obliterated). 

The  skin,  originally  soft,  but  now  with  its  cuticle  hardened  in 
the  segments,  the  hard  part  of  each  segment  consisting  of  several 
sclerites,  forms  the  body-ivall  of  the  Insect. 

The  reader  of  this  series  already  knows  that  all  an  insect's 
growth  is  completed  in  its  larval  state.  As  a  larva  grows  quite 
rapidly,  and  as  chitine  is  being  constantly  deposited  in  the  cuticle, 
the  cuticle  thus  hardened  loses  its  elasticity  and  is  soon  too  small 
for  the  increasing  size  of  the  body.  Consequently  it  splits  along 
the  middle  line  of  the  back,  and  through  this  fissure  the  insect 
withdraws  itself  from  its  chitinous  coat.  Or,  in  other  cases,  the 
cuticle  comes  off  gradually  in  thin  shreds.  The  "new  skin" 
contains  very  little  chitine  as  yet,  and  being  quite  elastic,  stretches 
to  accommodate  the  size  of  the  body.  This  skin  (cuticle)  in  turn 

•  The  student  cannot  be  too  strongly  reminded  that  he  should  compare 
these  papers  with  some  insect,  say  a  grasshopper. 


88  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

becomes  hardened,  is  likewise  cast  off,  or  moulted,  and  succeeded 
by  others,  varying  in  number  in  different  species  of  insects.  Very 
often  there  are  changes  in  the  shape,  color,  etc. ,  of  the  larva  after 
successive  moults. 

Technical  names  for  the  process  of  moulting  are  ecdysis  and 
exuviation,  and  for  the  moulted  skins,  exuvics. 

In  the  case  of  those  insects  passing  through  a  complete  trans- 
formation, when  the  larva  moults  for  the  last  time,  it  becomes  a 
pupa,  usually  of  quite  dissimilar  shape  from  the  larva,  and  usually 
quiet,  that  is,  does  not  move  from  place  to  place.  The  last  moult 
of  the  insect's  life  is  when  the  cuticle  of  the  pupa  splits  open  and 
the  imago  emerges,  and,  after  a  short  period,  spreads  its  wings 
and  begins  its  aerial  life. 

Where  the  insect  undergoes  but  an  incomplete  transformation, 
when  the  nymph  moults  for  the  last  time,  the  imago  state  is  en- 
tered at  once. 

Hitherto,  in  speaking  of  the  segmented  form  of  an  insect's 
body,  reference  has  been  made  solely  to  the  body-wall.  So  far 
as  the  internal  organs  are  concerned,  the  muscles,  the  nervous, 
circulatory  and  respiratory  systems,  at  least,  are  more  or  less 
arranged  in  correspondence  with  the  segmentation  of  the  body- 
wall/  P.  P.  C. 

o 

"SPORTS"  IN  VENATION. 

BY  A.  B.   CORDLEY. 

Some  time  ago  while  studying  the  Hymenoptera  collected 
during  the  seasons  of  1888  and  1889,  I  found  three  specimens 
which  puzzled  me  very  much.  They  apparently  belonged  to  the 
genus  Nomada,  but  differed  from  all  the  specimens  of  that  genus 
in  our  collection  in  that  the  anterior  wings  had  but  two  submar- 
ginal  cells.  I  sent  one  of  the  specimens  for  determination  to  Mr. 
E.  T.  Cresson,  who  replied  as  follows  :  "  The  bee  you  sent  is  one 
of  the  varieties  of  Nomada  macidata  Cress. ,  a  very  variable  spe- 
cies. I  have  seen  specimens  in  which  the  first  transverse  cubital 
nervure  was  obliterated  in  one  anterior  wing,  but  not  in  both  as 
in  the  specimen  you  sent.  Are  these  nervures  absent  in  both 
wings  in  the  specimens  you  have?  If  so  it  is  both  curious  and 
interesting.  Such  '  sports'  occur  frequently  among  the  Saw-flies, 
but  rarely  among  bees."  On  referring  to  the  specimens  retained 


1 890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  89 

I  found  that  the  nervure  in  question  was  totally  obliterated  in 
both  anterior  wings  of  both  specimens.  I  also  found  that  both 
specimens  did  not  belong  to  the  same  species,  one  of  them  prov- 
ing to  be  Nomada  imbricata.  Of  the  other  thirteen  specimens 
of  maculata,  and  seven  specimens  of  imbricata,  taken  during  the 
same  time,  all  have  the  three  submarginal  cells  complete,  there 
being  no  apparent  tendency  of  the  first  transverse  cubital  nervure 
to  become  obliterated.  I  have,  also,  one  specimen  of  Collete.s 
Sp.  and  one  of  Andrena  Sp. ,  which  have  three  submarginal  cells 
to  one  anterior  wing,  but  only  two  to  the  other. 


-o- 


ON  THE  HABITS  OF  SOME  MELOINI. 

BY  H.    F.    WICKHAM. 

Some  of  our  large  Western  Meloini  make  striking  additions 
to  any  cabinet  by  their  bright  colors  and  curious  forms.  Of  these 
the  most  beautiful  is,  in  my  estimation,  Cysteodemus  wislizeni: 
This  species,  with  its  small  head  and  thorax  and  immensely  in- 
flated elytra  which  give  the  hinder  part  of  the  body  a  globular 
outline,  is  rather  a  clumsy  object,  though  its  bright  blue  color 
more  than  compensates  for  any  inelegance  of  form.  One  who 
had  seen  only  dead  specimens  would  naturally  suppose  that  it 
was  slow  in  movement  when  in  fact  the  exact  reverse  is  the  case. 

In  1888  I  spent  a  few  days  at  Luna,  N.  Mex.,  a  nominal  station 
twenty-two  miles  west  of  Albuquerque.  Near  the  switch  the 
grass  was  growing  very  luxuriantly,  and  here  I  had  the  good 
fortune  to  find  a  colony  of  this  pretty  beetle.  We  arrived  in  the 
early  morning,  and  just  as  I  was  getting  up  from  the  breakfast 
table  in  our  car,  one  of  the  men  who  had  gone  out  a  few  minutes 
before  me  stuck  his  head  in  the  door  and  deposited  a  "  bug"  on 
the  floor,  which  he  said  he  had  found  running  around  just  out- 
side the  car.  He  looked  on  it  with  suspicion,  for  it  had  exuded 
a  quantity  of  yellowish  liquid  which  stuck  to  our  friend's  fingers 
and  smelled  something  like  an  infusion  of  all  the  different  vege- 
tables one  can  think  of.  I  didn't  let  this  prevent  me  from  picking 
up  the  "bug,"  which  proved  to  be  the  Cysteodemus  mentioned 
above,  and  after  a  few  moments  spent  in  admiration  of  the  brilliant 
colors,  started  out  to  find  some  more. 

I  was  not  yet  familiar  with  its  habits,  and  got  only  two  or  three 
in  the  few  minutes  I  had  to  spare  before  leav:ng  for  the  scene  of 


QO  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June,. 

our  work  through  the  day,  but  on  coming  back  about  six  o'clock 
P.  M.,  I  saw  a  few  more  running  around.  They  hold  the  body 
high  up  from  the  ground  and  get  over  the  ground  at  a  good  rate, 
looking  as  if  they  ran  on  tiptoe,  if  we  may  use  such  an  expression 
in  speaking  of  insects.  I  gathered  these  into- the  fold,  and,  as 
soon  as  supper  was  over,  a  search  in  the  grass  disclosed  a  num- 
ber of  them  hanging  to  the  blades  a  little  distance  from  the  ground, 
apparently  feeding,  and  others  taking  their  evening  exercise. 
Before  I  left  the  place  I  had  an  opportunity  to  spend  an  entire 
day  collecting,  and  I  found  that  they  were  all  hidden  during  the 
middle  of  the  day,  but  came  out  to  feed  or  run  around  in  the 
morning  and  evening,  staying  out  in  the  morning  until  about  nine 
o'clock  and  coming  out  again  about  five  o'clock  P.  M.  I  never 
saw  this  species  at  any  other  place,  though  I  looked  for  it  care- 
fully in  many  different  localities.  The  captures  were  made  early 
in  August. 

Another  ugly  species,  from  an  aesthetic  point  of  view,  is  Megetra 
vittata,  a  near  ally  of  our  Cysteodemus,  but  with  shorter  and  less 
inflated  wing  covers,  which  do  not  cover  the  abdomen.  Dried 
specimens  do  not  give  a  good  idea  of  the  clumsy  unwieldliness  of 
the  living  females  of  this  species,  which  are  so  distended  with 
eggs  and  food,  that  it  seems  almost  impossible  for  them  to  move. 
They  do  move,  however,  though  they  have  not  the  speed  of  the 
preceding  species,  the  abdomen  dragging  on  the  ground.  The 
males  are  more  active,  and  in  running  lift  the  body  high  up  like 
the  Cysteodemus.  The  first  specimen  I  saw  of  Megetra  was  a 
male,  which  ran  across  the  platform  at  Coolidge,  N.  Mex. ,  July 
4,  1888.  Next  year  I  looked  carefully  for  the  species  for  nearly 
a  whole  day  without  success,  when  about  four  o'clock  P.  M.  I 
noticed  some  dark  objects  in  a  "  greasewood"  bush;  I  went  over 
to  investigate,  and  found  a  number  of  these  insects  feeding  on  the 
leaves  and  others  just  climbing  up  the  stems.  When  I  counted 
up  the  catch  I  found  that  I  had  over  forty  specimens  of  both 
sexes.  This  was  about  the  i2th  of  September,  and  this  month 
is  probably  their  pairing-time,  as  I  took  only  isolated  specimens 
at  other  times. 

Melee  sublcevis  is  found  at  the  same  time,  and  in  company  with 
the  two  species  mentioned,  but  seems  to  be  rarer,  as  I  found  only 
about  a  dozen  in  all.  M.  impressus  I  took  in  May  at  Cheyenne, 
Wyo. ,  feeding  on  low  plants  in  the  early  part  of  the  day.  •'/• 
ainericanus  occurred  at  Bismarck,  Dak.,  in  August,  feeding  in 
the  middle  of  the  day. 


iSgO.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  9 1 

COLLECTING  BY  LAMPLIGHT. 

BY  A.   S.  VAN  WINKLE. 
(Continued  from  p.  69,  vol.  i.) 

Iii  order  to  show  the  curious  connection  between  the  state  of 
the  weather  and  the  degree  in  which  moths  were  attracted  to  light 
I  will  now  append  the  following  table,  which  may  prove  of  great 
interest  to  young  entomologists,  with  a  view  that  they  may 
prepare  tables  in  like  manner: 


DATE. 

No.  Moths. 

REMARKS. 

Dec.  13 

i 

Fine  starlight. 

14 

75 

Drizzling  and  foggy. 

15 

4i 

Showers,  cloudy. 

16 

158 

(120  species)  Steady  rain. 

17 

82 

Wet,  rather  moonlight. 

18 

9 

Fine  moonlight. 

19 

2 

Fine,  clear. 

3i 

2OO 

(130  species)  Dark,  windy  and  heavy  rain. 

Jan.      i 

185 

Very  wet. 

2 

68 

Cloudy  and  showers. 

3 

50 

Cloudy  and  showers. 

4 

12 

Fine. 

5 

IO 

Fine. 

6 

8 

Very  fine. 

7 

8 

Very  fine. 

8 

IO 

Fine. 

9 

36 

Showery. 

10 

30 

Showery. 

ii 

260 

Heavy  rain  all  night  and  very  dark. 

12 

56 

Showery. 

13 

44 

Showery,  some  moonlight. 

U 

4              Fine,  moonlight. 

15 

24             Rain. 

16 

6 

Showers. 

i/ 

6 

Showers. 

18 

i 

Showers. 

Total,     1386 

"Thus  it  appears  that  on  twenty-six  nights  I  collected  1386 
moths,  but  that  more  than  800  of  them  were  collected  on  four 
very  wet  and  dark  nights.  My  success  here  led  me  to  hope  that, 
by  similar  arrangements,  I  might,  in  every  island,  be  able  to  ob- 
tain abundance  of  these  insects,  but  strange  to  say,  during  the 
six  succeeding  years  I  was  never  once  able  to  make  any  collections 
at  all  approaching  those  at  Sarawak." 


92  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [June, 

On  reading  the  above  I  wished  that  we  had  a  great  many  more 
Wallaces  than  we  do  have,  i.e.  if  the  entomologists  of  our  own 
country  would  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  this  great  English  ento- 
mologist the  progress  of  entomology  would  be  much  greater.  A 
great  many  entomologists  at  present  prepare  large  lists  of  insects, 
but  probably  one  in  a  hundred  cites  the  locality  in  which  the  in- 
sects are  found;  a  great  many  on  the  other  hand  say  North 
America,  which  means  anywhere  between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
coasts,  or  from  the  Northern  border  of  Central  America  to  the 
confines  of  eternal  snow,  or  just  give  the  separate  States.  This 
is  a  fine  state  of  affairs,  is  it  not  ?  This  is  also  especially  exas- 
perating to  the  student  of  geographical  distribution  of  insects. 
The  exact  locality  I  think  is  as  of  much  importance  as  it  is  to 
know  what  species  of  plant  or  plants  this  or  that  species  of  insect 
feeds  on.  I  hope  that  hereafter  entomologists  will  pay  more  at- 
tention to  the  citation  of  localities.  We  know  what  care  botanists 
take  when  out  collecting,  they  jot  down  notes  of  each  and  every 
species  of  plant  that  they  find,  of  their  habits,  situation  and  lo- 
cality right  on  the  spot.  For  a  very  interesting  and  instructive 
paper  on  this  subject  I  would  refer  the  reader  to  the  March  num- 
ber of  the  "  Canadian  Entomologist,"  page  46,  where  Mr. 
Cockerell  expresses  his  views. 


Notes  and. 


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Dr.  S.  W.  WILLISTON,  of  Yale  University,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the 
Dipterologist,  has  accepted  a  professorship  in  the  University  of  Kansas, 
at  Lawrence. 

INSECTS  NAMED. — i.  Penthe  obliquata ;  2.  Melanotiis  cotninnnis ;  3. 
Holotrophus  bifasc iatus  ;  4.  Aphorisfa  vittata ;  5.  Aphodius  fimetarius ; 
6.  Eros  aurora.  \V.  M.  HILL,  Chester,  I'a. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  93 

VERY  COSTLY  INSECTS. — Dr.  L.  B.  Clifton,  the  well  known  naturalist, 
has  succeeded  in  hatching  out  a  rare  species  of  moth,  known  to  ento- 
mologists as  Attacus  luna.  For  a  specimen  of  this  moth  Dr.  Clifton  was 
paid  $100  two  years  ago  by  the  Earl  of  Roseberry,  who  is  quite  an  en- 
thusiast in  that  line.  The  present  specimen  is  valued  at  $50. — From  the 
N.  Y.  Telegram. — (More  newspaper  entomology.) 

POLYBIA  CUBENSIS  IN  FLORIDA. — Among  some  Florida  Hymenoptera 
received  from  Mrs.  A.  T.  Slosson,  of  New  York,  were  three  specimens, 
with  the  nest,  of  a  species  of  Polybia,  which,  on  determination,  proved 
to  be  P.  ciibensis  Sauss.  As  there  is  no  doubt  as  to  this  species  being  an 
inhabitant  of  Florida,  I  see  no  reason  why  it  should  not  be  added  to  the 
fauna  of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Charles  \V.  Johnson,  of  the  Wagner  In- 
stitute, Philadelphia,  has  informed  me  that  he  has  also  taken  this  species 
in  Florida. — WM.  J.  Fox. 

THAT  observant  naturalist,  Cons.  E.  L.  Layard,  writing  from  New 
Caledonia,  bears  witness  to  the  fact  of  rotten  fruit  being  a  very  strong 
attraction  to  Lepidoptera.  He  writes:  "At  this  moment  I  have  in  my 
verandah  a  parrot,  which  is  daily  regaled  with  a  portion  of  banana.  Every 
evening  I  see  a  dozen  or  more  of  the  large  Sphingidae  and  Noctuas  trying 
to  effect  an  entrance  into  the  cage  to  get  at  the  rotting  fruit,  which  is  gen- 
erally invisible  from  the  outside.  ...  I  always  found  bananas  the  best 
bait  to  attract  the  night  flyers,  but  only  when  they  began  to  rot  (Rhopalo- 
cera  Malay  atid)."-— Try  it. 

OF  THE  habits  of  the  typical  form  of  Charades  athamas  in  N.  W.  India 
we  have  a  few  particulars  from  Capt.  Lang.  It  is  "  an  insect  of  extremely 
rapid  flight,  flashing  like  lightning  up  and  down  the  rocky-bedded  streams 
in  the  Himalayan  glens  (3000  to  5000  feet).  It  pitches  on  rocks  in  mid- 
stream and  flashes  off  again  if  approached."  Some  Lepchas,  who,  in 
Sikkim,  make  what  they  can  by  catching  insects,  and  selling  them  to 
visitors,  take  advantage  of  the  known  partiality  of  butterflies  for  wet  sand. 
Mr.  De  Niceville  states  that  "  in  one  place  upon  a  large  flattish  stone  near 
the  middle  of  the  stream  the  men  had  put  some  sand  and  kept  it  watered, 
and  it  was  surprising  the  number  of  butterflies  that  came  to  their  '  trap' 
and  were  caught  (Rhopalocera  Malay  ana)." 

WHILE  VISITING  at  Sarver  Station,  Butler  County,  Pa.,  last  July,  I  took 
quite  a  number  of  Colias  philodice,  Ab.  alba,  and  among  them  was  a  fine, 
perfect  male;  this  is  the  first  white  male  that  has  ever  been  taken  to  my 
knowledge,  so  this  note  to  the  NEWS  may  prove  of  some  interest  to  its 
readers.  It  is  pure  white  on  the  upper  surface,  with  a  faint  yellowish  tint 
on  the  primaries;  the  black  border,  including  both  pairs  of  wings,  is  sprinkled 
with  white  scales;  underneath  it  has  a  smoky  appearance,  and  the  sub- 
marginal  row  of  orange  spots  is  wanting,  both  on  the  primaries  and  sec- 
ondaries.*— GEO.  A.  EHRMAN,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

*  If  the  genitalia  were  examined  this  would  probably  be  found  to  be  a  female. 


94  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

DOLERUS  ARVENSIS  Say  and  DOLERUS  UNICOLOR  Beauv. — These  flies 
have  been  plentiful  in  this  vicinity  for  the  past  ten  days  or  more,  and  are 
usually  found  resting  upon  dead  weeds  of  all  sorts.  They  have  been  es- 
pecially abundant  among  the  branches  and  in  the  vicinity  of  a  low  spread- 
ing bur-oak  tree,  the  buds  of  which  are  fairly  dripping  with  a  very  sweet 
liquid  that  has  oozed  from  them  as  the  result  of  the  myriad  punctures 
inflicted  by  a  minute  gall-fly,  Neuroterus  vernus  Gill.  I  visited  this  tree 
on  the  26th  of  April  in  company  with  a  student,  Mr.  H.  H.  Raymond, 
who  called  my  attention  to  the  mating  of  the  black  saw-fly  with  D.  ar- 
vensis. A  few  moments  later  we  both  saw  two  more  of  these  two  spe- 
cies pair,  and  a  day  later  we  each  saw  the  same  thing  repeated.  The 
males  in  every  case  were  D.  unicolor,  and  the  females  D.  arvensis.  I 
had  previously  noticed  that  of  about  forty  specimens  of  each  of  these 
species  in  my  collection  all  of  the  former  were  males  and  all  of  the  latter 
were  females.  Say  also  notes  the  fact  that  only  the  male  of  unicolor  and 
the  female  of  arvensis  are  known.  These  facts  with  the  above  observa- 
tions put  it  beyond  a  doubt  that  these  two  saw-flies  are  male  and  female 
of  the  same  species.  As  unicolor  Beauv.  was  first  described  (1805),  this 
name  will  hold  for  the  species,  and  arvensis  Say  will  have  to  fall  to  the 
rank  of  a  synonym.  While  mating  the  male  and  female  face  in  opposite 
directions,  and  the  wings  and  abdomen  of  the  male  are  covered  by  the 
wings  of  the  female.  The  union  lasts  but  three  or  four  seconds. 

C.  P.  GILLETTE. 

EXCURSION. — The  committee  from  the  Brooklyn,  Newark  and  Philadel- 
phia Societies  have  decided  upon  Upper  Jamesburg,  N.  J.,  as  the  place 
where  the  field-meeting  of  the  entomologists  of  the  three  cities  and  neigh- 
boring points  is  to  take  place  on  the  4th  of  July  next.  Jamesburg  is  on 
the  Amboy  Division  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  may  be  reached 
from  New  York  via  Perth  Amboy  and  Rahway  at  9.10  a.  m.,  Newark  at 
9.36  a.  m.;  via  Monmouth  Junction,  New  York,  7.20  a.  m.,  Newark  7.50 
a.  m.  Leave  Philadelphia  from  Broad  Street  Station  at  6.50  a.  m.,  z<ia 
Camden,  at  7.10  a.  m.  The  7.20  a.  m.  from  New  York  via  Monmouth 
Junction,  meets  the  6.50  from  Philadelphia  at  Monmouth  Junction,  and 
this  train  is  recommended,  as  it  will  bring  the  party  into  Jamesburg  at  the 
same  time.  Excursion  fare  about  $2.10  from  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 
All  the  entomologists  desiring  to  attend  will  be  heartily  welcomed,  whether 
members  of  the  societies  organizing  the  excursion  or  not,  but  in  order  that 
the  necessary  arrangements  for  creature  comforts  can  be  made,  all  those 
expecting  to  take  part  in  the  field-meeting  will  please  notify  one  of  the 
members  of  the  committee  as  soon  as  convenient.  Further  information 
can  be  obtained  from  the  committee: 

Dr.  D.  M.  Castle,  2007  Arch  Street,  Philadelphia. 

C.  P.  Machesney,  65  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

C.  H.  Roberts,  235  W.  i22d  Street,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  Smith,  Rutgers  College,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

H.  W.  Wenzel,  1115  Moore  Street,  Philadelphia. 


[890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  95 

Entomological  Literature. 


NATURE,  February,  '90. — Notes  on  Dr.  A.  R.  Wallace's  "  Darwinism," 
'by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell  (an  interesting  paper,  largely  entomological). 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRiCHTEN,  xvi,  No.  6,  March,  1890. — "The 
Genera  and  Species  of  Cryptinae  revised  and  tabulated  I,"  O.  Schmiedek- 
necht. 

ANALES  DE  LA  SOCIEDAD  CIENTIFICA,  xxix. — Systematic  and  synony- 
mic enumeration  of  the  Argentine,  Chilian  and  Uruguayan  Formicidse, 
Dr.  C.  Berg. 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE,  2e  Annee,  No.  7,  April, 
1890. — "  Acarines  and  Marine  Insects  of  the  sides  of  the  Boulonnais  (con- 
.tinued),"  R.  Moniez. 

LE  NATURLISTE  CANADIEN,  April,  1890. — Continuation  of  the  He- 
miptera-Homoptera  of  the  Province  of  Quebec,  contains  the  following 
new  species,  Pemphigus  alni. 

ATTI  DEL  REALE  ISTITUTO  VENETO  DI  SCIENZE,  LETTERE  ED  ARTI 
(November,  1888— October,  1889),  Tomo  vii,  "  View  of  the  Italian  Acaro- 
fauna,"  G.  Canestrini,  with  four  plates. 

OVERSIGTOVER  DET  KONGELIGE  DANSKE  VlDENSKABERNES  SELSKABS 

(Copenhagen).     Bulletin  for  1889,  No.  2. — "  Contribution  to  the  anatomy 
of  the  Ant-lions,"  by  Fr.  Meinert,  with  two  plates. 

COMPT.  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  i  Mars,  1890. 
— "  Heterocera  Exotica,  new  genus  and  species  from  the  Dutch  East 
Indies  (continued),"  by  J.  M.  Heylaerts;  Squamura  n.  g. 

NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEWOCHENSCHRIFT  (Berlin)  for  Mar.  2,  1890, 
contains  an  article  on  swarms  of  "  Butterflies  in  the  South  Atlantic  Ocean 
remote  from  the  land,"  off  the  Argentine  coast,  in  February,  1887. 

THE  ZEITSCHRIFT  FUR  WISSENSCHAFTLICHE  ZOOLOGIE,  vol.  xlix,  heft 
3,  contains  ' '  Researches  on  the  first  embryological  phenomena  in  the 
eggs  of  Insects — I.  The  egg  of  Pieris  brassica,"  H.  Henking,  with  three 
plates. 

LE  NATURLISTE  CANADIEN  for  February,  1890. — Continuation  of  the 
notes  on  Hemiptera — Homoptera  of  Quebec  (fams.  Jassida;  and  Psyllidae); 
a  new  species  of  Ery  throne  lira  (E.  mail}  and  one  of  Idiocerus  (I.  Duzccn 
are  described. 

LE  NATURLISTE  CANADIEN,  March,  1890. — "  Hemiptera-Homoptera  of 
the  Province  of  Quebec  (continued),"  fams.  Psyllida;  and  Aphkke;  in- 
cludes the  following  new  species:  Psylla  recticeps,  Diraphia  j-comis,  D. 
sanguined,  Lii'ia  salfatrix,  L.  bifasciata. 


g6  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [June, 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  CALIFORNIA  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCES  II,  1889.— 
Entomological  Communications,  Dr.  H.  H.  Hehr;  genus  Neophasia  Behr 
=  Eucheira  Westvv.,  with  three  species,  socialis  Westw.,  Terlootii  Behr, 
menapia  Feld.;  Dryocampa  Riversii  n.  sp.,  Cal. 

MEMOIRES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  DE  PHYSIQUE  ET  D'HISTOIRE  NATURELLE 
DE  GENEVE,  xxx,  No.  6. — New  or  little-known  Locustidae,  A.  Pictet;  con- 
tains many  new  genera  and  species,  including  the  following  from  North 
America,  Idiostatus  n.  g.,  /.  calif ornicus,  figured. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  xiii,  No.  329,  io  Mar.  1890. — "  Butterflies' 
wings  and  the  Imaginal  disk  of  the  same,"  and  "Gland-system  of  the 
Skin  in  Bombycidse  (silk-spinners),  by  E.  Verson.  No.  330,  17  Mar.,  '90. 
"  On  the  Embryology  of  Blatta  germanica"  by  N.  Cholodkovsky. 

WE  have  lately  received  Vol.  i,  No.  i,  of  the  Entomologist's  Record 
and  Journal  of  Variation,  edited  by  J.  W.  Tutt.  This  fills  a  very  impor- 
tant gap  in  entomological  literature,  and  is  both  interesting  and  useful 
from  a  scientific  standpoint.  We  wish  it  all  success  and  a  long  life. 

IN  THE  COMPTES-RENDUS  DES  SEANCES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLO- 
GIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE  for  Feb.  i,  1890. — A  Forel  has  a  note  on  "  A  parasite 
of  jMyrmecia  forficata  Fabr."  The  parasite  is  also  a  hymenopter,  Eu- 
charis  mynnecio'  P.  Cam.,  whose  nymphs  were  found  in  chrysalids  of  the 
Myrmecia  from  South  Australia. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvi,  4,  February,  1890. — New  His- 
teridae,  J.  Schmidt;  includes  one  North  American  species,  Saprinus  sul- 
catulus,  from  California.  Orthopterological  communications,  Dr.  F. 
Karsch;  on  Phaneropttra  from  Asia  and  Africa;  two  new  genera  are 
formed,  Ceraiopoinpa  and  Tetraconcha. 

FROM  PROF.  C.  BERG  we  have  received  a  copy  of  his  "  Quadraginta 
Coleoptera  Nova  Argentine  (from  Ann.  Univer.  Buenos  Aires,  vi,  1889)." 
The  forty  new  species  from  the  Argentine  Republic  here  described  are 
of  the  families  Cerambycidae,  Meloidse,  Mordellidae,  Cistelidae,  Tenebri- 
onidte,  Malacodermata  and  Buprestidse. 

MEMOIRS  OF  THE  MUSEUM  OF  COMPARATIVE  ZOOLOGY  AT  HARVARD 
COLLEGE,  Vol.  xvii,  No.  i,  is  Mr.  L.  Cabot's. — "The  Immature  State  of 
the  Odonata,  Part  III. — Subfamily  Cordulina,"  with  six  plates.  The 
nymphs  of  twenty-four  species  of  Cordulina  and  eleven  species  of  Pan  fa  la 
and  Tramea,  are  described  and  figured  excellently. 

WE  have  received  from  M.  Ernest  Olivier  his  excellent  Catalogue  of  the 
Coleoptera  of  the  Department  of  the  Allier,  France,  forming  Part  I  of 
Volume  II,  of  "  Faune  de  PAllier,"  published  at  Moulins,  1890.  Faunal 
lists  of  restricted  areas  are  always  of  value  as  supplying  data  for  geo- 
graphical distribution,  and  such  is  M.  Olivier's  work,  which  fills  375  pages, 
and  is  provided  with  a  valuable  index — table  of  genera. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  97 

ABHANDLUNGEN  [DES]  SENCKENBERGISCHEN  NATURFORSCHENDEN 
GESELLSCHAFT  (Frankfurt  a.  M.),  xvi,  heft  i,  '90.— "The  Lepidopterous 
Fauna  of  the  Island  of  Porto  Rico,"  H.  B.  Moschler,  i  plate;  contains 
numerous  new  genera  and  new  species.  This  is  a  very  useful  and  im- 
portant paper,  as  it  gives  a  complete  list  of  the  species  of  the  island,  both 
macro  and  micro,  with  all  the  references  (pp.  290). 

MEMORIE  BELLA  R.  ACCADEMIA  DELLE  SCIENZE  DELL'  ISTITUTO  DI 
BOLOGNA,  Serie  iv,  Tomo  ix,  1888.—"  On  the  Figure  and  Structure  of  the 
Facets  of  the  Cornea  and  on  the  Refractive  Medium  of  the  Compound 
Eyes  of  the  Muscidse,"  G.  V.  Ciaccio,  i  plate.  "Anatomical  Composi- 
tion of  the  Nerves  and  their  mode  of  termination  in  the  muscles  of  the 
Grasshopper  (Oediopoda  fasciata  Siebold),  V.  Mazzoni,  one  plate. 

ICONES  ORNITHOPTERORUM.  —A  monograph  of  the  Rhopalocerous 
genus  Ornithoptera,  or  Bird-wing  Butterflies  by  Robert  H.  F.  Rippon; 
Part  i.  To  be  completed  in  twenty  parts,  with  a  map  and  nearly  eighty 
plates;  Part  i  contains  four  plates,  giving  colored  figures  and  the  neuraj- 
tion  of  O.  urz'illiana,  hippolytns  and  crcesiis.  The  text  is  very  exhaustive. 
If  the  remaining  parts  are  in  the  same  style  as  the  first,  the  above  will  be 
a  grand  work. 

THE  FOSSIL  BUTTERFLIES  OF  FLORISSANT,  Samuel  H.  Scudder. — This 
is  an  extract  from  the  eighth  annual  report  of  the  Director  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Interior,  35  pp.  2  plates.  The  following  new  genera  are  de- 
scribed: Jupiteria,  Lithopsyche,  Nymphalites,  Apanthesis,  Prolibythea 
and  Stolopsyche.  The  new  species  are  Jupiteria  charon,  Lithopsyche 
sty.v,  Xvmfrhalites  obscunim,  Apanthesis  leuce,  Prolibythea  vagabnnda 
and  Stolopsyche  Hbytheoides. 

THE  YOUNG  NATURALIST,  January,  1890  (London).— The  Origin  and 
Loss  of  the  Wings  of  Insects,  Linnaeus  Greening.  The  Pterophorina 
of  Britain,  J.  W.  Tutt.  Same  for  February,  1890.  The  Pterophorina 
of  Britain  (continued).  Notes  on  the  possible  advantages  of  melanic 
variations  to  Lepidoptera,  Lord  Walsingham.  The  Origin  and  Loss  of 
Wings  of  Insects,  Linnaeus  Greening.  Curious  Visitors  at  Sugar,  G. 
Pullen.  Retarded  Emergence,  John  E.  Robson. 

TRANSACTIONS  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON,  Part  I,  1890, 
with  six  plates.  On  the  phylogenetic  significance  of  the  wing-markings 
in  certain  genera  of  the  Nymphalidae,  Frederick  A.  Dixey.  Systematic 
temperature  experiments  on  some  Lepidoptera  in  all  their  stages,  Frederic 
Merrirield.  This  paper  and  the  accompanying  plates  are  of  great  interest, 
as  they  show  one  of  the  causes  of  variation  in  a  species,  and  also  teach  an 
important  lesson  to  those  who  are  too  hasty  in  describing  new  species  of 
Lepidoptera. 

ANNALEN  DES  K.  K.  NATURHISTORISCHKN  HOFMUSKUMS  (Wieni,  Bd. 
iv,  No.  4,  1889. — The  Hymenopterous  Group  of  the  Evaniida\  moiio- 
graphically  treated,"  by  A.  Schletterer,  3d  Abtheilung,  witli  four  plates; 

6* 


98  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [June, 

numerous  new  species  are  described  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  including 
five  species  of  Gasteruption  from  North  America,  Bd.  v,  No.  i,  1890. 
''  [Contribution]  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Pemphredons"  by  F.  F.  Kohl, 
including,  besides  other  new  species,  three  from  North  America  of  the 
genera  Cenionus,  Ammoplanus  f  and  Stigmus. 


SOCIETATIS  ENTOMOLOGIC/E  Rossic^:,  xxiii,  1890,  contains 
papers  on  Russian  and  Asiatic  insects,  including  new  species  of  Heterop- 
tera,  Hymenoptera,  Coleoptera  and  Lepidoptera;  Revision  of  the  copu- 
latory  armature  of  the  males  of  the  Chrysides,  Gen.  Radoszowski;  On 
the  anatomy  of  Sesia  apiformis  and  tipulifonnis,  E.  Brandt;  Anatomy  of 
I'cruiipsylla  alacurt,  J.  Wagner;  Revision  of  the  European  species  of  the 
genus  PhroniaWmn&ctz,  with  the  descriptions  of  two  new  genera,  Macro- 
brachius  and  Megophthalmidia,  H.  Driedzicki,  etc. 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMERICANA;  Part  Ixxxii,  Feb.,  1890.  —  Arachnida- 
Araneidea  O.  P.  Cambridge,  pp.  57  —  64,  pi.  6;  Coleoptera,  vol.  2,  pt.  i, 
D.  Sharp,  pp.  305  —  312,  vol.  3,  pt.  i,  C.  O.  Waterhouse,  pi.  9,  vol.  6,  pt. 
i,  supplement,  M.  Jacoby,  pp.  169  —  176.  Lepidoptera-Heterocera,  vol.  i, 
H.  Druce,  pp.  369  —  384,  pi.  32.  Diptera,  vol.  2,  F.  M.  van  derWulp,  pp. 
57  —  88;  Part  Ixxxiv,  Arachnida-Acaridea,  Otto  Stoll,  pp.  17  —  24,  pis.  12  — 
14.  Coleoptera,  vol.  2,  pt.  i,  D.  Sharp,  pp.  313  —  336,  vol.  7,  H.  S.  Gor- 
ham,  pp.  129  —  144,  pi.  7.  Hymenoptera,  vol.  2,  P.  Cameron,  pp.  65  —  So, 
pi.  5.  Lepidoptera-Heterocera,  vol.  i,  H.  Druce,  pp.  385  —  392.  Rhyn- 
chota-Heteroptera,  W.  L.  Distant,  pp.  329  —  336.  Diptera,  vol.  2,  F.  M. 
van  der  Wulp,  pp.  89  —  112. 

BERLINER  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT,  xxxiii,  2  heft.  —  The  Hy- 
menopterous  genera  Stenophasmus  Sm.,  Monomachus  Westw.,  Peleciuus 
Latr.  and  Megalyra  Westw.,  monographically  treated,"  A.  Schletterer. 
"  Contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Ascalaphidae  of  Madagascar,"  Dr. 
F.  Karsch;*  Balanopteryx,  Amceridops  n.  g.  "On  a  new  East-African 
genus  of  Libellulidse,  separated  tor  Idiony.v  I  net  if  era  Selys,"'"  Dr.  F. 
Karsch,  Schizonyx,  also  Dicranopyga,  n.  g."  "New  Histericlse  from 
Paraguay,"  J.  Schmidt;  Hesperodromus,  Discoscelis,  Colonides,  Tcnni- 
toxenus,  n.  g.  "  Contributions  to  the  knowledge  of  the  species  and  genera 
of  Libellulina,"'7  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  Paltothemis,  Potainarcha,  Cordii/iops, 
Helothemis,  Malamarptis,  Oligoclada,  Micromacromia,  Allorhizucha 
n.  g.  "Three  new  Tenebrionidae  from  Tripoli,"*  G.  Quedenfeldt;  Pa- 
chylodera  n.  g. 

LES  INSECTES  VESICANTS.  —  H.  Beauregard,  Paris,  1890.  A  large  octavo 
volume  of  nearly  600  pages  with  many  illustrations  in  the  text  and  large 
lithographic  plates  of  anatomical  and  microscopical  details.  It  is  divided 
into  four  parts,  the  first  is  anatomical,  second  the  physiology  and  pharma- 
cology, with  special  researches  on  the  seat  of  the  vesicating  property,  the 
third  is  devoted  to  classification,  the  fourth  a  catalogue  of  all  species  de- 

*~Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  99 

scribed  to  date.  A  new  classification  is  adopted,  based  on  the  habits  of 
the  secondary  larva,  which  does  not  differ  materially  from  that  already  in 
vogue,  based  on  the  characters  of  the  insects  themselves.  Some  of  our 
genera  were  unknown  to  the  author,  and  a  good  number  fairly  well  mis- 
understood. While  the  work  will  be  useful  for  reference  as  a  compen- 
dium it  will  hardly  become  a  standard  in  classification. — G.  H.  H. 

VERHANDLUNGEN  DER  K.  K.  ZOOLOGISCH-BOTANISCH  GESELLSCHAFT 
IN  WIEN,  Bd.  xxxix,  Heft  3.—"  Contributions  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
chilopods,"  B.  Schaufler,  with  one  plate  and  four  zincographs,  treating  of 
the  male  and  female  genital  organs.  "  Arachnidae  Transcaspicae,"  E. 
Simon,  describing  new  species  and  three  new  genera,  Attuhts  (fam.  At- 
tidae),  Scylax  (fam.  Drassidse)  and  Phyxioschema  (fam.  Avicularidae), 
Heft  4  (same  Band).  "Determination-table  of  the  Trichopterygidae  of 
the  European  faunal  district,"  by  C.  Flach,  with  five  plates  and  one  zinco- 
graph;  the  table  is  arranged  both  for  genera  and  species,  and  includes  six 
new  species.  "Fourth  Contribution  to  the  Dipterous  Fauna  of  Tyrol," 
E.  Pokorny,  including  new  species  of  various  genera  of  the  families  Bibi- 
onidse,  Anthomyzinae  and  Helomyzinse,  and  establishing  two  new  genera, 
Chiastocheta  (fam.  Anthomyzinae),  type  Aricia  trollii  Ztt.,  and  Steringo- 
myia  (fam.  Sarcophaginae),  type  6".  stylifera  n.  sp. 

NORTH  AMERICAN  LEPIDOPTERA.  REVISED  CHECK-LIST  OF  THE  N. 
AMERICAN  NOCTUIM:  by  A.  Radcliffe  Grote,  A.  M.,  Part  I.  Thyatirinse- 
Noctuinae.  Bremen,  1890.  Printed  by  Homeyer  &  Meyer,  Rutenhof,  pp. 
52.  Preface  and  Index. — This  list,  Mr.  Grote  states,  is  to  supersede  or 
take  the  place  of  the  list  of  1875-76,  and  like  the  latter  the  new  list  simply 
enumerates  the  species  and  proposes  a  number  of  new  generic  terms 
without  description.  "  So  far  as  I  am  concerned  it  closes  my  thirty  years' 
work  in  the  North  American  Owlet  moths  and  represents  my  present 
comprehension  of  the  natural  classification  of  the  family."*  Mr.  Grote 
separates  the  usual  small  aggregation  as  Thyatirinae,  and  places  all  the 
rest  of  the  genera  into  the  Noctuinae,  dividing  them  tribally.  The  Bom- 
bycoidi  head  the  list  with  three  genera.  In  this  tribe  and  in  the  preceding 
subfamily  species  described  by  Dr.  Strecker,  Mr.  Edwards  and  myself, 
even  as  far  back  as  1876;  have  been  omitted. 

The  Apatelini  contain  fourteen  genera.  The  Agrotini  contain  eleven; 
about  fifty  species  of  Agrotis  described  by  myself  are  omitted.  In  sug- 
gesting that  the  species  of  Agrotis  need  re-arrangement,  a  series  of  char- 
acters Is  given  with  a  show  of  originality,  although  they  had  been  used  by 
European  authors  thirty  years  ago.  Mr.  Grote  is  comfortably  unawan- 
that  over  one  hundred  species  of  what  he  calls  Agrotis  are  structurally 
absolutely  identical  with  the  two  species  which  he  separates  as  Carneades. 

The  Dicopini  follow,  with  four  genera. 

The  Hadenini  contain  forty-four  genera,  and  in  this  tribe  are  contained 


*  See  Proc.  Am.  Phil.  Soc.  xxi,  143,  1887,  for  almost  identical  language. 


100  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

the  typical  Owlets.  The  species  and  genera  referable  here,  described  by 
me  in  1887  are  omitted,  and  my  Revisions  of  Oncocnemis,  Oligia  and 
Psendanarfa,  are  apparently  unknown  to  the  author. 

The  Arzamini  have  two  genera,  the  Nonagriini  eight,  the  Scolocampini 
six,  and  Aotophana  has  a  little  tribe  all  by  itself.  Six  genera  constitute 
the  Caradrini,  while  the  Orthosiini  contain  thirty-three  genera,  among 
them  Tceniocampa,  Glcea  and  Orthosia.  As  usual,  my  genera  and  species 
are  omitted,  even  those  described  in  1887.  My  recent  Revision  of  Taenio- 
campinae  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.  1889,  pp.  455-496,  places  the  species  and 
genera  into  a  more  natural  grouping. 

The  Calocampini  have  three  genera,  Clcophana  and  CucuIIia  each  form 
a  tribe,  the  Eutelini  have  three  genera,  the  Anomiini  five,  while  Litopro- 
sopiis  again  forms  a  singular  tribe. 

The  Plusiini  have  six,  the  Calpini  four,  and  the  Stiriini  eight  genera. 

In  the  Heliothini  Mr.  Grote  proposes  a  few  more  generic  names,  and 
adds  Lepipolys,  Anarta,  Cirrhophanns  and  Annaphila  to  the  tribe. 

The  Tarachini  contain  three  genera,  and  Cerathosia  is  placed  here  and 
elevated  to  the  tribal  rank.  Mr.  Grote  again  goes  over  my  supposed 
blunders  and  does  not  seem  to  know  my  paper  in  which  the  venation  is 
figured.  I  have  explained  how  the  obliteration  of  vein  5  of  secondaries 
by  the  Canada  balsam  caused  my  mistake.  Mr.  Grote  affects  to  discredit 
this  explanation,  which  all,  who  have  ever  mounted  bleached  wings,  can 
easily  substantiate.  Knowing  the  danger  as  I  did,  I  should  have  been 
more  careful;  but,  as  it  is  the  only  mistake  of  mine  Mr.  Grote  ever  dis- 
covered, he  will  no  doubt  continue  to  harp  on  it.  The  Eustrotiinae  con- 
tain all  the  remaining  genera  save  Hyblcra,  which  forms  a  tribe.  The 
remainder  of  the  pamphlet  is  taken  up  with  generalities  and  criticisms, 
in  which  Messrs.  Riley,  Hulst  and  myself  fare  ill.  In  his  characterization 
of  the  Noctuidae  Mr.  Grote  says  :  "the  front  pair  [of  tibia;]  rarely  with 
an  epiphysis."  I  know  of  no  species  in  which  this  organ  is  wanting.  It 
is  scarcely  worth  while  noticing  the  vagaries  of  these  ten  pages,  winding 
up  with  "  But  I  have  no  longer  time  to  indulge  in  philosophy  or  sentiment. 
Already  I  hear  the  roaring  of  the  lions  from  those  heights  where  Dr.  C. 
V.  Riley  and  Professor  J.  B.  Smith  browse  together  upon  Government 
pastures"  !  ! ! 

This  is  pathetic,  undoubtedly,  and  characterizes  the  list,  which  is  fully 
five  years  behind  the  time,  and  is  as  remarkable  for  what  it  lacks  as  for 
what  it  contains. — JOHN  B.  SMITH. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  May  was  mailed  May  3,  1890. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  SEPTEMBER,   1890.  No.  7. 


CONTENTS: 


Slosson — Winter  collecting  in  Florida..  101 


P>unker — Some   experiences   in    Larvie 


Rearing 108 

Notes  and  News no 


P.  P.  C. — Elementary  Entomology 102 

Dyar — Two  species  of  Lepidoptera  new 

to  our  Lists 105        Entomological  Literature 112 

Fox — Description  of  three  new  species  Doings  of  Societies 115 

of  Hymenoptera 106    ! 


WINTER  COLLECTING  IN  FLORIDA. 

BY    ANNIE    TRUMBULL    SLOSSON. 
(Continued  from  p.  83,  vol.  i.) 

To  attract  moths  at  night  we  used  a  large  lamp  with  Rochester 
burner,  giving  a  very  brilliant  light.  The  first  time  we  tried  it 
very  tew  insects  came,  though  the  night  seemed  favorable,  warm, 
dark  and  still.  After  waiting  an  hour  or  two,  with  little  gain,  we 
extinguished  the  lamp  preparatory  to  going  indoors,  when,  at 
once,  moths  began  flying  into  the  dimly-lighted  windows  and 
resting  there.  This  occurred  again  and  again,  until  we  felt  as- 
surged  that  our  brilliant  light  frightened  away  rather  than  tempted 
the  moths  of  Punta  Gorda.  It  was  not  until  some  weeks  after 
our  discovery  of  this  fact  that  we  read  in  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 
for  February  of  Mr.  Doherty's  letter  as  to  his  collecting  in  the 
Naga  Hills.  In  this  you  will  remember  he  expresses  the  opinion 
that  "light  used  in  out-of-the-way  places  repels  rather  than  at- 
tracts." I  frequently  spent  an  evening  in  my  room  with  a  bright 
gas-light  and  a  large  kerosene  lamp  burning  directly  in  front  of 
the  open  window.  No  insects  came,  but  when  I  had  turned  out 
the  gas  and  lowered  the  flame  of  my  lamp,  moths  would  soon 
begin  to  fly  in. 


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At  sugar,  although  the  number  of  moths  taken  was  large,  the 
variety  was  very  small.  In  a  catch  of  fifty  or  sixty  moths  there 
would  often  be  but  two  or  three  species.  Eubolina  stylobata  was 
always  at  these  sugar  stations  in  large  numbers,  also  Agrotis  in- 
civis,  A.  malefida  and  various  species  of  Homoptera,  particularly 
H.  edusina  and  H.  benesignata. 

The  colony  of  West  Indian  insects,  of  which  Mr.  Schwartz  and 
others  have  written,  is  well  represented  at  Punta  Gorda.  I  found 
one  night  resting  near  a  lighted  window  a  beautiful  specimen  of 
the  'Spanish  moth,"  Enthisanotia  thnais  Cram.  It  bore  the 
bloom  of  extreme  youth,  and  could  not  have  emerged  from  the 
pupa  many  hours  before.  It  is  an  exquisite  creature,  with  its 
fore  wings  of  carmine  and  orange  and  secondaries  of  leaden  black. 

I  took  also  one  specimen  of  a  Sphingid  described  and  figured 
by  Grote  in  his  "Notes  on  Cuban  Sphingidae  (Proc.  Ent.  Soc. 
Phil.  vol.  v),"  Hemeroplanes  pseudothyreits.  I  do  not  recall  its 
record  from  Florida  previous  to  my  capture,  but  it  should  have 
its  place  in  our  lists.  It  is  a  curious  insect,  much  like  Thyreus  in 
general  appearance,  but  with  a  peculiar  discal  mark,  like  a  white 
arrow-head,  with  a  small  white  dash  above  it.  Many  fine  fresh 
specimens  of  the  large  geometer  Oxydia  vesuliata  Cram,  flew  to 
the  lighted  windows  at  night.  They  are  exceedingly  variable, 
some  very  dark  purple-brown,  some  uniformly  light  grayish  drab, 
and  others  with  median  space  of  pale  ochre,  but  all  with  the  dis- 
tinctive large,  black,  diffuse  patch  on  secondaries,  near  outer 
margin.  I  found  also  Uraptcryx  floridata  Gr. 

Doubtless  many  of  my  unidentified  moths  will  prove  to  be 
West  Indian  forms.  Although  I  found  so  many  interesting  spe- 
cies in  Florida  this  Winter,  yet  insects  were  much  less  plentiful 
than  in  ordinary  seasons.  The  long  continued  drought,  with  one 
or  two  severe  freezes,  interfered  seriously  with  plant  and  insect 
life.  In  a  dozen  years  I  have  never  seen  a  Winter  where  butter- 
flies were  so  scarce;  every  one  spoke  of  this,  and  even  the 
ordinary  tourist  noticed  it. 

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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Third  Paper — REGIONS  AND  APPENDAGES  OF  INSECTS. 

THE  HEAD. 

As  stated  in  the  first  paper  of  this  series,*  the  body  of  a  per- 

*  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  i,  pp.  70 — 71.    May,  1890. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  103 

feet  insect  is  divided  into  three  regions,  —  the  head,  the  thorax 
and  the  abdomen. 

This  division  into  regions  is  not  to  be  confounded  with  the  di- 
vision into  segments;  each  region  consists  of  a  number  of  seg- 
ments. In  the  case  of  those  insects  undergoing  a  complete 
transformation  (butterflies,  bees,  beetles,  etc.),  it  is  only  the 
imago  whose  body  shows  clearly  this  division  into  three  regions. 
On  the  other  hand,  the  larvae  of  such  insects  as  dragonflies  and 
grasshoppers,  whose  transformation  is  incomplete,  show  a  very 
marked  division  into  three  regions,  even  when  just  hatched  from 
the  egg.  The  tri-regional  division  of  the  body  may  be  more  or 
less  clearly  perceived  in  those  insects  referred  to  in  the  first  paper 
as  passing  through  two  states,  —  fish  moths  and  spring  tails. 

Many  of  the  segments  of  an  insect's  body  bear  paired,  jointed 
appendages,  one  pair  to  a  segment.  These  appendages  may  be 
antennae  ("  feelers"),  jaws,  legs,  claspers,  etc.  The  wings,  al- 
though often  spoken  of  as  appendages,  do  not  anatomically  cor- 
respond, or  are  not  homologous*  to  the  appendages  just  referred  to. 

The  form,  proportion,  shape  and  relative  development  of  the 
different  parts  of  the  trunk  and  appendages  of  insects  vary  very 
greatly.  Only  the  more  general,  typical  arrangement  of  these 
parts  will  be  described  in  these  papers  treating  of  insects  in  gen- 
eral. The  modifications  must  be  left  to  subsequent  papers  on  the 
separate  orders.  In  these  general  papers  reference  is  usually 
made  to  the  imago,  when  describing  anatomical  parts. 

THE  HEAD  of  the  imago  is  usually  distinct  from  the  rest  of  the 
body.  The  segments  of  which  it  is  composed  are  not  easily  dis- 
tinguishable, owing  to  the  sutures  being  more  or  less  obliterated, 
and  one  might  be  tempted  to  say  at  first  sight,  that  it  consisted 
of  but  one  segment.  Comparative  study,  however,  has  shown 
that  it  is  composed,  not  of  one,  but  of  several  segments.  The 
exact  number  is  perhaps  four,  although  this  is  not  entirely  certain. 

Prof.  Comstock  has  adopted  a  convenient  classification  of  the 
parts  ot  the  head,  which  we  cannot  do  better  than  follow  here. 
He  divides  the  parts  of  the  head  into  fixed  parts  and  movable 
parts. 

The  fixed  parts  are  the  compound  eyes,  the  simple  eyes,  the 
occiput,  the  epicranium,  the  clypcus,  and  the  gula. 


*  In  the  technical  language  of  Comparative   Biology,  koin^li'fcm  refers  to  a>ui! 
similarity,  analogous  to  physiological  similarity 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


[September, 


The  movable  parts  are  the  antenna  and  the  mouth  parts. 
The  compound  eyes  (fig.  i,  a)  are  quite  conspicuous,  and  us- 
ually are  easily  seen  and  recognized  as  eyes.  They  are  two  in 
number,  and  are  placed  one  on  each  side  of  the  head.  The  sur- 
face of  each  compound  eye  is  made  up  of  a  large  number  of 
hexagonal  facets,  fitting  against  each  other  like  the  cells  of  a 
honey-comb.  Each  facet  is  the  cornea  of  a  distinct  simple  eye. 
The  number  of  facets  in  the  compound  eyes  of  different  insects 
varies  from  50  to  30,000  (Comstock).  Sometimes  the  facets  are 
quadrangular  (Packard). 

The  simple  eyes  (fig.  i,  e)  are  small  and  not  very  conspicuous. 
They  are  placed  on  the  top  (dorsal*  surface)  of  the  head,  between 

the  compound  eyes.  Ordinarily  there  are 
three  simple  eyes,  but  their  number  varies 
from  one  to  four;  they  are  usually  wanting 
in  beetles.  Compound  eyes  are  clusters 
of  simple  eyes.  Larvae  have  only  simple 
eyes,  situated  on  the  sides  of  the  head. 
During  growth  they  "  increase  in  number, 
and  finally  coalesce  to  form  the  compound 
eye,  or  compound  cornea,  the  surface  of 
which  is  very  convex  and  protuberant  in 
the  predaceous  insects,  or  those  requiring- 
an  extended  field  of  vision  (Packard's 
Guide)."  Usually  the  compound  eyes  are 
referred  to  as  simply  "the  eyes,"  while 
the  simple  eyes  are  termed  ocelli  (singular 
ocellus)  or  stemmata  (sing,  stemma). 
The  occiput  is  the  rear  or  base  of  the  head,  and  articulates 
with  the  first  segment  of  the  thorax. 

The  epicranium  (fig.  i)  is  in  front  of  the  occiput,  and,  in  gen- 
eral, forms  the  top  or  dorsal  portion  of  the  head,  but  it  very  often 
forms  part  of  the  sides  of  the  head  and  even  of  the  under  (ven- 
tral) surface.  On  account  of  its  extent,  names  have  been  given 
to  different  parts  of  the  epicranium.  The  vertex  is  its  topmost 
(most  dorsal)  part,  fae  front  or  frons  is  its  most  anterior  part,  the 
genes,  or  cheeks,  its  sides,  or  lateral  parts.  The  ocelli  are  usually 
situated  on  the  vertex. 


Fig.  i,  Front  view  of  the 
Head  of  a  Wasp. 

a,  a,  the  compound  eyes; 
b,  theclypeus:  c,  the  labrum; 
d,  the  mandibles  ;  e,  three 
ocelli,  or  simple  eyes  \f,f, 
places  of  insertion  of  an- 
tennae. The  letters  is  placed 
upon  the  vertex,  _/  f  upon 
the  frons. 


*  When  an  insect  is  standing  in  natural  position,  its  upper  surface  is  dorsal,  its  lower 
surface  ventral. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  IO5 

The  normal  position  of  the  clypeus  (fig.  i,  6)  is  anterior  to  the 
epicranium.  Typically,  it  is  composed  of  two  sclerites,  the  hind-, 
post-,  or  supra- clypeus,  and  the  fore-,  ante-,  or  infra- clypeus. 
The  term  epistoma  is  equivalent  to  clypeus.  In  some  insects  the 
equivalent  of  the  clypeus  is  composed  of  two  pieces,  an  upper 
called  nasus,  and  a  lower  or  rhinarinm  ;  again  the  rhinarium  may 
be  absent.  To  the  lower  or  anterior  border  of  the  clypeus  is 
attached  the  lab  rum,  or  upper  lip. 

The  gula  is  in  front  of,  or  below  the  occiput,  and  is  confined  to 
the  under  or  ventral  surface  of  the  head.  To  its  anterior  border 
is  attached  the  labium,  or  lower  lip. 

The  sutures  between  the  fixed  parts  of  the  head  may  be  want- 
ing, and  the  shape  and  extent  of  the  parts  vary  greatly.  In  many 
insects  the  fixed  parts,  excepting  the  eyes  and  ocelli,  are  more 
or  less  covered  with  hair,  so  that  the  shape  of  the  parts  cannot 
be  seen  until  the  hair  is  removed.  P.  P.  C. 


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Two  Species  of  Lepidoptera  new  to  our  Lists. 

I 

BY  HARRISON  G.    DYAR. 

While  at  Lake  Worth,  Florida,  last  Winter  I  captured  speci- 
mens of  two  species  not  in  our  lists.  They  are  the  following: 

Calif  dry  as  statira  Cram. — The  £  is  of  the  color  of  C.  eubide, 
but  the  border  of  raised  scales  extends  more  than  half  way  across 
the  wing,  and  there  is  a  large  spot  of  these  scales  in  the  end  of 
the  cell.  The  inner  edge  of  this  border  is  nearly  straight,  and  it 
is  very  pale  yellow,  almost  white.  On  the  hind  wings  the  border 
is  narrower,  more  irregular,  and  ends  before  the  anal  angle. 
Below  much  as  in  C.  eubule  £  ,  but  with  only  faint  traces  of  any 
spots. 

Taken  with  Callidryas  cubulc  and  C.  agarithe,  but  less  common. 
January. 

Composia  fidelissima  Herrich-Schaffer.  —  $  9-  Head  black, 
with  two  white  spots.  Collar  and  thorax  black,  with  small  white 
spots.  Abdomen  black,  with  a  very  strong  blue  reflection  and  a 
double  row  of  small  white  spots  on  the  last  segments  in  the  £  • 
Below  neatly  banded  with  white;  wings  black,  a  strong  blue  re- 
flection at  the  base  and  end  of  the  cell  of  primaries  and  on  basal 
two-thirds  of  secondaries.  On  costa  of  primaries  at  base  are 


io6  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [September, 

three  subquadrate,  crimson  spots,  more  or  less  confluent.  In  the 
cell  are  two  white  spots,  the  outer  continued  on  to  the  costa,  but 
interrupted  by  the  vein.  A  marginal  and  a  transverse  row  of 
white  spots,  the  latter  from  costa  beyond  cell  to  middle  of  outer 
margin  composed  of  five  spots  the  last  small.  The  marginal  row 
starts  on  costa  before  apex  and  has  four  intervenular  spots,  each 
nearer  the  outer  margin  than  the  last,  and  two  more  spots  below, 
the  last  above  the  submedian  vein,  the  one  before  it  large  and 
round.  A  small  spot  at  base  of  the  wing  above  submedian  vein. 
The  secondaries  have  a  marginal  row  of  nine  white  spots,  the 
first  at  the  apex,  the  fourth  and  the  ninth  at  basal  angle,  small. 
Below  as  above,  but  the  blue  reflection  on  primaries  is  more  ex- 
tensive. Legs  marked  and  banded  with  white. 

This  Zygaenid  was  taken  abundantly  towards  evening  flying 
with  Syntomeida  epilais  Walk. ,  than  which  it  was  much  more 
abundant. 

The  flora  of  the  strip  of  land  between  Lake  Worth  and  the 
ocean,  as  well  as  that  between  Indian  River  and  the  ocean  par- 
takes of  a  decidedly  subtropical  character,  and  many  Cuban  spe- 
cies find  their  homes  here,  of  which  the  occurrence  of  the  above- 
mentioned  species  is  an  example. 


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DESCRIPTION  OF  THREE  NEW  SPECIES  OF 
HYMENOPTERA. 

BY   WILLIAM    J.    FOX. 

Hoplisus  foveolata  n.  sp. 

9  . — Black,  shining;  head  sparsely  punctured,  hardly  as  wide 
as  the  thorax;  clypeus,  labrum,  basal  half  of  mandibles,  scape,  first 
six  joints  of  flagellum,  thorax,  spots  on  posterior  tarsal  joints 
near  apex,  and  basal  segment  of  abdomen,  except  ring  at  apical 
margin,  dark  reddish  brown;  clypeus  covered  with  silvery  pu- 
bescence in  certain  lights,  with  long  golden  hairs;  labrum  with 
a  fringe  of  golden  hairs  on  anterior  margin;  face  with  a  distinct 
furrow  extending  from  the  lower  ocellus  to  the  middle  of  the 
face;  metathorax  feebly  punctate,  covered  with  pale  brownish 
pubescence,  a  deep  longitudinal  furrow  extending  from  base  to 
apex,  interrupted  at  tip  of  enclosed  triangular  space  by  a  deep 
fovea,  the  oblique  lateral  furrows  enclosing  the  triangular  space 
foveolate;  wings  fuliginous-brown,  iridescent;  second  recurrent 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  IO/ 

nervure  received  by  the  second  submarginal  cell  before  its  apex ; 
line  on  anterior  orbits,  apical  margin  of  scutellum,  tarsi,  and  ring- 
on  apical  margin  of  basal  segment,  yellowish;  remaining  seg- 
ments of  abdomen  black.  Length  .55-. 60  inch. 

Two  specimens,  Florida.  Collected  by  Charles  W.  Johnson, 
of  the  Wagner  Institution,  Philadelphia. 

This  species  resembles  somewhat  H.  Smithii  Cress. ,  from  Illi- 
nois, but  the  wings  are  darker,  the  second  recurrent  nervure  is 
not  confluent  with  the  second  transverse  cubital  nervure  and  the 
basal  segment  with  the  largest  portion  of  it  brownish. 

Philanthus  eurynome  n.  sp. 

5  . — Black,  shining,  deeply,  but  not  closely  punctured;  vertex, 
cheeks,  thorax  on  sides  and  beneath  covered  with  pale  pubes- 
cence; spot  on  anterior  part  of  raised  space  between  antennae, 
sides  of  face,  narrowed  to  emargination  of  the  eyes;  mandibles, 
except  tip,  scape,  elongate  spot  beneath  anterior  wings,  tegulae, 
postscutellum,  large  lateral  spots  on  second  segment,  elongate 
spots  on  third  and  fourth,  the  latter  with  two  elongate  marks  on 
apical  margin  yellow;  first  three  joints  of  flagellum  entirely  and 
the  remaining  joints  beneath,  raised  space  between  antennae  ba- 
sally,  broad  band  on  occiput  extending  down  to  the  centre  of 
the  cheeks,  line,  on  collar,  scutellum,  first  segment,  except  ex- 
treme base,  above  and  beneath,  second  segment  above  and  apical 
margins  of  all  the  segments  dark  reddish  brown;  the  first  dorsal 
segment  with  a  deep,  black,  transverse  furrow  before  its  apical 
margin,  the  second  having  a  black  line  before  its  apical  margin; 
metathorax  with  a  deep  furrow  extending  from  base  to  centre, 
where  it  is  interrupted,  the  furrow  continuing  from  a  deep  tovea 
and  extending  almost  to  the  apex;  wings  yellowish  hyaline,  with 
darker  apical  margins,  slightly  iridescent,  nervures  and  stigma 
yellowish  brown,  first  recurrent  nervure  received  by  the  second 
submarginal  cell  at  the  middle,  the  second  received  by  the  third 
submarginal  cell  a  little  beyond  the  base;  legs  brownish,  a  spot  in 
front  and  on  tips  of  anterior  femora,  base  of  anterior  tibiae  and 
medial  tibiae  in  front  and  at  base  yellow.  Length  .57  inch. 

One  specimen.     Collected  by  Mr.  C.  \V.  Johnson,  in  Florida. 

Coelioxys  dolichos  n.  sp. 

9. — Black,    shining;    head    and    thorax    sparsely  punctured; 
sides  of  the  face,  cheeks,  thorax  beneath,  metathorax,  legs,  basal 


io8  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [September, 

and  apical  margins  of  first  segment  and  apical  margin  of  the 
second,  third  and  fourth  segments  with  pale  pubescence;  tegulae 
impunctured;  prothorax  produced  into  a  tooth  laterally;  scutellum 
produced  out  over  the  metathorax  in  a  sharp  angle,  the  lateral 
teeth  long,  not  acute,  the  disc  of  scutellum  smooth,  shining,  im- 
punctured; basal  third  of  wings  hyaline,  the  remaining  two-thirds 
fuscous,  slightly  iridescent;  first  recurrent  nervure  received  by 
the  second  submarginal  cell  beyond  its  base,  the  second  recur- 
rent nervure  received  by  it  before  its  apex;  spines  of  the  tibiae 
and  the  tarsi  slightly  brownish;  abdomen  sparsely  punctured, 
more  closely  so  on  the  sides,  basal  and  apical  margins  of  the  seg- 
ments, basal  segment  concave  in  front,  a  distinct  carina,  beginning 
at  the  base  of  the  second  dorsal  segment  and  extending  to  apex,  the 
carina  very  strongly  marked  on  apical  half  of  last  segment,  the  latter 
excavated  on  each  side  of  the  carina,  compressed  before  its  apex, 
beneath  also  carinated,  the  carina  extending  out  into  a  point, 
which  is  plainly  seen  from  above,  the  segments  beneath  with  a 
well  marked  impunctured  apical  margin.  Length  .55  inch. 

One  specimen,     Collected  by  Charles  W.  Johnson,  in  Florida. 

This  species  can  at  once  be  distinguished  by  the  carina  on  the 
dorsal  segments  of  abdomen. 


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SOME  EXPERIENCES  IN  LARV£  REARING. 

BY    ROBERT    BUNKER. 

If  one  wishes  to  gain  a  knowledge  of  the  life  history  of  a  spe- 
cies, it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  begin  with  the  egg  and  follow 
it  carefully  through  the  different  stages  to  the  imago;  and  not 
only  one  season  should  be  devoted  to  it,  but  the  same  species 
should  be  reared  several  years  in  succession  in  order  to  learn  all 
the  varieties  of  color  ornamentation  and  deviations  from  the  typical 
form.  Such  a  course  would  be  to  the  student  or  beginner  like 
the  turning  of  the  kaleidoscope,  every  turn  would  bring  to  view 
some  new  variety,  some  new  form,  some  new  feature  he  had  not 
seen  before;  and  occasionally  a  veritable  monstrosity  would  come 
to  the  front  and  startle  him  by  its  unique  appearance.  There  are 
other  advantages  to  be  gained  by  rearing  moths  and  butterflies 
from  eggs,  you  get  rid  of  that  bane  of  the  collector — the  insidious 
parasite.  One  also  stands  a  far  better  chance  of  getting  rare  spe- 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  IOQ 

cies,  and  we  may  add  more  perfect  ones  than  by  hunting  up  the 
images.  I  began  rearing  moths  from  eggs  many  years  ago,  but 
confined  myself  to  eggs  of  foreign  silk  moths  which  I  could  ob- 
tain in  no  other  way.  Fortunately,  a  few  years  ago  I  iound  a 
female  Smerinthus  nwdcstus  on  the  Lombardy  Poplar,  she  laid 
quite  a  number  of  eggs,  from  which  I  reared  moths  and  wrote  a 
description  of  their  life  history,  which  was  published  in  the 
"  Canadian  Entomologist"  at  the  time,  so  it  is  not  necessary  to 
re-write  it  now,  but  will  mention  one  characteristic  I  have  not 
noticed  in  any  other  species.  While  feeding,  most  larva  clasp 
the  leaf  with  their  prolegs  and  manipulate  with  the  mouth  and 
true  legs,  the  body  being  on  a  line  with  the  edge  of  the  leaf,  but 
this  species,  while  feeding,  rests  with  its  body  stretched  out  at 
right  angles  to  the  edge  of  the  leaf,  and  by  reaching  over  and 
turning  the  head  so  as  to  face  the  edge  of  the  leaf,  feeds  without 
inconvenience  and  as  the  leaf  is  eaten  away  moves  up  and  down 
laterally.  I  was  curious  to  know  what  the  result  would  be  when 
the  leaf  was  eaten,  so  that  there  was  no  standing  room,  but  the 
difficulty  was  overcome  by  abandoning  the  leaf  when  half  eaten 
for  a  fresh  one. 

A  larva  that  has  been  attacked  by  pararsites  may  sometimes 
be  resuscitated.  On  one  occasion  I  found  a  half  grown  larva  of 
Thyreus  Abboti  on  the  grape  vine,  and  on  the  sides  of  the  thorax 
were  half  a  score  or  more  of  eggs;  they  had  hatched  out  and  the 
young  worms  had  entered  the  body  of  their  victim,  but  as  the 
shells  of  the  eggs  had  been  recently  broken  I  thought  I  would 
try  the  effect  of  chloroform  upon  the  larva,  so  procuring  a  feather 
I  swabed  the  parts  thoroughly.  Now,  it  is  well  known  that  this 
species  and  Deidamia  inscripta  are  very  sensitive  to  the  touch, 
and  will  wriggle  around  in  a  vicious  manner  if  touched  with  a  straw 
or  the  tip  of  the  finger,  but  when  I  applied  the  chloroform  its 
contortions  were  violent,  a  regular  cyclone;  so  violent  were  its 
movements  that  it  would  throw  itself  up  clear  from  the  earth  at  the 
bottom  of  the  cage,  and  I  began  to  fear  the  cage  itself  was  in 
danger  of  being  wrecked.  It  finally  subsided  and  appeared  to 
be  dead.  Two  hours  later,  on  looking  into  the  cage,  I  found  my 
sick  patient  had  rallied  and  was  crawling  slowly  about.  I  gave 
it  another  big  dose,  and  after  placing  some  fresh  grape  leaves  in 
the  cage,  left  it  for  the  night.  The  next  morning,  to  my  surprise, 
it  had  fully  recovered,  and  was  apparently  as  well  as  ever,  and 


no  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [September, 

was  partaking  of  the  aliment  set  before  it  in  a  very  satisfactory 
manner.  After  the  harsh  treatment  it  had  received  it  began  to 
feed  regularly,  and  in  two  weeks  got  its  growth,  buried  itself, 
and  came  out  a  perfect  moth  the  following  June. 

(To  be  continued.) 


Notes  and.  Ne\vs. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUARTERS 
OF  THE  GLOBE. 

[The  Conductors  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  solicit,  and  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  news,  likely  to  interest  its  readers,  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  given 
in  each  case  for  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


In  the  future  all  papers  received  for  publication  in  the  News  -will  be 
printed  according  to  date  of  reception. 


IN  accordance  with  the  notice  on  second  page  of  cover,  no  numbers  of 
ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  were  published  in  July  and  August,  as  every  one 
is  interested  in  collecting,  and  it  is  also  the  time  when  people  take  their 
vacation,  the  editior  and  advisory  committee  included.  This  is  inserted 
for  those  who  were  looking  for  the  NEWS  during  the  last  two  months. 

A  SPECIMEN  of  Papilio  palainedes  was  captured  in  Philadelphia  this 
Summer,  it  was  bright  and  fresh.  Virginia  is  the  northermost  point  given 
in  the  catalogues. 

A  SWARM  of  butterflies  halted  near  Placervifle,  Cal.,  the  other  day,  and 
for  a  time  "they  were  so  thick  about  the  springs  and  moist  places  that 
teamsters  couldn't  see  their  leaders." 

HEMIPTEKOLOGISTS  will  be  interested  to  know  that  I  took  many  speci- 
mens of  both  sexes  of  the  winged  form  of  JMetrobates  hesperins  Uhl.  on 
the  Tennessee  River  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  June  isth.  Hitherto,  I  believe, 
the  winged  form  of  this  species  has  been  found  only  in  the  West  Indies. 

Prof.  H.  E.  SUMMERS. 

MR.  \V.  F.  KIRBY,  author  of  "  A  Synonymic  Catalogue  of  Diurnal 
Lepidoptera,"  will  publish,  shortly  with  Messrs.  Gurney  <.t  Jackson,  "A 
Synonymic  Catalogue  of  Neuroptera  Odonata, ' '  or  Dragonflies.  He  hopes 
to  bring  out  afterwards  the  first  volume  of  his  "  Catalogue  of  Lepicloptera- 
Heterocera, "  a  work  which  has  engaged  his  attention  for  nearly  twenty 
years. 

As  TO  FLIES. — So  you  want  to  know  where  the  flies  come  from,  do  you, 
Lucullus?  Well,  the  cyclone  makes  the  house  fly,  the  blacksmith  makes 
the  fire  fly,  the  carpenter  makes  the  saw  fly,  the  driver  makes  the  horse 
fly,  the  grocer  makes  the  sand  fly,  the  boarder  makes  the  butter  fly,  and 
if  that  is  not  enough  for  you  you  will  have  to  pursue  your  future  studies 
in  entomology  alone. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  Ill 

PROF.  ANGELO  HEILPRIN  found  two  species  of  butterflies  buried  in  the 
snow  on  the  glacier  he  discovered  on  the  volcano  of  Ixtaccihuatl  in  Mexico. 
There  was  a  snow  storm  the  previous  night  and  the  butterflies  were  evi- 
dently blown  up  to  this  height  (15,500  feet).  The  species  were  Colias 
c&sonia  and  Terias  sp.  The  specimen  of  Terias  was  in  too  bad  a  con- 
dition to  identify. 

MR.  PHILIP  LAURENT  found  Pamphila panoquin  fresh  and  bright  on  June 
29th,  at  Anglesea,  N.  J.  He  succeeded  in  getting  the  eggs,  but  the  larvce 
would  not  feed  on  ordinary  grass.  There  is  another  brood  on  the  Atlantic 
coast  which  appears  about  August  22d,  having  been  found  at  this  time  at 
Cape  May,  N.  J.,  by  Dr.  Skinner.  The  food-plant  is  supposed  to  be  marsh 
grass  which  grows  in  the  salt  meadows. 

THE  FIELD  MEETING  AT  JAMESBURG,  N.  J. — A  field  meeting  of  the  en- 
tomological societies  of  Brooklyn,  Newark  and  Philadelphia,  was  held  on 
July  4th  at  Jamesburg,  N.  J.  The  societies  represented  were  the  Feldman 
Collecting  Club,  American  Entomological  Society  and  Entomological  Sec- 
tion of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  from  Philadelphia,  and  the  En- 
tomological Societies  of  Brooklyn  and  Newark.  Jamesburg  is  situated  in 
the  Cranberry  bog  region  of  New  Jersey,  and  is  a  very  interesting  locality 
entomologically.  The  headquarters  of  the  meet  was  a  very  pretty  grove, 
from  which  the  members  spread  out  in  various  directions  in  search  of  bugs. 
The  object  of  the  meeting  was  the  fostering  of  scientific  and  social  inter- 
course among  the  entomologists  of  the  three  cities.  The  Feldman  Col- 
lecting Club  was  represented  by  Messrs.  J.  H.  B.  Bland  (President), 
Wenzel,  Dr.  Castle,  Laurent,  E.  Wenzel,  Boerner,  Hoyer,  Schmitz  and 
Tresher,  and  the  American  Entomological  Society  and  Entomological 
Section  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  by  Mr.  1.  C.  Martindale,  Dr. 
G.  H.  Horn  and  Dr.  H.  Skinner;  Brooklyn,  by  Messrs.  Meeske,  Leng, 
Davis,  Dietz,  Harbeck,  Merkel,  Beyer,  Smith  and  Banks;  Newark,  by 
Messrs.  Machesney,  Stortz,  Angelman,  LoefHer,  Hess,  Leib  and  Crane. 
After  collecting  for  a  couple  of  hours  a  luncheon  was  served  in  the  grove 
and  a  photograph  taken  of  the  party.  A  meeting  was  then  called  to  or- 
ganize permanently.  Dr.  George  H.  Horn,  President  of  the  American 
Entomological  Society  and  Professor  of  Entomology  in  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  was  chosen  chairman.  The  chair  nominated  the  following 
committee  to  confer  with  their  respective  societies  in  regard  to  the  advisa- 
bility of  holding  an  annual  meet  and  to  select  the  time  and  place.  Mr. 
H.  W.  Wenzel,  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Club;  Professor  J.  B.  Smith, 
State  Entomologist  of  New  Jersey  and  Professor  of  Natural  History  in 
Rutgers  College,  for  the  Brooklyn  Society;  Mr.  Machesney,  of  Newark, 
and  Dr.  Henry  Skinner,  Curator  of  the  American  Entomological  Society 
of  Philadelphia.  Altogether,  a  very  pleasant  day  was  spent  and  the  first 
meeting  was  a  grand  success. 


ii2  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [September, 

Identification  of  Insects  (Jmagos)  for  Subscribers. 

Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions  :  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  limited  to  twelve  (12)  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of 
transportation  and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological 
Society;  3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may 
be  announced  accordingly.  Such  identifications  as  can  be  given  will  be  published,  accord- 
ing to  number,  in  the  issues  of  the  NEWS.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS, 
Academy  Natural  Sciences',  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


W.  M.  HILL. — i.,  Sphcnophorus  ij-punctatns;  2,  Hister  interrnptits;  3, 
Elater  rnbricollis;  4,  Gastrophysa  cyanca;  5,  Chrysopila  thoracica;  6, 
Langnria  inozardi;  7,  Megilla  macnlata;  8,  Chlcenius  cestii'its;  9,  Lcbia 
grandis;  10,  n,  Chauliangnathusmarginatus;  12,  Chalceniustormentosus. 

\\ .  LOEWENSTEIN,  JR. — i,  Passci/iis  conuitiis;  2,  Necrophorus  ameri- 
canns;  3,  Calosouia  U'illcoxi;  4,  Nyctobates  pennsylvanicus;  5,  Rlegalo- 
dacne fasciafa;  6,  Tenebriotenebrioid.es;  7,  Cucujus  clavipes;  8,  Catogenus 
nifns;  9,  Chaltznius  solitarius;  10,  Harpalus  caliginosits;  n,  Diplochila 
major;  12,  Dica*lits  elongatus. 


Entomological  Literature. 


BULLETIN  FROM  THE  LABRATORIES  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  OF  THE 
STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  IOVYA  contains:  A  Monograph  of  the  Pselaphidse 
oi  North  America,  by  E.  Brendel,  M.D.,  and  H.  F.  Wickham,  vol.  i,  Nos. 
3  and  4,  June,  1890;  88  pages  and  4  plates,  77  figs.  Such  works  as  these 
are  very  important,  and  greatly  facilitate  study.  The  authors  say:  "  In 
preparing  this  monograph  we  hope  to  aid  students  of  this  large  and  inter- 
esting family,  by  sufficiently  minute  descriptions  and  synoptical  tables,  to 
recognize  any  species  known  to  the  fauna  of  the  United  States  and  British 
America,  and  to  see  the  affinities  of  American  species  to  the  members  of 
this  family  in  other  lands." 

CONTRIBUTIONS  TOWARD  A  MONOGRAPH  OF  THE  NOCTUID^E  OF  TEM- 
PERATE NORTH  AMERICA. — Revision  of  some  Taeniocampid  Genera  In- 
form B.  Smith.  From  Proc.  U.  S.  National  Museum  vol.  xii,  pp.  455-496. 
A  comparative  table  of  genera  is  given,  and  the  genera  and  species  de- 
scribed. Two  plates  and  two  figs,  are  given,  showing  the  genital  structure 
of  the  TjENIOCAMPIN^E. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  BOSTON  SOCIETY  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  vol. 
xxiv,  p.  482.  The  Life-history  of  Drepana  arcuala,  with  remarks  on  cer- 
tain structural  features  of  the  larva  and  on  the  supposed  dimorphism  of 
Drepana  arcnata  and  Dryopteris  rosea  by  Alpheus  S.  Packard. 

BULLETIN  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION  OF  NEBRASKA,  vol. 
iii,  art.  2.  Insects  Injurious  to  Young  Trees  on  Tree  Claims,  by  Lawrence 
Bruner,  pp.  141.  This  essay  is  largely  illustrated,  and  gives  a  history  of 
the  more  important  insects  injurious  to  trees. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  113 

TRANSACTIONS  KANSAS  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCE,  vol.  xiii,  pt.  i,  1889,  p. 
15.  Note  on  the  Oviposition  of  a  Wood  Borer  (  Tragidion  fitlripc tine)  by 
Prof.  E.  A.  Popenoe,  p.  34.  Experiments  for  the  Artificial  Dissemination 
of  a  Contagious  Disease  among  Chinch-bugs,  by  Prof.  F.  H.  Snow.  Some 
Notes  on  the  MALLOPHAGA  by  Vernon  L.  Kellogg. 

PROCEEDINGS  AND  TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  NATURAL  HISTORY  SOCIETY 
OF  GLASGOW,  vol.  ii,  pt.  2.  Parthenogenesis  in  HYMEXOPTERA  by  P. 
Cameron.  A  Contribution  towards  a  Neuropterous  Fauna  of  Ireland  by 
James  J.  F.  X.  King. 

MARYLAND  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCES,  1890,  pp.  73-88.  Observations  of 
North  American  CAPSID^E,  with  descriptions  of  new  species,  by  P.  R. 
Uhler.  Ectopioccrus,  new  genus;  E.  anthracinus,  n.  sp.;  Teleorhinus, 
new  genus;  T.  cyaneus,  n.  sp.;  Closterocoris,  new  genus;  C.  oruata,  n. 
sp.;  Coquillettia,  new  genus;  C.  insignis,  n.  sp.;  Xenctits  regalis,  n.  sp.; 
X.  sciitellatns,  n.  sp.;  Rhinocaspis,  new  genus;  R.  Van  Duzeii,  n.  sp.; 
JWinioceps,  new  genus;  J/.  insignis,  n.  sp.;  J/.  gracilis,  n.  sp.;  Jlfacroty- 
lus  r eg  alls,  n.  sp.;  M.  tristis,  n.  sp.;  M.  vestitus,  n.  sp. 

ICONES  ORNITHOPTERORUM. — A  Monograph  of  the  Rhopalocerous 
Genus  Ornithoptera,  pt.  2.  This  contains  figures,  descriptions,  etc.,  of  O. 
richuiondia,  O.  Platcni  and  Brookcana.  We  regret  to  see  this  subgenus 
cut  up  into  subgenera.  When  in  time  we  have  a  genus  for  every  species 
we  can  conveniently  drop  generic  names. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  London,  July,  1890.— COLEOPTERA  collected  by 
Mr.  Pratt  on  the  Upper  Yang-Tsze,  and  on  the  borders  of  Tibet,  by  H. 
W.  Bates.  Descriptions  of  new  species  of  PHYTOPHAGOUS  COLEOPTKKA 
received  from  Chang-Yang,  China,  by  Martin  Jacoby.  Contributions  to 
the  Chemistry  of  Insect  Colors,  by  F.  H.  Perry  Coste.  Two  days'  col- 
lecting in  Normandy,  by  John  Henry  Leech.  Contributions  to  the  Ento- 
mology of  the  Portsmouth  District,  by  W.  T.  Pearce.  A  successful  Moth- 
trap,  by  W.  M.  Christy.  Entomological  Notes,  Captures,  etc.  Doings 
of  Societies. 

BULLETIN  OF  THE  OHIO  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION,  vol.  i, 
No.  i,  1889. — Preparatory  Stages  of  the  2o-spotted  Lady  bird.  Studies  in 
Pond  Life,  ist,  On  the  Life-history  of  Arzaitia  obliquata;  2d,  On  the 
Life-history  of  Chauliodes  rastricoriiis;  3d;  On  the  Life-history  of  Listro- 
notus  latiiisculiis;  4th,  On  the  Feeding-habits  of  Zaitha  flumiiiea;  5th, 
On  the  Feeding-habits  of  Notonecta  undulata;  6th,  On  Aquatic  Leaf  beetle 
(Donacia  subtilis};  yth,  An  Aquatic  Lady-bird  (Hippodainia  ij-piinctata}; 
8th,  On  the  Eggs  of  the  Giant  Water  Bugs  (Belostoina  anicricaiiuin  and 
Benacus  griseus).  A  Partial  Bibliography  of  Insects  Affecting  Clover,  by 
Clarence  M.  Weed. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ZOOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON,  pt.  4,  1889.— 
On  new  Indian  LEPIDOPTERA,  chiefly  HETEROCERA,  by  Col.  C.  Swinhoe. 
On  the  LEPIDOPTERA  of  Japan  and  Corea. — Part  3,  HETEROCERA,  Sect. 
2,  Noctues  and  Deltoides,  by  J.  H.  Leech. 


ii4  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [September, 

TRANSACTIONS,  PROCEEDINGS  AND  REPORT  OF  THE  ROYAL  SOCIETY 
OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA,  vol.  xii,  for  1888-89.  Description  of  a  new  genus 
and  species  (Hectoria  pontoni]  of  Locustidas,  by  J.  G.  O.  Tepper.  Further 
Notes  on  Australian  COLEOPTERA,  with  descriptions  of  New  Species,  by 
Rev.  T.  Blackburn. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  vol.  xvi,  10,  May,  1890. — Studies  on 
Ichneumonidse,*  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer;  Isclinogaster  n.  gen. 

NATURALISTE  CANADIEN,  May,  1890. — HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA  of 
Quebec;  Fam.  Tettigonidae,  with  i  plate  and  Additions  and  Corrections; 
Deltocephalus  supcrbus,  D.  chlainidatus,  Thyphlocyba  nnica  n.  sp. 

NATURALISTE  CANADIEN,  June,  1890,  gives  a  list  of  insects  from  the 
Madeleine  Isles,  including  the  following  new  species:  Ana.v  inarifiiniis 
(no  description),  Ichneumon  magdalensis,  Glypta  tricincta,  Eubadizon 
basilare. 

COMPTES-EENDUS  DES  SEANCES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE 
BELGIQUE,  April  5,  1890. — Ethiopian  Rhynchota,*  by  W.  L.  Distant. 
Sandehana  n.  gen. 

COMPTE  RENDU,  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  June  7,  1890. 
— Aenictus-Typhlatta,  discovered  by  M.  Wroughton,  New  Genera  of 
Formicidie,*  by  A.  Forel.  New  genera:  Hitbcria  (type  striata  Smith), 
Triglyphoth'rix  (type  T.  Walshi  n.  sp.),  Trigonogaster  (type  T.  rccnrvi- 
spinosus  n.  sp.),  Enieiyia  (type  E.  Wronghtonii  n.  sp.),  Ophthahnopone 
{type  O.  Berthoudi  n.  sp.).  The  new  species  are  from  India  and  South 
Africa. 

SPECIES  DES  HYMENOPTERES  D' EUROPE  ET  D'ALGERIE,  E.  Andre, 
366  fascicule,  July  i,  1890,  pp.  493-572,  of  vol.  iv,  4  pis.  Treats  of  the 
genera  Microplitis,  Microgaster,  Elasmosoma  and  Agathis. 

TIJDSCHRIFT  VOOR  ENTOMOLOGiE  (Hague),  xxxii,  3d  AH.,  1889. — The 
spiral  muscle  and  the  vesicle  of  the  palpi  of  male  spiders,  by  A.  \V.  M. 
Van  Hasselt,  2  plates.  Systematic  and  Synonymic  Catalogue  of  the  Neu- 
roptcra  observed  in  the  Low  Countries  and  their  borders,  by  H.  Albarda. 
Some  notes  on  Cidaria  and  other  Lepidoptera,  by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen. 

ANNALES  DE  SCIENCES  NATURELLES,  586  Annee,  Ylle  Serie,  ix,  i.— 
Memoir  on  the  venom  and  sting  of  the  Bee,  by  Dr.  G.  Carlet,  i  pi.  Zo- 
ological and  anatomical  monograph  of  the  genus  Prosopistoma  Latr.,  by 
A.  Vayssiere,  i  plate. 

ARCHIV  FUR  MIKROSKOPISCHE  ANATOMIE  xxxv,  heft  2. — The  Develop- 
ment of  the  Wall  Bee  (Chalicodoina  miiraria  Fabr. )  in  the  Egg,  by  J. 
Carriere,  2  plates. 

ME'MOIRES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ROYALE  DES  SCIENCES  DE  LIEGE,  Series  2, 
xvi,  April  1890. — Alphabetical  Repertory  of  the  specific  names  admitted 
or  proposed  in  the  subfamily  Libellulinae,  with  bibliographic,  iconographic 
and  geographic  references,  by  A.  P.  de  Borre. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  115 

A  NE\V  METHOD  of  rearing  the  Silk  Worm  (Bombyx  nwri  L.)  on  a 
herbaceous  plant,  by  Dr.  C.  O.  Harz,  Stuttgart,  1890.  The  plant  is  Scor- 
zonera  hispanica  L. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

PHILADELPHIA,  MAY  22,  1890. — A  regular  meeting  of  the  Entomological 
Section  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  was  held  at  the  Hall  S.  \Y. 
cor.  i  gth  and  Race  Streets.  Meeting  called  to  order  at  8.20  o'clock.  Mr. 
Martindale  in  the  chair.  Members  present:  Ridings,  Cresson  and  Skinner. 
Associates:  Calvert,  Fox,  Westcott,  Seeber,  Castle  and  Welles.  Mr. 
Calvert  stated  that  he  had  recently  caught  a  male  specimen  of  Anoinal- 
n^rion  hastatum  Say,  for  which  species  he  had  been  on  the  lookout  for 
three  Summers.  It  can  readily  be  distinguished  from  all  others  by  the 
anomalous  shape  of  the  pterostigma  of  the  anterior  wing,  which  is  also 
separated  from  the  anterior  margin.  The  specimen  was  caught  in  Dela- 
ware County,  Pa.  Mr.  Seeber  exhibited  specimens  of  the  rare  and  pretty 
beetle,  Buprcsfis  nltrainarina,  which  he  had  found  near  Red  Bank,  N.  J.; 
also  a  specimen  of  Belostoma  auiericaniun.  Mr.  Martindale  called  at- 
tention to  some  cocoons  of  Callosomia  promethia,  which  were  found  on 
Wild  Cherry,  and  which  were  peculiar  and  interesting  on  account  of  their 
very  small  size.  The  cocoons  had  disclosed  a  pair  of  moths  which  were 
about  one-third  smaller  than  normal  specimens.  He  discussed  their  pos- 
sible relation  to  angit/ifera,  and  the  full  sized  form  of  the  species.  Mr. 
Welles  spoke  of  the  habits  of  allied  species  in  regard  to  the  spinning  of 
cocoons.  Dr.  Skinner  described  a  caterpillar  (unknown  species)  collected 
by  Mrs.  J.  P.  Ballard,  at  Easton,  Pa.  Mr.  Blake  thought  it  might  be 
Ceratomia  amyntor. 

JUNE  9,  1890. — Meeting  called  to  order  at  8.30  o'clock.  Director  Dr.  G. 
H.  Horn  presiding.  Members  present:  Martindale,  Laurent,  Ridings  and 
Skinner.  Associates:  Calvert,  Liebeck,  Fox,  Castle  and  Haimbach.  The 
reports  of  the  joint  publication  and  the  executive  committees  were  read 
and  received.  The  committee  reported  favorably  on  papers  Nos.  237  and 
238.  Donations  to  the  Library  were  read.  Verbal  communications  being 
in  order,  Dr.  Horn  stated  that  he  had  lately  been  engaged  on  a  study  of 
the  EUC.NEMI.X.K  of  Mexico  and  southward,  the  results  of  which  were  to 
be  published  in  the  "  Biologia  Centrali  Americana."  They  are  very  rare, 
and  usually  but  few  species  represented  in  collections.  Being  so  rare  and 
difficult  to  study,  very  few  have  attempted  it.  He  remarked,  in  addition, 
that  he  had  twenty-four  types  of  Bonvouloir  and  all  but  three  or  four  of 
the  forty-two  species  known,  which  latter  number  would  probably  be 
doubled.  The  meeting  adjourned  to  meet  on  the  fourth  Thursday  in 
September. 

HENRY  SKINNER, 

Recorder. 


n6  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [September. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON. — April  3,  1890.  Mr.  B. 
E.  Fernow  was  elected  an  active  member  of  the  Society. 

Mr.  Fox  read  a  paper  on  a  small  group  of  spiders  forming  the  subgenus 
Ceratinella  of  the  genus  Erigone.  The  subgenus  includes  about  seven- 
teen species  distinguished  by  the  presence  of  a  shield  on  the  abdomen. 
All  the  specimens  were  collected  east  of  the  Alleghenies  by  Messrs.  Marx 
and  Fox,  and  were  found  fully  developed  at  all  seasons  of  the  year.  The 
paper  was  illustrated  with  drawings,  and  a  collection  of  the  spiders  was 
shown.  Discussion  followed  by  Messrs.  Marx  and  Fox. 

Mr.  Schwarz  read  a  paper  entitled  "  Labeling  Specimens,"  in  which  he 
described  the  systems  of  labeling  employed  in  the  case  of  entomological 
collections;  dealing  particularly  with  the  systematic  collection  of  the  spe- 
cialist. The  various  labels  employed  were  described,  and  examples  of 
some  of  them  were  shown.  The  paper  called  forth  considerable  discussion, 
which  was  participated  in  by  Messrs.  Riley,  Mann,  Schwarz,  Marx  and 
Fox. 

MAY  i,  1890. — The  committee  having  in  charge  the  preparation  for  pub- 
lication of  a  list  of  the  insect  fauna  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  made  a 
partial  report,  which  was  discussed  at  length. 

The  name  of  Mr.  Townsend  was  added  to  the  sub-committee  on  Dip- 
tera,  and  that  of  Mr.  Marlatt  to  the  sub-committee  on  Hymenoptera. 

A  revision  of  the  sub-committees  will  be  made  at  the  next  meeting. 

Mr.  Townsend  read  a  list  of  eighty-seven  species  of  Heteroptera  col- 
lected by  him  in  southern  Michigan,  with  some  brief  notes  and  dates  of 
occurrence.  One  species,  Corinielfcna  tiitiduloides  Wolff,  was  taken  in 
a  nest  of  Formica  schaiifitssi  Mayr. 

Mr.  Townsend  also  presented  a  paper  on  ''  Some  Insects  affecting  cer- 
tain Forest  Trees,  mostly  from  Michigan,"  recording  towards  a  hundred 
Coleoptera  and  a  few  of  other  orders,  affecting  either  the  foliage  or  the 
sound  or  decaying  trunks  of  Oak,  Hickory,  Elm,  Beech,  Linden,  Butter- 
nut, Ironwood  (Carpinns],  Willow,  Hazel,  etc. 

These  papers  were  discussed  by  Messrs.  Schwarz  and  Riley. 

Mr.  Dodge  read  a  paper  on  Artificial  Silk,  describing  the  Count  de 
Chardonnet's  method  as  exhibited  at  the  late  Paris  Exposition  of  making 
from  cellulose  a  substance  closely  resembling  silk.  A  detailed  account 
of  the  process  of  manufacture  was  given  and  illustrated  with  a  figure  of 
the  device  for  producing  the  thread,  and  a  sample  of  the  silk  was  ex- 
hibited. 

Discussions  followed  by  Messrs.  Philip  Walker,  Riley,  Amory,  Austin 
and  others. 

Mr.  Marx  presented  some  "Arachnological  notes,"  in  which  he  discussed 
the  comparative  anatomy  of  the  spinning  glands  of  spiders.  The  relation 
of  those  to  the  external  spinning  organs  or  spinnerets,  and  the  importance 
of  both  in  classification  were  explained.  Careful  drawings  of  the  parts 
discussed  were  shown.  C.  L.  MARLATT, 

Rcc  a  i  -ding  SCOT  fa  ry. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  XE\VS  for  June  was  mailed  May  27, 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  OCTOBER,   1890.  No.  8. 


CONTENTS: 


Bunker — Some  experiences   in    Larvae  ]    Martindale — A  new  form  of  Cabinet 126 

Rearing 117        Blake — Collecting  in  Pennsylvania 127 

P.  P.  C. — Elementary  Entomology 119    !    Notes  and  News 128 

Goding — A  new  Apple  Pest 123        Entomological  Literature 131 

Ballard— What  can  it  be? 124       Doings  of  Societies 135 


SOME  EXPERIENCES  IN  LARVAE  REARING. 

BY    ROBERT    BUNKER. 

(Continued  from  page  no,  vol.  i.) 

Occasionally  we  find  a  rare  larva  that  has  been  stung  by  some 
saucy  ichneumon  fly,  and  if  we  can  save  it  in  the  manner  de- 
scribed on  page  109,  it  will  certainly  be  a  great  gain.  Of  course 
it  must  be  done  within  a  few  days  after  the  young  worms  have 
entered  the  body  of  their  host,  or  it  will  be  of  no  use.  The  in- 
ference to  be  drawn  from  this  kind  of  treatment  is  that  the  chlo- 
roform penetrated  the  body  of  the  larva  and  destroyed  the  young- 
parasites,  but  was  not  in  sufficient  quantity  to  injure  the  larva. 

Can  the  pupa  of  Darapsa  versicolor  remain  under  water  two 
weeks  without  injury  ?  The  past  two  years  I  have  bred  this  fine 
species  from  eggs  found  on  the  button  bush  (  CephalantJnis  occi- 
dentalis)  and  last  year's  catch  of  eggs  was  a  surprise  to  me,  be- 
cause the  low  ground  where  the  bushes  grow  was  submerged  for 
two  weeks,  and  of  course  the  pupa  must  have  been  under  water 
that  length  of  time,  and  yet  when  the  proper  time  came  around 
I  found  eggs.  Some  may  say  the  eggs  may  have  been  laid  by 
females  that  came  from  a  distance,  but  that  could  hardly  be,  as 
the  nearest  bushes  are  six  miles  distant.  Mr.  Hulst  has  written 


Il8  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [October, 

up  the  life-history  of  this  species,  so  I  will  only  add  that  the  larva 
vary  from  a  maroon-brown  to  a  light  green,  are  very  domestic  in 
their  habits  and  extremely  interesting.  Darapsa  chhvrilns  dif- 
fers from  the  foregoing  in  depositing  its  eggs.  They  are  some- 
times laid  singly  and  sometimes  en-masse,  I  once  found  twenty- 
two  in  a  cluster  on  the  Azalea  {Azalea  nudiflord). 

Smerinthus  myops  varies  principally  in  the  number  and  color 
of  the  sub-dorsal  spots;  some  have  eight,  four  on  each  side,  some 
six,  more  often  four,  and  not  unfrequently  two,  and  one  specimen, 
a  regular  unique,  had  but  one  spot,  and  that  was  situated  on  the 
right  side  of  third  segment.  But  the  climax  of  all  was  a  brood 
of  nine  I  raised  two  years  ago,  which  were  destitute  of  spots.  I 
examined  them  very  carefully,  and  not  a  vestige  of  a  spot  could 
be  seen.  These  immaculate  specimens  were  light  green  without 
the  bluish  tinge  characteristic  of  most  of  them.  The  diagonal 
lateral  lines  were  very  indistinct.  When  this  unique  group  came 
out  winged  flies  I  found  the  sexes  about  equally  divided,  and  was 
in  hopes  to  get  a  pairing  and  thereby  ascertain  whether  the  larva 
would  inherit  the  characteristics  of  their  progenitors,  but  I  failed. 
Another  characteristic  of  all  I  have  bred  so  far  is  the  spots  were 
cardinal  or  shumach-red,  instead  of  rust-red. 

In  most  cases  the  larvae  of  a  species  varies  far  more  than  the 
imago,  but  in  Smerinthus  geminatus  the  reverse  seems  to  be  the 
order  of  things,  and  no  doubt  the  food-plant  has  something  to 
do  with  it;  the  eggs  are  found  on  willow  and  on  poplar.  The 
eggs  found  on  poplar  are  larger  than  those  found  on  willow;  the 
imago  is  proportionally  larger,  the  shading  much  deeper,  and  on 
the  whole  a  much  finer  insect  than  the  willow  feeders. 

Many  more  instances  of  marked  varieties  might  be  mentioned, 
but  this  paper  is  now  longer  than  was  at  first  intended,  and  I  will 
close  by  a  few  remarks  on  the  larva  of  Smerinthns  astyhis.  Last 
Summer,  after  four  hours'  search  on  the  high  bush  huckleberry 
(  Vaccinium  corymbosum)  I  found  a  young  worm,  half  an  inch  long, 
of  a  bright  green  color.  It  moulted  three  times,  but  supposing 
the  species  had  been  described,  I  did  not  make  a  description  of 
it  till  after  the  last  moult,  which  runs  as  follows: 

Larva  bright  green,  2^  inch,  long,  3/g  inch,  diameter,  uniform 
in  size,  with  seven,  oblique,  lateral,  red  lines,  margined  with  yellow 
on  the  under  side;  caudal  horn  black,  base  greenish  yellow,  nearly 
straight  and  smooth.  Head  with  a  pea-green  stripe  on  the  side; 
under  side  below  the  stigmatal  spots  sea-green,  thickly  studded 


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with  very  small,  blue-black  rings,  extending  the  entire  length  of 
the  body,  and  covering  the  upper  as  well  as  the  lower  part  of  the 
thorax;  spiracles  red. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  foregoing  that  my  description  differs  very 
materially  from  that  of  Mr.  Jones,  and  is  either  a  marked  variety 
or  a  distinct  species. 

o 

ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Fourth  Paper — THE  MOVABLE  PARTS  OF  THE  HEAD. 

The  antennae  or  feelers,  are  jointed  appendages  inserted  on  the 
epicranium  between  or  in  front  of  the  eyes.  Regular  antennae 
have  the  joints  of  similar  shape;  irregular  antennae  have  the 
joints  of  dissimilar  shape;  intermediate  forms  of  antennae  of 
course  occur.  Technical  names  are  applied  to  the  different  forms 
of  antennae.  Of  regular  antennae  the  more  common  forms  are: 

Filiform  (thread  like),  having  the  joints  of  uniform  thickness, 
or  nearly  so. 

Seliform  or  setaceous  (bristle  like),  having  the  joints  succes- 
sively more  and  more  slender  from  the  base*  of  the  antenna  to 
its  apex. 

Subulate  (awl  shaped),  similar  to  setaceous,  but  the  transition 
from  the  thick  basal  joints  to  the  slender  joints  is  more  abrupt. 

Moniliform  (necklace  like)  having  the  joints  globular. 

Serrate  (saw  like),  having  the  joints  triangular,  arranged  like 
the  teeth  of  a  saw. 

Pectinate  (comb  like),  each  joint  having  a  long  process  or  pro- 
jection on  one  side,  the  whole  arranged  like  the  teeth  of  a  comb 

(%.    2). 

Pinnate  (feather  like),  each  joint  having  one 
or  more  projections  on  each  of  two  opposite 
sides,  the  whole  looking  like  a  feather. 

Of  irregular  antennae,  the  more  common  are: 

Clavate  (club  shaped),  having  the  apical  joints 
somewhat  more  enlarged  than  the  others. 

Capitate  (with  a  head,  knobbed),  having  the 

Fig.  2.     Part  of  a  /  \  .    .  S 

pectinate  antenna     terminal  (apical)  joints  greatly  enlarged  to  form 

(Chant 'iodes  pectini- 

cornis  L.).  a  kllOb. 


*  The  base  of  any  limb  or  appendage  is  that  part  by  which  it  is  attached,  directly  or 
indirectly,  to  the  trunk,  the  apex  is  the  opposite  end,  farthest  from  the  trunk. 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL    N7EWS. 


[October, 


Lamellate  (plate  like),  having  the  terminal  joints  extended  on 

one  side  into  broad  plates  (figs.  3  and 

4). 
An  irregular 

antenna  may 
often  be  divi- 
Fig.  4.  A  lam-  ded  into  por- 
tions  of  a  va- 
rying number 
of  joints. 


Fig.  3.   A  lamel- 
late antenna  (Pleo-    ellate    antenna 
coma,     Rickseckeri    {Pleocoma.    hir- 
Horn,  male).  ticollis      Horn, 

female). 


d. 


e. 


a. 


Fig.  5.     An  irregular  antenna 
T.,    of  a  Hymenopter. 

a,  scape,  followed  by  a  small 

such  an  antenna  as  that  shown  in  fig.  5  joint— the  pedicel ;  b\  ciavoia, 
the  first  or  basal  joint  is  the  scape,  the  °f  ten  joints. 
second  joint  is  the  pedicel,  all  the  remaining  joints  compose  the 
clavola  or  flagellum.  The  clavola  may  itself  consist  of  several 
portions  (fig.  6);  its  apical  joints  may  be  enlarged  to  form  the 
dub;  its  proximal*  joints  may  be  very  short  and  small,  and  are 

then  termed  ring-joints;  between  the 
ring-joints  and  the  club  is  \h&funicle. 
The  mouth  parts  or  trophi,  differ 
to  a  very  great  extent  in  the  various 
groups  of  insects,  so  much  so  that 
Fabricius,  the  celebrated  entomolo- 
gist of  the  last  century,  founded  his 
classification  of  insects  almost  entirely 
on  the  modifications  of  the  trophi. 
These  modifications  result  from  the 
nature  of  the  food.  Many  insects  living  on  liquids,  such  as  the 
nectar  and  honey  of  flowers,  suck  up  those  liquids  through  a 
tube  or  proboscis.  Others,  feeding  on  animal  or  vegetable  solids 
require  hard  cutting  parts  to  tear  those  solids  in  pieces. 

But  however  much  these  modifications  existing  in  different 
insects  may  differ  from  each  other,  there  is  one  general,  typical 
form  and  arrangement  of  the  mouth  parts,  to  which  all  the  modi- 
fications may  be  referred.  This  typical  arrangement  is  as  follows: 
The  mouth  opening  is  situated  between  the  front  edges  of  the 
clypeus  above  and  the  gula  below.  Attached  to  the  lower  (front) 
part  of  the  clypeus  is  \he/abriun  or  upper  lip  (c,  fig.  if;  d,  fig-  7). 
To  the  fore  part  of  the  gula  is  attached  the  labium  or  lower  lip 

*  Proximal  in  treating  of  a  limb  or  appendage  refers  to  parts  or  joints  nearest  to  the 
trunk  as  distinguished  from  distal,  farthest  from  the  trunk, 
t  Page  104  of  this  volume  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  \K\VS. 


Fig.  6.     Antenna  of  Chalcis  fly. 

a,  scape;  b,  pedicel;  c,  two  ring- 
joints  ;  d,  funicle  of  five  joints  ;  e, 
club  ;  c,  d  and  e  together,  form  the 
clavola. 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


121 


Fig.  7.  Typical  arrangement  of  moutli  parts. 
Under  side  of  head  of  Tiger-beetle  (Cicindela). 

a,  gula ;  t,  />,  gense ;  c,  c,  compound  eyes  ;  d,  front 
margin  of  labrum  ;  e,  e,  e,  labium  ;  f,  mandible, 
showing  four  teeth;  g,  four-jointed  maxillary  pal- 
pus ;  /;,  two-jointed  galea  ;  z",  lacinia  ;  k,  four-jointed 
labial  palpus  ;  g,  h  and  /,  are  all  parts  of  the  maxilla. 


(<?,  fig.  7).     Between  the  labrum  and  the  labium  are  two  pairs  of 

jaws  whose  normal  move- 
ment is  horizontal,  not 
vertical,  as  in  the  back- 
boned animals.  The  up- 
per (dorsal)  pair — nearest 
to  the  labrum — are  the 
mandibles  (d,  fig.  i ;f,  fig. 
7),  the  lower  (ventral) 
pair  are  the  maxilla  {g, 
h,  i,  fig.  7). 

Such  a  typical  arrange- 
ment exists  in  the  biting- 
insects,  as  in  beetles,  crick- 
ets,   grasshoppers,     etc., 
and  is  shown  in  fig.  7. 
The  labrum  usually  consists  of  a  single  median  piece,  hinged 
by  its  hind  or  upper  edge  to  the  clypeus,  by  which  it  may  some- 
times be  concealed. 

Next  below  the  labrum  are  the  mandibles. 
Usually  they  are  one-jointed,  and  have  a  cut- 
ting edge  on  the  inner  side.  This  cutting 
edge  may  either  be  entire,  i.e.,  unbroken,  or 
toothed. 

On  the  ventral  side  of  the  mandibles  are 
the  maxillae,  which  are  usually  very  compli- 
cated. Each  maxilla  (fig.  8)  consists  of  a 
number  of  joints.  The  basal  joint  is  the  cardo 
or  hinge,  the  second  is  the  stipes  QV  footstalk. 
The  palpifer,  or  palpus-bearer,  is  a  joint  situ- 
ated on  the  outer  side  of  the  stipes;  as  its 
name  indicates,  it  bears  a  conspicuous  one-  to 
six-jointed  palp — the  maxillary  palpus.  On 
the  inner  side  of  the  stipes  is  another  joint, 
the  subgalea,  or  helmet-bearer.  The  subgak-a 
bears  two  joints,  the  galea,  or  helmet,  and 
the  lacinia,  or  blade.  The  galea  and  lacinia 
are  each  directly  attached  to  the  subgalea. 
The  galea  is  also  called  the  outer,  upper,  or 
superior  lobe  of  the  maxilla,  while  the  lacinia  is  the  inner,  or  in- 
ferior lobe  of  the  maxilla.  The  lacinia  "  is  the  cutting  or  chew- 


Fig.  S.  Ventral  side  of 
left  maxilla  of  Tiger- 
beetle  (Cicindela). 

a,  cardo;  />,  stipes;  c, 
paipifer;  d,  four-jointed 
maxillary  palpus;  e,  sub- 
galea ;_/,  two  jointed  ga- 
lea; g,  lacinia;  //,  digitus. 
The  suture  between  the 
subgalea  and  the  lacinia 
is  obliterated.  The  fig- 
ure gives  the  galea  the 
appearance  of  being  at- 
tached to  the  stipes  ;  its 
real  attachment  is  to  the 
subgalea,  as  stated  in 
the  text. 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS. 


[October, 

ing  part  of  the  maxilla  and  is  often  furnished  with  teeth  or  spines;" 
.sometimes  it  bears  a  terminal  joint — the  digitus.  As  often  hap- 
pens in  the  case  of  other  appendages,  the  sutures  separating  con- 
tiguous joints  of  the  maxilla  become  obliterated  and  the  joints 
unite.  In  such  cases  the  maxilla  appears  to  be  composed  of  a 
less  number  of  joints  than  here  described.  Careful  comparative 
study  alone  will  show  where  such  obliterations  and  unions  have 
taken  place  in  any  one  insect. 

Unlike  the  labrum,  the  labium,  or  lower  lip,  is  quite  complex. 
It  so  much  resembles  the  maxillae  as  to  have  received  the  name 

of  second  maxilla.  The  labium  is  to 
be  regarded  as  a  pair  of  appendages 
united  to  each  other  on  the  middle 
line  of  the  body.  A  comparison  of 
fig.  8  with  the  right  side  of  fig.  9, 
will  show  the  correspondence  between 
a  maxilla  and  half  the  labium,  the 
homologous  parts  being  lettered  alike 
in  the  two  figures.  The  basal  joint 
of  the  labium  is  \\\esubmentum,  which 
articulates  with  the  gula;  it  is  a  single 
median  piece  and  corresponds  to  the 
united  cardos  of  the  right  and  left 
maxillae.  The  second  joint,  also  a 
single  median  piece  is  the  mentum* 
corresponding  to  the  united  stipes  of 
the  right  and  left  maxillae.  At  each 
outer  apical  angle  of  the  mentum  is 
the  palpiger,  the  homologue  of  the 
palpifer.  The  palpiger  bears  the  la- 
bial palpus,  whose  similarity  to  the  maxillary  palpus  cannot  be 
mistaken.  The  joint  marked  e  in  fig.  9  is  apparently  unnamed; 
it  corresponds  to  the  subgalea,  and  bears  two  lobes,  an  inner  (g~) 
\he  glossa,  and  an  outer  (_/)  the  paraglossa,  corresponding  to  the 
laciniaand  galea  respectively.  Excepting  the  submentum,  men- 
tum and  labial  palpi,  all  the  remaining  parts  of  the  labium  con- 
stitute the  Hgida.  Few  insects  have  the  joints  of  the  labium  so 
distinct  as  the  Black  Cricket  (fig.  9).  Thus  in  the  labium  of  the 

*  Some  confusion  exists  as  to  the  use  of  the  term  incntinn.  Ky  some  it  is  applied  to  the 
part  described  above  as  the  submentum,  in  which  case  that  described  above  as  the  mentum 
receives  the  name  oUiypoglottis.  We  have  followed  Cotnstock  and  Packard  in  the  text. 


Fig.  9.  Ventral  side  of  labium  of 
Black  Cricket  (Gryllus). 

a,  submentum  ;  b,  b,  mentum  ;  c, 
palpiger;  d,  three-jointed  labial  pal- 
pus ;  e,  (unnamed,  =  subgalea);/", 
two-jointed  paraglossa  ;  g,  glossa. 
The  parts  of  the  labium  are  here 
marked  with  the  same  letters  as  the 
corresponding  parts  in  fig.  8.  The 
inentum  is  one  piece,  but  there  is  a 
line  across  it.  The  glossas  are  not 
two.jointed,  as  the  figure  might 
seem  to  show,  what  looks  like  a 
terminal  joint  is  a  thin,  membranous 
portion.  The  suture  between  each 
palpiger  and  mentum  obliterated. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  123 

Tiger  beetle  (e,  e,  e,  fig.  7)  the  sharp  pointed  middle  piece  (marked 
by  the  middle  <?)  appears  to  represent  the  united  glossae  and  para- 
glossae,  if  nothing  more. 

It  is  necessary  to  warn  the  student  that  great  variation  exists  in 
different  entomological  writings,  as  to  the  names  applied  to  the 
parts  of  the  labium.  The  nomenclature  which  is  here  given  is 
that  of  Comstock,  with  very  slight  modifications;  it  seems  based 
on  sound  homologies  with  the  parts  of  the  maxillae. 

Within  the  cavity  of  the  mouth  may  be  two  other  organs,  the 
epipharynx  and  the  hypopharynx.  The  epipharynx  is  attached 
to  the  inner  surface  of  the  labrum,  the  hypopharynx  to  the  inner 
surface  of  the  labium;  "both  are  rarely  developed  in  the  same 
insect.  .  .  .  The  form  and  position  of  the  hypopharynx"  re- 
semble "those  of  the  tongue  of  higher  animals.  On  this  ac- 
count it  has  been  named  the  lingua,  or  tongue.  But  as  both  of 
these  terms  have  been  applied  to  the  glossa*  it  is  best  to  desig- 
nate this  part  as  the  hypopharynx,  and  to  avoid  the  use  of  the 
terms  lingua  and  tongue,  as  liable  to  be  ambiguous  (Comstock)." 

The  foregoing  description  of  the  mouth  parts  is  of  that  referred 
to  above  as  the  typical  arrangement,  and  to  be  found  in  biting  in- 
sects. In  various  modifications  existing  in  sucking  insects,  some 
of  the  mouth  parts  may  be  represented  only  by  bristles,  or  united 
to  form  a  sheath.  P.  P.  C. 

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A  NEW  APPLE  PEST. 

BY  F.   W.  CODING,   M.D. ,   PH.  D. 

Empoasca  birdii  n.  sp. — Seen  from  above  long  ovate,  bright  yellow,  va- 
rying to  green;  abdomen  deeper  yellow  and  attenuated  at  the  extremity. 
Head  length  of  pronotum,  obtusely  rounded  in  front  and  convex;  eyes 
purple-black;  ocelli  nearer  the  eyes  than  each  other;  three  pale  bands 
passing  along  the  occiput,  one  at  the  centre  and  one  at  the  edge  on  each 
side  along  border  of  the  eyes.  Pronotum  one  and  a  half  times  length  of 
scutellum,  its  posterior  border  straight,  front  arched;  three  large,  pale 
spots  on  front  edge,  the  mesial  one  being  continuous  with  the  correspond- 
ing band  on  the  occiput.  Scutellum  large,  triangular,  depressed,  having 
a  pale  green,  broad  band  on  posterior  part;  apex  and  base  yellow,  a  dark 
spot  occupying  the  disc.  Abdominal  joints  gradually  decreasing  in  size; 
pure  yellow.  Elytra  slightly  smoky,  with  a  darker  band  passing  across 
the  centre.  Wings  hyaline  and  iridescent,  in  the  former  the  terminal  vein 
is  at  the  margin,  while  in  the  latter  has  a  membranous  margin;  lower  part 

*  When  the  two  glossse  alone  are  united  into  one  median  piece,  this  piece  is  often  called 
the  glossa. 


124  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

of  tibiae  and  all  of  tarsi  indigo-blue;  femora  with  a  row  of  strong  spines. 
One  specimen  with  all  colors  much  deepened,  and  some  minor  differences, 
may  prove  to  be  distinct.  Length  about  2  mm.;  3  mm.  to  end  of  hemilyta; 
breadth  one-third  the  length. 

Described  from  many  specimens.  Taken  in  Illinois  from  leaves 
of  apple,  hop,  walnut,  bean,  and  some  'weeds.  I  regret  to  add 
another  to  the  long  list  of  apple  pests,  but  I  am  compelled  to  do 
so  from  observations  repeated  during  two  seasons.  The  speci- 
mens were  taken  from  May  until  after  heavy  frosts.  Their  inju- 
ries to  the  apple  leaves  were  plainly  to  be  seen,  the  leaves  being 
discolored  wherever  a  puncture  had  been  made.  An  account  of 
its  injuries  appears  in  the  Lacon.  (Illinois)  "  Fruit  Grower"  vol. 
i,  p.  132,  July,  1890.- 

I  take  pleasure  in  dedicating  this  beautiful  little  species  to  my 
highly  esteemed  friend,  Miss  Emma  Bird,  who  has  greatly  aided 
me  in  entomological  work  for  several  years. 


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WHAT  CAN  IT  BE? 

BY    MRS.    JULIA    P.    BALLARD, 
Eastern,  Pa. 

On  the  i2th  of  September,  1889,  a  large  "mulberry"  colored 
caterpillar  was  given  to  me.  Its  food-plant  was  not  known.  It 
was  very  strong  and  very  snappish.  There  were  two  pairs  of 
spined  horns,  one  pair  on  the  third  and  one  on  the  fourth  ring, 
and  a  strong  sharp-pointed  spined  horn  at  the  end.  His  whole 
length  was  marked  by  diagonal  lines  of  the  same  mulberry  color, 
but  of  a  darker  shade.  These  radiated  from  the  central  line  down 
his  back  just  like  the  veinings  of  a  leaf.  He  was  fully  three  in- 
ches in  length,  quite  as  large  as  the  caterpillar  of  the  Royal  Dryo- 
campa  (C.  regalis}.  No  food  offered  him  proved  satisfactory. 
He  resented  the  slightest  disturbance  with  a  sudden,  quick  mo- 
tion, jerking  about  as  if  in  a  fury  of  passion,  but  kept  quite  still 
if  not  disturbed.  I  at  once  recognized  him  as  the  same  kind  of 
caterpillar  I  once  secured  nearly  ten  years  ago. 

"  I  saw  an  immense  caterpillar,  as  I  was  coming  up  the  hill, 
fully  three  if  not  four  inches  long,"  said  a  friend  coming  in  one 
hot  June  day. 

"  Why  didn't  you  bring  him  along?"  was  the  quick  response. 

"  I  had  no  box,  and  I  dare  not  touch  him." 

Seeing  me  don  my  hat  and  take  up  a  pencil  and  parasol,  said: 
"You  will  not  find  him;  he'll  be  sure  to  have  gotten  away," 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  125 

was  the  not  too  encouraging  remark.  But,  with  the  exact  lo- 
cality given  (which  chanced  to  be  a  large  stone  horse-block  at  a 
gentleman's  residence,  some  distance  away,  and  which  of  course 
could  suggest  no  food-plant  for  his  meals),  I  started — and  to  re- 
ward faith  and  perseverance — he  was  found  on  the  identical  block, 
captured  safely,  although  snappish  at  disturbance,  and  after  being- 
secured  in  his  box  prison  was  tempted  by  every  imaginable  kind 
of  leaf  to  be  obtained  from  garden  or  wood.  Nothing  would  he 
touch,  and  of  course  he  soon  died  without  a  sign.  Had  he  then 
been  placed  upon  earth  he  would  probably  have  "gone  down" 
and  become  a  chrysalis  in  his  own  way.  At  any  rate,  acting  on 
this  thought,  the  one  secured  last  September  was  placed  on  a  box 
of  earth  and  was  soon  lost  to  sight,  going  down  on  the  next  day 
(September  I3th).  On  September  i8th,  rolling  back  the  earth, 
I  found  a  fine  large  chrysalis  with  an  unusual  tinge  of  red  in  the 
brown.  The  rings  were  formed  by  two  or  three  narrow  and  some- 
what constricted  rings;  the  chrysalis  was  broadest  in  the  middle, 
and  tapering  to  a  sharp  point  at  the  end.  The  head  has  a  pinched 
look  and  markings,  which,  as  hasty  dashes,  give  the  effect  of  a 
face,  two  eye  dashes  and  a  horizon  mouth  line.  From  that  day 
of  September  until  now  (April  13,  1890)  he  has  lain  so  still  that, 
but  for  an  occasional  tremor  and  a  very  occasional  jerk  when 
slightly  touched,  one  would  have  said  there  was  surely  no  life 
there.  But  he  has  moved  to-day,  and  now  all  one  can  do  by  way 
of  satisfying  his  curiosity  is  to  wait  a  development,  which  cannot 
be  far  off.  A  line  hinting  of  a  crack  down  the  centre  of  the  front 
of  the  head  shows  where  the  chrysalis  will  break,  and  it  is  exactly 
like  that  of  the  Imperial  Dryocampa  (£.  imperialist. 

On  April  2ist  the  chrysalis  responded  to  raps  upon  the  box 
every  time  (and  for  the  first  time)  as  I  have  often  had  the  Poly- 
phemus chrysalis  do  by  a  rapid  movement  of  the  end  of  its  body 
which  shows  me  it  is  nearing  the  time  of  its  change  to  the  imago. 
Through  all  the  past  months  it  has  lain  as  still  as  if  dead,  with  a 
very  occasional  exception  of  a  slight  movement  when  touched. 
Ordinarily  it  made  no  response  to  this,  and  tried  one's  faith  as 
to  any  latent  life  as  much  as  the  chrysalis  of  the  Royal  Walnut 
(C.  regalis)  does. 

NOTE. — It  was  suggested  that  this  might  be  Ceratomia  amyntor, 
the  four-horned  sphinx,  but  Mrs.  Ballard  has  reared  amyntor,  and 
the  unknown  cannot  be  it. — ED. 


126  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

A  NEW  FORM  OF  CABINET  FOR  BUTTERFLIES. 

BY  ISAAC    C.    MARTI NDALE. 

Having  just  had  completed  a  new  cabinet,  which  gives  such 
good  satisfaction,  I  am  prompted  to  acquaint  the  readers  of  the 
NEWS  with  the  manner  of  its  construction,  and  its  many  advan- 
tages, as  it  is  the  best  form  I  have  yet  seen  for  easy  examination, 
study,  or  comparison  of  specimens.  The  case  is  of  Walnut,  and 
is  made  in  two  sections  (thus  being  more  portable),  one  fitting 
on  top  of  the  other,  the  upp«er  having  sixteen  drawers  and  the 
lower  one  twenty-four,  each  drawer  being  24  inches  wide  by  20 
inches  deep,  and  of  sufficient  height  to  admit  of  the  use  of  any 
ordinary  pin.  Each  drawer  has  also  its  separate  compartment, 
this  I  have  found  much  better  than  where  they  slide  on  runners; 
the  drawers  being  all  interchangeable,  admit  of  any  change  of 
location,  which  so  often  is  found  necessary  where  one's  collection 
is  constantly  receiving  new  accessions. 

The  especial  feature  is  the  drawer  itself,  which,  instead  of  hav- 
ing a  cork  bottom  as  is  usually  the  case,  has  both  the  top  and 
bottom  of  glass;  the  top  part  of  the  drawer  frame  fits  tightly  over 
a  ledge  one  inch  in  height,  effectually  preventing  the  intrusion  of 
destructive  insects,  the  pest  of  the  entomologist,  but  it  is  readily 
lifted  when  it  is  desirable  to  add  to  the  contents,  or  change  the 
location  of  the  specimens.  For  the  inside  arrangement  I  have 
taken  a  strip  of  common  tin,  one  inch  wide,  and  turned  up  each 
side  five-sixteenths  of  an  inch,  thus  leaving  three-eighths  of  an 
inch  for  the  bottom,  the  length  of  the  strip  of  tin  being  about 
two  inches  longer  than  the  width  of  the  drawer  admits  of  each 
end  being  turned  up  one  inch;  into  this  tin  trough  is  tightly  fitted 
a  cork  strip  three-eighths  of  an  inch  square,  the  whole  being 
covered  with  white  paper,  such  as  is  usually  used  for  lining 
drawers,  conceals  the  inequalities  of  the  cork,  and  makes  a  fine 
finish;  they  should  be  made  to  fit  neatly  in  the  drawer,  and  can 
be  readily  moved  about  to  suit  large  or  small  specimens;  for  Ly- 
ccenas,  Paniphilas,  etc.,  as  many  as  fifteen  of  these  strips  may  be 
used  in  one  drawer,  and  as  few 'as  five  for  Morphos,  Caligos,  etc. 
The  upturned  ends  are  fastened  in  place  by  using  the  ordinary 
thumb  tacks  that  can  be  procured  at  any  stationer's;  the  frame 
work  of  the  drawers  should  be  of  White  Pine,  well  seasoned; 
into  this  the  thumb  tacks  are  readily  inserted  and  as  easily  with- 
drawn when  a  change  in  the  position  of  the  cork  strips  is  needed. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  12~ 

The  superiority  of  this  form  of  case  for  butterflies  will  be  readily 
perceived,  as  the  upper  and  under  surface  of  the  wings  can  be 
seen  by  simply  turning  the  drawer  without  touching  the  insect, 
and  there  is  no  danger  of  breaking  or  injuring  specimens.  The 
cost  of  the  case  is  no  greater  than  if  made  in  the  old  style. 


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COLLECTING  IN  THE  WILDS  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

BY    CHARLES   A.    BLAKE. 

During  the  latter  part  of  last  July,  being  up  in  Tioga  County 
and  having  a  day  to  spare,  I  concluded  to  try  that  section  ento- 
mologically,  so,  early  in  the  morning,  got  my  traps  together  and 
found  a  native  who  agreed  to  take  me  in  his  buggy,  in  which  we 
rode  to  a  wild  spot  not  far  from  Niles  Valley,  and  about  the 
roughest  ride  I  ever  experienced.  We  halted  close  to  a  deep 
ravine  which  looked  promising,  and  climbing  down  among  the 
rocks,  which  here  are  of  gigantic  proportions,  began  my  survey. 
The  rock  formation  I  thought  belonged  to  the  Lauren(\w\  group, 
but  not  being  geologist  enough  to  determine  that  point  with  cer- 
tainty, mentioned  it  to  Prof.  Heilprin  on  my  return,  who  soon 
satisfied  me  that  my  speculations  were  wrong. 

Passing  through  the  ravine  I  came  upon  a  beautiful  little  valley, 
which  the  before-mentioned  native  said  was  called  Martin  dale,  on 
account  of  the  vast  number  of  swallows  that  congregate  there, 
and  from  appearances  should  judge  it  was  a  paradise  for  the 
botanist.  At  the  northern  end  there  was  a  small  sheet  of  water 
called  Chu£  Lake,  where  I  captured  several  species  of  hymenop- 
tera  among  the  watenrr^-y  on  the  shore.  Not  far  from  the  edge 
of  the  water  I  noticed  a  snake-^m  w<?rvously  twitching,  and  on 
investigating  matters,  found  it  contained  several  specimens  of 
Necrophorus  americana,  Silpha  americana  and  a  species  of  Der- 
mestes,  which  I  bottled.  Among  the  debris  on  the  shore  was  a 
curious  specimen  of  Xyloryctes  satyrus,  in  which  the  horn  was 
curved  forward,  but  I  unfortunately  lost  it. 

In  a  dense  wood  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  lake  there  were 
ant  hills  and  ants  enough  to  satisfy  even  Dr.  McCook  had  he  been 
there.  While  examining  the  trees  for  Catocalse  five  or  six  species 
occurred,  among  them  C.  relicta.  In  this  wood  I  noticed  a  large 
number  of  Libellulidse,  apparently  flying  around  a  blue/a)/  wasting 
in  a  tall  Pine  tree,  and  I  nearly  dislocated  my  cervira/  zw/ebrae 


128  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [October, 

looking  up  to  see  what  all  the  commotion  was  about.  The  jay 
appeared  greatly  agitated  by  the  insects,  and  kept  up  a  constant 
flutter  and  chatting.  As  it  appears  a  weM  established  fact  that  the 
bluejay  is  not  a  strictly  insectivorous  bird,  I  could  not  account  for 
its  actions.  Thinking  to  drive  her  from  the  nest  I  threw  a  stone 
at  it,  missed  of  course,  but  brought  down  a  mass  of  yellow  fungus 
that  was  full  of  Megalodacne  heros,  several  of  which  I  bottled. 

In  the  neighborhood  of  the  lake  I  captured  specimens  of  Van- 
essa milberti,  Feniseca  tarquinius,  Grapta  J-album  and  Alypia 
octomaculata.  I  have  never  seen  birds  so  abundant  as  they  were 
in  this  valley,  one  I  s/ew  is  a  Chordeiles  virginianus,  the  night- 
hawk,  the  skin  of  which  is  now  in  my  collection.  The  craw  was 
literally  stuffed  with  coleoptera,  showing  it  was  a  better  collector 
than  myself. 

As  I  had  had  a  good  day's  collecting  we  took  to  our  buggy 
•again;  after  riding  some  distance  a  bolt  broke,  on  account  of  the 
nice  road  spoken  of  above,  and  for  a  moment  it  looked  as  though 
I  should  lose  the  result  of  my  trip,  but  we  fortunately  found  a 
smith  who  soon  put  us  in  good  shape,  so  that  I  arrived  home  in 
time  for  supper,  and  quite  satisfied  with  my  success. 


Notes  and.  Ne\vs. 

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PAMPHILA  AARONI  was  found  in  abundance  at  Cape  May  last  month  by 
Mr.  Witmer  Stone.  C.  eubule  was  also  found. 

SOMETIMES  at  least  a  quart  of  mosquitos  could  have  been  gathered  from 
under  each  electric  light  on  Congress  Hall  porch,  Cape  May,  N.  J. 

POMPILUS  .ETHIOPS  Cress.,  was  seen  at  Westville,  N.  J.,  carrying  away  a 
species  of  Trochosa  which  it  had  evidently  just  captured  and  killed,  as 
the  spider  was  bright  and  perfect.  Wasp  and  spider  were  both  bottled. 

A  NATURALIST  observes,  admiringly,  "There  is  a  butterfly,  one  of  the 
world's  12,000  species,  the  tiny  eye  of  which  contains  17,000  facets."  This 
will  explain  to  small  boys  why  the  butterfly  is  such  an  expert  in  dodging 
a  hat. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  129 

Prof.  E.  W.  DORAN  recently  resigned  the  office  of  State  Entomologist 
of  Tennessee,  which  he  had  held  for  five  years,  having  recently  removed 
to  Missouri.  During  his  incumbency  he  furnished  two  reports  and  a  cata- 
logue of  the  insects  of  the  State.  Dr.  F.  W.  CODING. 

Mr.  W.  H.  ASHMEAD  intended  to  sail  for  Europe  on  September  3d, 
steamer  "  Munchen,"  to  be  abroad  two  years.  He  hoped  to  visit  the  large 
collections  of  the  continent  and  pay  especial  attention  to  parasitic  HY- 
MENOPTERA  ;  also  expected  to  visit  Italy  and  make  some  studies  on  orange 
insects. 

I  LATELY  reared  seven  specimens  of  the  larvae  of  Terias  nicippe  to  the 
chrysalis  state.  Five  of  the  chrysalids  were  of  the  normal  green  color, 
and  two  were  black.  Mr.  Scudder  calls  attention  to  the  same  occurrence 
in  his  book  on  the  "Butterflies  of  the  Eastern  United  States."  His  speci- 
mens disclosed  the  normal  form  of  fly.  H.  SKINNER. 

THE  last  of  the  MSS.  for  part  i  of  the  new  "  Handbook  of  the  Destruc- 
tive Insects  of  Victoria"  with  13  colored  plates  has  Heen  handed  to  the 
government  printer,  and  the  work  was  to  have  been  completed  by  the  end 
of  July.  The  prospectus  has  just  been  issued  of  a  new  book  entitled,  "A 
Manual  of  New  Zealand  Entomology,"  by  Mr.  Geo.  Vernon  Hudson, 
Fellow  of  the  Entomological  Society  of  London,  of  Wellington,  New 
Zealand.  The  work  will  consist  of  about  150  pages,  and  will  cotain  20 
colored  plates,  illustrating  over  100  species  of  typical  New  Zealand  insects. 

Mr.  C.  W.  JOHNSON  took  a  specimen  of  Neonympha  Mitchellii  x\.  Dover, 
Morris  Co.,  N.  J.  It  agrees  exactly  with  specimens  of  Mitchellii  in  the 
collection  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  received  from  Prof. 
Mitchell.  A'*.  Mitchellii  was  described  by  Prof.  French  in  the  Canadian 
Entomologist  for  February',  1889,  p.  25.  The  types  came  from  Cass  Co., 
Michigan,  and  were  found  in  upland  dry  meadows.  The  country  around 
Dover,  N.  J.,  is  rocky  and  hilly.  It  seems  remarkable  that  this  species 
has  not  been  noticed  before  if  it  is  at  all  plentiful,  and  also  more  remark- 
able that  the  first  additional  locality  should  be  so  far  away  from  the  origi- 
nal. Mr.  Johnson's  specimen  was  caught  July  10,  1890.  H.  SKINNER. 

I  WAS  pleased  to  read  in  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  the  article  about  bait- 
ing insects  with  sugar,  molasses,  or  other  sweets.  I  have  followed  the 
advice  given  in  the  Lepidopterist's  Calendar,  London,  1875.  It  is  to  mix 
two  tablespoonfuls  of  new  rum  with  one  pint  of  molasses.  The  rum  gives 
flavor,  and  is,  I  suppose,  more  diffusible  than  saccharine  matter  alone, 
and  will  no  doubt  serve  as  a  night-cap  to  RHOPALOCERA,  and  as  an  eye- 
opener  to  HETEROCERA.  You  will  notice  many  LEPIDOPTERA  feeding 
on  over-ripe  fruit  in  which  vinous  fermentation  has  commenced.  During 
this  process  much  alcohol  and  cenanthic  ether  is  given  off,  attracting  but- 
terflies, etc.  Under  fruit  trees,  with  the  ground  covered  with  decaying 
cherries,  mulberries,  pears,  etc.,  you  will  find  many,  such  as  Liinenitis, 
Papilio,  Grapta  and  others,  and  to  me  it  seems  that  they  resort  to  fruit- 
bearing  trees  and  bushes  for  their  "  toddy."  Dr.  RICHARD  KUN/.K. 


130  ENTOMOLOIGCAL   NEWS.  [October, 

COLIAS  PHILODICE,  var.  alba. — I  notice  that  the  foot-note  on  p.  93,  vol. 
i,  states  that  if  the  genitalia  of  my  white  philodice  were  examined  it  would 
probably  be  found  to  be  a  female.  This  I  will  venture  to  say  was  done 
the  day  it  was  captured,  and  it  is  a  male  without  a  doubt.  I  have  forty 
specimens  of  C.  philodice  in  my  collection,  including  some  very  rare  forms, 
but  this  white  male  seems  the  oddest  of  all.  One  pair  (females)  are  of  a 
pale  lemon-yellow,  and  in  some  respects  resemble  the  Swedish  males  of 
C.  palczno ;  also  yellow  females  without  the  submarginal  rows  of  yellow 
spots  on  the  upper  side.  Some  females  that  are  suffused  with  black  and 
on  the  under  side  have  a  smoky-orange  cast.  Among  the  males  I  have  a 
specimen  that  has  the  black  border  very  narrow  on  the  primaries  and 
almost  obsolete  on  the  secondaries;  this  I  think  is  var.  anthyale  of  Hub. 
This  latter  form  I  generally  take  among  the  Spring  brood  when  I  also  find 
the  very  small  specimens  which  seldom  appear  later  in  the  season. 

GEO.  A.  EHRMAN. 

WHILE  walking'along  the  edge  of  a  mountain  stream  I  was  surprised 
to  see  one  of  these  butterflies  (Papilio  Diac  ley  anus]  alight  close  to  the 
water,  into  which  it  backed  till  the  whole  of  the  body  and  the  lower  part 
of  the  hind  wings  were  submerged,  the  two  forelegs  alone  retaining  their 
hold  of  the  dry  land.  After  remaining  in  this  position  for  something  like 
half  a  minute  it  flew  away,  apparently  refreshed.  During  the  morning  I 
noticed  quite  a  number  doing  the  same  thing.  In  one  instance  no  less 
than  four  were  to  be  seen  within  a  space  of  not  more  three  yards,  and  to 
make  sure  that  I  was  not  deceived  I  captured  several  as  they  rose  from 
the  water,  and  found  in  each  case  the  body  and  lower  edge  of  the  hind 
wings  quite  wet.  While  in  the  water  the  fluttering  of  the  wings,  so  notice- 
able at  other  times,  was  suspended,  and  so  intent  were  the  butterflies  in 
the  enjoyment  of  their  cold  bath  that  they  would  hardly  move,  even  when 
actually  touched  by  the  net.  Apparently  the  heat  of  the  weather  drove 
them  down  to  the  water,  as  immediately  they  emerged  they  flew  up  again 
to  the  hillsides  (GEO.  LYELL,  in  the  "Victorian  Naturalist"  for  June,  '90). 

Identification  of  Insects  (Imagos)  for  Subscribers. 

Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions  :  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  limited  to  twelve  (12)  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of 
transportation  and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological 
Society  ;  3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may 
be  announced  accordingly.  Such  identifications  as  can  be  given  will  be  published,  accord- 
ing to  number,  in  the  issues  of  the  NEWS.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS, 
Academy  Natural  Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


EUGENE  R.  FISCHER. — i,  Catocala  amatrix;  2,  Cybister fimbriolatns; 
3,  Ligyrus  relictns;  4,  Argiope  cophinaria;  5,  -Spilosonia  rirginica;  6, 
Lygus  pratensis;  7,  Lopidea  inedeaf;  8,  Scarites  substriatns. 

W.  M.  HILL.— i,  Tetraopes  tetraophthalmus;  2,  Silpha  inccqitalis;  3, 
Attelabus  ana/is;  4,  Geotmpes  Balyi;  5,  Tric/iiiis  pigcr;  6,  Canffion 
Icevis;  7,  Calopteron  reticitlatuni;  8,  Lachnostcrna  gibbosa;  9,  Epicauta 
cinerea;  10,  Epicanta  strigosa;  n,  Din entes  sp.? . 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  131 

Entomological  Literature. 


SECOND  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  EXPERIMENT  STATION  KANSAS 
STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  p.  206.  Some  Insects  Inj.  to  the  Bean. 

JOURNAL  OF  THE  ASIATIC  SOCIETY  OF  BENGAL,  vol.  Iviii,  pt.  2,  Suppl. 
No.  i. — Catalogue  of  the  Insecta  of  the  Oriental  region,  No.  i.  Order 
COLEOPTERA,  Family  CICINDELID^E,  by  E.  T.  Atkinson.  Catalogue  of 
Insecta  2.  Order  RHYNCHOTA,  Sub-order  HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 
Family  CAPSID/E,  by  E.  T.  Atkinson,  with  bibliographical  table,  etc.,  174 
pp.  This  is  an  important  paper  to  American  students,  as  it  includes  the 
species  of  the  world,  vol.  Iviii,  pt.  2,  No.  4,  1889.  On  Certain  Lycaenidae 
from  Lower  Tenasserim,  by  William  Doherty,  Cincinnati,  U.  S.  A.,  pp. 
31,  pi.  i.  A  number  of  new  species  are  described. 

ZEITSCHRIFT  FUR  WISSENSCHAFTLICHE  ZOOLOGIE  xlix,  heft  4,  1890.— 
The  eye  of  Caterpillars  and  Phryganid  larvae,  by  O.  Pankrath,  2  plates. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  19  May  and  2  June,  1890. — Analytical  Chem- 
ical Researches  on  living  caterpillars,  pupae  and  butterflies,  and  on  their 
secretions,  by  F.  Urech. 

THE  VICTORIAN  NATURALIST  June,  1890.— Some  Notes  on  the  Trans- 
formations of  Australian  LEPIDOPTERA,  by  Hy.  Edwards. 

TRANSACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  NEW  ZEALAND  INSTITUTE, 
vol.  xxii,  1889.— Further  notes  on  Coccididae,  with  descriptions  of  new 
species  from  Australia,  Fiji  and  New  Zealand,  by  W.  M.  Maskell.  On 
some  species  of  Psyllidae  in  New  Zealand,  by  W.  M.  Maskell.  On  some 
Aleurodidse  from  New  Zealand  and  Fiji,  by  W.  M.  Maskell.  An  ento- 
mological tour  on  the  table-land  of  Mt.  Arthur,  by  G.  V.  Hudson.  Eris- 
talis  tenax  and  JMusca  vomitoria  in  New  Zealand,  by  G.  Y.  Hudson. 
Descriptions  of  New  Zealand  LEPIDOPTERA,  by  E.  Meyrick.  Notes  on  a 
collection  of  Pselaphaidae  from  the  neighborhood  of  Clevedon,  southern 
Wairoa,  by  Capt.  T.  Brown.  Description  of  a  new  species  of  Argiope 
from  Fiji,  by  A.  T.  Urquhart.  On  two  species  of  Aranea  new  to  science 
from  the  Jenolan  Caves,  New  South  Wales,  by  A.  T.  Urquhart.  Descrip- 
tion of  new  species  of  Araneidae,  by  A.  T.  Urquhart.  Description  of  new 
species  of  New  Zealand  Araneae  with  notes  on  their  habits,  by  P.  Goyen. 
On  the  occurrence  of  the  Black  Vine-weevil  (Otiorhynchus  sulcatiis}  in 
Nelson,  by  R.  I.  Kingsley. 

JOURNAL  OF  THE  BOMBAY  NATURAL  HISTORY  SOCIETY,  vol.  v,  No.  i.— 
The  Butterflies  of  the  Central  Provinces,  by  J.  A.  B.  A  Preliminary  List 
of  the  Butterflies  of  Mysore,  by  E.  Y.  W'atson.  Notes  on  Indian  Ants,  by- 
George  Alexander.  J.  Rothney.  vol.  v,  No.  2.  Description  of  a  new 
Morphid  Butterfly  from  Northeastern  India,  by  Lionel  de  Niceville.  But- 
terflies of  the  Central  Provinces,  by  J.  A.  Betham  (continued). 


132  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

A  MONOGRAPH  OF  ORIENTAL  CICADID^E,  by  W.  L.  Distant.  Part  3, 
pp.  49-72.  With  two  plates.  June,  1890.  Contains  descriptions  and  fig- 
ures of  species  of  Cosmopsaltria  and  Pomponis. 

THE  VICTORIAN  NATURALIST,  July,  1890. — Notes  on  the  Geographical 
Distribution  of  some  Australian  Buprestidse,  Pt.  i,  by  C.  French. 

CATALOGUE  OF  INSECTS  FOUND  IN  NEW  JERSEY,  by  John  B.  Smith. 
From  the  Final  Report  of  the  State  Geologist,  vol.  n.  This  makes  a 
large  volume  of  486  pages  and  covers  all  the  orders.  The  catalogue  has 
been  compiled  from  all  available  sources,  and  names  of  species  not  actu- 
ally recorded  from  the  State,  but  supposed  to  be  found  there  are  inserted. 
It  is  an  open  question  whether  this  should  have  been  done ;  6098  species 
are  listed,  Coleoptera  coming  first,  with  2227 ;  Lepidoptera  next,  with  1140, 
and  Hymenoptera  third,  with  1074.  The  other  orders  have  comparatively 
fewer  species  recorded,  not  because  they  do  not  exist  in  the  State,  but 
because  they  have  not  received  the  attention  they  deserve  from  entomolo- 
gists. The  list  can't  fail  to  be  useful  to  both  the  field  worker  and  the 
systematist. 

CONTRIBUTION  TOWARD  A  MONOGRAPH  OF  THE  INSECTS  OF  THE  LE- 
PIDOPTBROUS  FAMILY  NOCTUID/E  OF  TEMPERATE  NORTH  AMERICA.— 
Revision  of  the  species  of  the  genus  Agrotis,  by  John  B.  Smith.  The 
above  is  Bulletin  No.  38,  United  States  National  Museum,  231  pages,  5 
plates,  83  figures.  The  old  genus  Agrotis  is  divided  into  sixteen  genera 
and  many  of  these  subdivided  into  convenient  groups.  Descriptions  of 
the  species  with  habitat  and  notes  are  given  and  a  number  of  new  ones 
described. 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMERICANA.  Part  86,  June,  1890. — Arachnida- 
Acaridea,  by  Otto  Stoll  (pi.  xv,  COLEOPTERA,  vol.  ii,  pt.  i,  by  D.  Sharp 
(pi.  10),  vol.  iv,  pt.  2,  by  G.  C.  Champion  (pp.  161-184);  vol.  vi,  pt.  sup- 
plement, by  M.  Jacoby  (pp.  185-200);  HYMENOPTERA,  vol.  ii,  by  P.  Cam- 
eron (pp.  89-96,  pi.  6);  LEPIDOPTERA-HETEROCERA,  vol.  i,  by  H.  Druce 
(417-424);  DIPTERA,  vol.  ii,  by  F.  M.  van  der  Wulp  (pp.  145-176,  pi.  4). 

THE  COLORS  OF  ANIMALS,  THEIR  MEANING  AND  USE,  ESPECIALLY 
CONSIDERED  IN  THE  CASE  OF  INSECTS,  by  Edward  Bagnall  Poulton,  M.  A., 
F.R.S.  International  Scientific  Series,  by  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York, 
339  pages,  illustrated.  This  is  a  very  interesting  work  to  the  entomologist, 
and  should  be  in  every  library.  Some  of  the  subjects  treated  are  the 
Physical  Causa  of  Animal  Colors,  Protective  Resemblance,  Dimorphism, 
Warning  Colors,  Protective  Mimicry,  Sexual  Coloring,  etc. 

AMERICAN  SPIDERS  AND  THEIR  SPINNING-WORK. — A  Natural  History 
of  the  Orbweaving  Spiders  of  the  United  States  with  Special  Regard  to 
their  Industry  and  Habits,  by  Henry  C.  McCook,  D.D.,  vol.  ii.  This  fine 
volume  is  handsomely  illustrated  with  five  colored  plates  and  401  cuts, 
and  consists  of  469  pages.  Dr.  McCook  is  to  be  congratulated  on  this 
grind  addition  to  spider  literature. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  133 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  September,  1890.— Additions  to  the  British  List 
of  Deltoids.  Pyralides  and  Crambi,  since  1859  (with  plates),  by  Richard 
South.  Notes  on  some  species  of  Gall-gnats  (Cecidomyue),  by  T.  D.  A. 
Cockerell.  Contributions  to  the  Chemistry  of  Insect  Colors,  by  T.  H. 
Perry  Coste.  An  addition  to  the  Plusiid^e  of  Britain,  by  R.  South.  Five 
Days'  Collecting  in  Normandy,  byj.  H.  Leech.  Entomological  Notes, 
Captures,  etc.  Doings  of  Societies. 

SECOND  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  EXPERIMENT 
STATIONS  for  1889.  Ten  pages  are  devoted  to  Entomology,  by  Ellison 
A.  Smyth,  Jr.,  botanist  and  entomologist. 

YERHANDLUNGEN  DER  K.  K.  ZOOL.-BOT.  GESELLSCHAFT  IN  WIEN,  xl, 
2  Ouartal.  June,  1890.  On  the  connecting  links  between  the  orthorraphic 
and  cyclorrhaphic  DIPTERA  and  those  between  Syrphidae  and  Muscariae, 
by  Dr.  Fr.  Brauer.  On  Lorrainian  Gall  Flies,*  by  J.  J.  Kieffer.  Explana- 
tion of  j.  C.  Savigny's  plates  of  Orthoptera  in  the  "  Description  de 
1'Egypte,"  by  Dr.  H.  Krauss.  On  the  adaptation  of  the  colors  of  butter- 
flies and  caterpillars  to  their  surroundings,  and  on  the  character  of  the 
Lepidopterous  fauna  of  the  Kilima-Ndjaro  district  in  East  Africa,  by  A. 
Rogenhofer,  etc. 

COMPT.  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  July  5,  1890. 
— Causeries  Odonatologiques,  by  E.  de  Selys-Longchamps ;  reviews  Dr. 
Hagen's  recent  synopses  of  Calopteryx  and  Aua.v,  with  a  note  on  some 
of  the  American  Medstogasters.  A  new  type  of  underground  Prionid, 
by  A.  Lameere;  Geoprionus  n.  gen.,  type  G.  synthcficusn.  sp.,  Rio  Brazil. 

YERHANDLUNGEN  DKS  NATURFORSCHENDEN  VEREINES  IN  BRUNN, 
xxvii,  1888  (Briinn,  iSSo).— The  Lepidoptera  of  the  Achal-Tekke  Dis- 
trict, by  H.  Th.  Christoph ;  a  bibliographical  and  geographical  list  of  the 
species  from  this  district  of  Turkestan.  Identification  of  the  European 
COLEOPTERA.  Family  Phalacridae,*  by  C.  Flach,  i  pi.  An  entomological 
excursion  from  Briinn  to  the  borders  of  Transylvania  in  June,  1888,  by  Dr. 
A.  Fleischer,  with  a  list  of  Coleoptera*  then  collected.  Coleopterolog- 
ical  Results  (of  the  expedition  in  Transcaspia  in  1886  and  1887,  conducted 
by  Dr.  G.  Radde,  Dr.  A.  Walter  and  A.  Konchin)  by  E.  Reitter;*  Micro- 
julistiis,  Colposcythis,  Anidania,  Adoxinia,  new  genera. 

LE  NATURLISTE  (Paris),  Aug.  i  and  other  numbers,  1890.  New  lepid- 
optera  from  Ecuador  are  described  by  P.  Dognin. 

ANATOMISCHER  ANZEIGER.  July  19,  1890.— Is  the  Ommatidium  a  Hair- 
bearing  sense  Bud?  by  William  Patten. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  PHILOMATHIQUE  DE  PARIS.  8e  serie,  ii,  1890. 
Note  on  the  lyriform  organs  of  Arachnids.  Note  on  the  anatomical  struc- 
ture of  the  pecten  of  scorpions  and  the  coxal  raqitcffes  of  the  Galeodce. 
Note  on  the  movement  of  the  limbs  and  jointed  hairs  in  the  Arthropoda, 
by  P.  Gaubert. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  Xorth  American. 
8* 


134  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

JAHRESHEFTE  DES  VEREINS  FUR  VATERLANDISCHE  NATURKUNDE  IN 
WURTEMBERG,  xlvi,  1890.— The  fly  Teichomyza  fusca  Marx.,  and  The 
odor-producing  apparatus  in  butterflies,  by  Dr.  E.  Hofmann. 

DEUTSCHE  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITUNG,  1890,  heft  i.— Contains  papers 
on  the  COLEOPTERA,  describing  many  new  species,  but  none  from  North 
America,  except  Veturins  sinnatocollis  Kuwert,  Costa  Rica.  Some  of  the 
chief  papers  .are  some  new  Passalidae  A.  Kuwert  (Paxilloides  n.  gen.). 
New  analytical  synopsis  of  the  genus  Omoplns  E.  Reitter  (Omophlina, 
Heliosthrczma  n.  gen.).  Analytical  revision  of  the  genus  Amphicoina  E. 
Reitter.  New  Coleoptera  from  Europa,  the  bordering  countries  and 
Siberia,  with  remarks  on  known  species,  by  E.  Reitter,  etc. 

— ' 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE,  August,  1890.— Notes  on 
the  Thysanoura,  iii.  On  some  new,  or  little  known  species  collected  at 
Croisic,  by  R.  Moniez. 

ATTI    DELLA    SOCIETA    ITALIANA    DI    SCIEN7.E   NATURALI,   XXXJi,  Milan, 

1889.— Study  on  the  structure  and  function  of  the  organs  adhering  to  the 
tarsi  of  Coleoptera,  by  P.  Paolo,  4  plates. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  Aug.  2, 1890. 
— On  the  unity  of  origin  of  the  Arthropod  Type,  by  A.  Lameere. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  Aug.  4.  1890.— On  the  developmental  history 
of  Platygaster  instricator  L.  (femoratorDalm.)  by  N.  Kulagin. 

ZOOLOGISCHE  JAHRBUCHER,  v.  heft  2,  1890.— General  Biology  of  Butter- 
flies, by  Dr.  A.  Seitz ;  the  first  part  only  is  published  now,  and  treats  of 
the  geographical  distribution  of  butterflies  and  their  dependence  on  cli- 
matic influences.  Contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  the  West  African 
Orthoptera,*  by  Dr.  H.  Krauss,  i  pi. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  CONGRES  INTERNATIONAL  DE  ZOOLOGIE  A  PARIS, 
1889-1890.— On  the  artificial  importation  of  parasites  and  natural  enemies 
of  noxious  insects  in  vegetation,  by  C.  V.  Riley. 

ACTES  DE  LA  SOCIETE   LlNNEENNE   DE   BORDEAUX,  xlii.— Study  Oil  the 

species  of  Avicularidce  which  inhabit  the  north  of  Africa.*  Revision  of 
the  Avicularidae  of  the  republic  of  Ecuador.*  Descriptions  of  new  Af- 
rican species  of  the  family  Avicularidce,*  by  E.  Simon.  A  number  of  new 
genera  are  characterized  in  these  three  papers. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  D'ETUDES  SCIENTIFIQUES  D' ANGERS.  NY\\ 
series,  xviii.  Catalogue  of  the  COLEOPTERA  of  Maine-et-Loire,  2d  part, 
by  M.  Gallois. 

NOUVELLES  ARCHIVES  DU  MUSEUM  D'HISTOIRE  NATURELLE,  3d  series, 
i,  fasc.  1-17,  18-36.  Paris,  1889.  Researches  on  the  insects  of  Patagonia, 
collected  by  the  In.  expedition  sent  to  observe  the  transit  of  Venus  at 
Santa  Cruz,'Patagonia,  in  1882,  by  E.  Lebrun,  L.  Fairmaire  and  P.  Mabillr. 
Includes  the  Coleoptera  and  Lepicloptera,  3  plates. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  135 

SOCIETE  D'HISTOIRE  NATURELLE  DE  TOULOUSE,  xxiii.  1889.— Materials 
contributing  to  the  entomological  fauna  of  the  south  of  France  — Hemip- 
tera.  by  M.  Marquet. 

TERMESZETRAJZI  FUZETEK  (Budapest),  xiii.  1890.— Contributions  to  the 
distributions  of  Galls,  with  particular  regard  to  the  neighborhood  of 
Budapest,  v,  Szepligeti. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  Aug.  iS,  1890.— On  the  hermaphroditic  func- 
tion of  the  Sexual  Glands  of  the  male  of  PhyUodromia  (Blatia  L.)  ger- 
manica,  by  R.  Heymons. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvi,  No.  14,  July,  1890.— On  Dimor- 
phism and  Mimicry  in  Butterflies,  by  L.  Glaser. 

No.  15,  August,  1890.  -New  species  of  Apidse,  by  A.  Schletterer,  mostly 
from  Chili. 

No.  16,  August,  1890^— Three  papers  on  the  Coleopterous  genus  Athous 
and  its  allies,*  by  E.  Reitter.  Elathous  n.  gen. 


of  Societies. 


THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON,  June  5,  1890.— Mr. 
Ashmead,  under  general  notes,  announced  the  discovery  of  a  genus  of 
Proctotrupidae  new  to  the  United  States.  The  insect  Iphitrachelus  amer- 
icanns  is  interesting  as  furnishing  a  connecting  form  between  the  sub- 
families Ceraphroninae  and  Platygasterinae. 

Mr,  Schwarz  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Throscus  pugnax,  which  species 
is  new  to  the  fauna  of  the  District. 

Prof.  Riley  presented  a  paper  "  On  the  Difficulty  of  dealing  with  Lach- 
nosterna,"  in  which  he  described  the  attacks  of  those  beetles  on  certain 
large  trees,  especially  Chestnut  and  Swamp  Oak,  having  a  height  of  about 
thirty  feet  which  had  been  transplanted  to  his  grounds  last  February.  The 
successive  appearance  and  work  of  the  several  species  of  Lachnosterna 
were  described  and  the  experiments  with  remedies  detailed.  The  latter 
consisted  in  spraying  with  strong  whale  oil  and  tobacco  soap  solution,  and 
later  with  London  Purple  at  the  rates  of  one  pound  to  125  gallons  of  water. 
The  applications  were  satisfactorily  made,  but  proved  ineffective.  The 
first  did  not  prevent  the  attacks  of  the  beetles  at  all,  and  while  the  second 
resulted  in  the  poisoning  of  many  of  the  beetles  as  indicated  by  the  find- 
ing of  dead  ones  on  the  ground,  it  was  of  little  value  in  limiting  the  on- 
slaught. Prof.  Riley  deduced  from  his  experiments  that  it  was  practically 
impossible  to  protect  large  trees  from  Lachnosterna.  It  was  shown  also 
that  the  beetles  came  from  the  ground  near  the  trees,  and  appear  to  have 
a  predilection  for  newly  transplanted  trees.  The  injury  consisted  in  the 
gnawing  off  of  the  leaves  at  the  base  of  the  petiole. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


136  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

The  paper  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Fernovv.  Riley,  Schwarz,  Howard 
and  Mann. 

In  a  paper  entitled  "Notes  on  Xyleborus,"  Mr.  Schwarz  commented 
upon  the  discovery  of  a  wild  food-plant  of  Xyleborus  dispar  (pyri}.  This 
Scolytid  had  been  found  quite  recently  in  the  vicinity  boring  and  oviposit- 
ing in  young  shoots  of  Liriodendron  tulipifentm.  In  the  same  branches 
another  species,  X.  tacliygraphns,  was  discovered,  and  Mr.  Schwarz  ex- 
hibited and  described  its  galleries.  Discussion  followed  by  Messrs.  Riley, 
Schwarz,  Ashmead  and  Fernow. 

Mr.  Howard  read  a  paper  entitled,  "  The  Habits  of  Eurytoma,"  in  which 
he  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  heretofore  the  generally-surmised  para- 
sitic habit  of  the  members  of  this  genus  had  never  been  conclusively 
shown;  and  the  close  relationship  of  Eurytoma  with  the  Phytophagic 
genus  Isosoma  would  lead  to  the  inference  that  the  former  might  be,  in 
part  at  least,  inquilines-and  riot  true  parasites.  The  following  of  a  certain 
species  from  the  larval  stage  to  the  pupal,  in  which  they  were  at  once 
recognized  as  a  species  of  Eurytoma*  settled  in  one  instance  at  least  the 
question  of  larval  habit.  An  Oak  gall,  Cynips  Oiiercns-pnunis,  was  found, 
on  cutting  it  open  May  lyth,  to  contain  six  full  grown  parasitic  larva;,  af- 
terwards determined  as  given  above,  and  the  remains  of  a  larva  which 
they  had  nearly  devoured. 
The  paper  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Riley,  Howard  and  Ashmead. 

C.  L.  MARLATT, 

Recording  Secretary. 


DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  LARVA  OF  GORTVNA  NITELA  GUEN.  AND  ITS 
VARIETY  NEBRIS. — Length  full  grown  i^  inches.  Uniform  pale  honey- 
yellow.  Head  dark  honey-yellow,  shining,  bearing  a  few  scattered,  erect 
hairs.  Mouth  parts  and  a  small  spot  on  cheeks  castaneous.  Dorsal  sur- 
face of  second  segment  pale  brown,  shining,  shaded  laterally  with  blackish 
brown.  Feet  and  stigmata  black;  segments  three  to  eleven  each  with 
four  brownish  gray  spots  on  the  dorsum,  the  anterior  larger  and  closer 
together  than  the  posterior;  each  spot  bearing  a  single  erect  hair;  the 
twelfth  segment  having  four  quadrate  spots  of  the  same  color,  larger  than 
the  rest.  A  brownish  gray  spot  just  behind  each  stigma.  Posterior  seg- 
ment slightly  rugose,  dark  honey-yellow,  margined  with  brownish  black; 
bases  of  anal  prolegs  pale  brown.  Feeds  in  the  stems  of  the  great  rag 
weed  (Ambrosia  trifida]  and  burdock  (.-lir/iiim.  fappa).  The  lame  went 
down  July  3oth,  and  the  images  emerged  August  2Sih. 

Two  broods  raised  this  season  by  my  friend,  P.  Stephens,  Montgomei  \ 
County,  exhibit  both  forms  about  evenly  divided. — C.  A.  B. 

*  The  images  obtained  later  proved  to  be  Eurytoma  prunicoln  Walsh. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  September  was  mailed  August  28,  1890. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 


VOL.    I. 


NOVEMBER,   1890. 


No.  9. 


CONTENTS: 


Fox — Aculeate  Hymenopteta 137 

Gillette — Oviposition  of  Anomalon 139 

P.  P.  C. — Elementary  Entomology 140 

Hamilton — Entomology  at  Longport.  ••   142 
Beutenmuller — Preparatory    stages    of 
Datana  Contracta 144 


Notes  and  News 145 

Entomological  Literature 147 

Doings  of  Societies 150 


Three  new  species  of  Aculeate  Hymenoptera. 

BY  WILLIAM  J.    FOX. 

Sphex  Isodontia  macrocephalus  n.  sp. 

9  . — Black;  head  large,  subquadrate,  covered  with  long,  erect, 
black  hairs,  sparsely  punctured,  more  closely  so  on  the  face  and 
clypeus;  clypeus  carinated;  labrum  and  mandibles  smooth  and 
shining,  the  former  rounded  in  front,  with  a  slight  pit  on  each 
side  of  the  slight  carina  anteriorly.  Thorax  finely  punctured, 
covered  with  long,  erect,  black  hairs;  disc  with  a  distinct  im- 
pressed line,  extending  from  base  to  centre,  scutellum  not  closely 
punctured;  tegulae  smooth,  impunctured;  legs  shining,  posterior 
surface  of  hind  tibiae  with  sericeous  pile.  Wings  blue-black, 
shining,  the  marginal  cell  with  the  tip  obtuse,  the  third  submar- 
ginal  rounded  at  tip.  Petiole  finely,  but  not  closely  punctured; 
with  long,  erect  hairs  ;  the  remaining  segments  of  the  abdomen 
smooth,  shining,  with  a  few  scattered,  punctured  beneath,  and 
last  segment  with  a  few  scattered  hairs.  Length  .80  inch. 

One  specimen.     Collected  in   Fairmount  Park,    Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  during  1889. 


138  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

Miscophus  americamis  n.  sp. 

9  . — Black;  face,  cheeks  and  thorax  covered  with  silvery  pile, 
very  dense  on  the  clypeus  and  sides  of  the  thorax;  head  wider 
than  the  thorax,  very  finely  and  closely  punctured,  a  distinct  lon- 
gitudinal impressed  line,  extending  from  lower  ocellus  almost  to 
base  of  clypeus;  clypeus  divided  into  three  parts,  the  latter 
rounded  in  front,  the  central  part  largest;  thorax  very  finely 
punctured;  the  tegulae  slightly  brownish,  impunctured;  meta- 
thorax  with  slightly  heavier  punctures,  with  a  well  defined,  raised, 
central  line  extending  from  base  to  apex;  legs  sparsely  covered 
with  silvery  pile,  more  dense  on  the  tarsi;  wings  hyaline,  the  an- 
terior pair  with  a  darker  apical  margin  iridescent;  marginal  cell 
rounded  beneath,  acuminate  at  tip,  the  second  recurrent  nervure 
received  by  the  second  submarginal  cell  near  its  apex;  abdomen 
smooth  and  shining,  very  finely  punctured,  the  apical  margins 
of  the  first  to  fourth  segment  above  with  silvery  pile,  more  dense 
laterally,  beneath,  the  second  and  third  segments  with  sparse, 
sericeous  pile,  more  obvious  on  the  posterior  margins,  venter 
with  a  few  long,  black  hairs.  Length  .18  inch. 

One  specimen.     Camden  County,  N.  J.,  July  29,  1890. 

This  is  the  first  species  of  this  genus  known  to  occur  in  North 
America,  and  should  be  placed  in  the  Larridae,  after  the  genus 
Pison.  It  can  be  distinguished  by  possessing  only  two  submar- 
ginal cells. 

Photopsis  Cressoni  n.  sp. 

£  . — Black;  clothed  with  long,  erect,  pale  hair;  head  finely 
punctured;  thorax  distinctly  punctured,  much  more  strongly  and 
deeper  on  the  dorsulum  and  scutellum;  metathorax  with  very 
large,  deep  punctures;  subtruncate  behind;  wings  fuscous,  nearly 
hyaline  at  base,  iridescent  in  certain  lights,  first  recurrent  nervure 
received  by  the  second  submarginal  cell,  between  its  base  and 
middle,  subcostal  nervure  irfcurved,  so  that  it  touches  the  costal 
nervure;  nervures  and  stigma  black,  the  latter  and  the  costal  and 
subcostal  nervures  very  much  so;  abdomen  shining,  finely,  but 
not  closely  punctured,  the  second  segment  contracted  at  apex, 
beneath  the  second  segment  is  deeply  punctured,  the  third  to 
seventh  ventral  segments  almost  entirely  smooth,  polished. 
Length  .25  inch. 

One  specimen,  Camden  County,  N.  J.,  Sept.  9,  1890. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  139 

This  species  is,  I  believe,  the  first  known  to  have  been  captured 
in  the  eastern  United  States,  and  can  be  at  once  distinguished  by 
its  entirely  black  color.  It  belongs  to  Blake's  Division  II,  hav- 
ing two  submarginal  cells,  and  the  first  segment  of  abdomen 
being  nearly  sessile  with  the  second. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  dedicate  this  species  to  Mr.  E. 
T.  Cresson,  whose  labors  have  done  much  to  advance  the  study 
of  the  North  American  Hymenoptera. 

o 

OVIPOSITION  OF  ANOMALON  SP.* 

BY    C.    P.    GILLETTE. 

While  passing  an  apple  tree  on  August  i8th,  last,  on  which 
were  a  brood  of  Datana  ministra  larvae  about  one-third  grown, 
my  attention  was  attracted  by  the  presence  of  a  large  hymenop- 
terous  parasite  busily  ovipositing  in  their  soft  bodies,  and,  ap- 
parently, much  to  their  discomfort.  The  parasite  was  a  large 

black  Anomalon  sp.  not  in  my  col- 
lection, unless,  possibly,  it  is  a  va- 
riety of  A.  pallitarse  Cress.  It  dif- 
fers from  Cresson' s  description  of 
this  species  by  having  its  middle  and 
hind  pairs  of  legs  black,  and  its  face,  antennae  and  front  pair  of 
legs  entirely  yellow. 

This  parasite  was  so  intent  upon  her  work  that  she  did  not 
leave  when  I  pulled  the  limb  down  close  to  my  face  so  that  I  could 
distinctly  watch  operations.  The  entire  brood  of  larvae  were  ap- 
parently alarmed  and  were  striking  their  heads  violently  from  side 
to  side  to  frighten  away  their  enemy.  The  parasite  stood  upon 
a  leaf  in  easy  reach  of  a  number  of  her  victims  watching  their 
movements,  and,  as  soon  as  one  became  quiet  enough,  she  would 
quickly  thrust  it  with  her  sharp  ovipositor.  The  manner  in 
which  this  was  done  was  what  especially  interested  me.  I  had 
supposed  that  these  parasites  would  stand  upon  or  above  their 
victims  and  thrust  (jown  upon  them,  but  such  was  not  her  man- 
ner. I  was  reminded  of  one  who  fences,  and,  with  a  quick  thrust 
straight  in  front,  pierces  his  combatant.  This  insect  stood  upon 
her  two  back  pairs  of  legs,  the  front  pair  not  being  put  to  any 

*  Read  before  the  Iowa  Academy  of  Science,  at  Des  Moines,  Sept.  5,  1890. 


140  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

use.  The  long  abdomen  was  bent  under  the  thorax  and  between 
the  legs,  and  the  thrusts  were  made  straight  in  front  of  the  face. 
As  the  abdomen  was  brought  forward  the  short  ovipositor  pointed 
straight  in  front  like  the  index  finger.  See  illustration. 

The  larvae  when  pierced  did  not  drop  to  the  ground,  but  threw 
their  heads  higher  in  the  air  and  ejected  a  dark  colored  liquid. 
So  far  as  I  saw  but  one  egg  was  deposited  in  each. 


-o- 


ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Fifth  Paper. — THE  THORAX,  THE  LEGS. 


The  second  region  of  an  insect's  (imago's)  body  is  the  thorax. 
To  it  are  usually  attached  three  pairs  of  legs  and  two  pairs  of 
wings.  It  is  composed  of  three  segments.  The  first  segment, 
articulating  with  the  occiput  in  front,  is  the  prothorax,  which 
bears  the  first  pair  of  legs.  The  second  segment  is  the  mesothorax, 
bearing  the  second  pair  of  legs  and  the  first  pair  of  wings.  The 
third  segment  is  the  metathorax,  bearing  the  third  pair  of  legs 
and  the  second  pair  of  wings. 

Typically,  each  segment  of  the  thorax  consists  primarily  of 
four  parts,  a  dorsal  part  (tergum-  or  notum),  a  ventral  part  (ster- 
num}, and  on  each  side,  between  the  tergum  and  the  sternum,  a 
pleurum* 

The  prefixes  pro-,  me  so-  and  meta-  are  used  before  notuni  and 
sternum  to  denote  the  notum  and  sternum  of  the  prothorax, 
mesothorax  and  metathorax  respectively. 

' '  The  tergum  of  each  thoracic  segment  is  composed  typically 
of  four  sclerites.  These  are  arranged  in  a  linear  series.  They 
are  named,  beginning  with  the  first  or  most  cephalic,  prtzscutum, 
scutum,  scutellum  and  post-scutellum.  In  the  prothorax  the  su- 
tures between  these  four  sclerites  are  in  many  cases  obsolete,  the 
pronotum  appearing  to  be  composed  of  a  single  sclerite.  In 
beetles  and  bugs  the  scutellum  of  the  mesothorax  is  usually  quite 
conspicuous,  appearing  as  a  more  or  less  nearly  triangular  piece 
between  the  first  pair  of  wings  at  their  base.  '  Most  entomological 

*  Tergum,  sternum  and  pleurum,  with  their  adjectives  tergal,  sternal  and  pleural  are 
sometimes  used  to  denote  respectively  the  dorsal,  ventral  and  lateral  parts  of  the  entire 
body  of  an  insect.  In  such  cases  the  terms  tergite,  sternite  and//t'«r/te,  are  applied  to  the 
dorsal,  ventral  and  lateral  parts  of  each  segment. 


1 890.] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


writers  refer  to  this  sclerite  as  M«?  scutellum.    Of  the  four  sclerites 

which  compose  the  tergal  portion  of 
each  thoracic  segment,  the  scutum  is 
usually  the  largest;  the  scutellum  is  the 
second  in  importance  ;  while  the  prae- 
scutum  and  the  post-scutellum  are  fre- 
quently but  little  developed' '  (Comstock) 
The  sternum  consists  of  but  one 

Fig.  10.   Diagram  of  a  thoracic     sclerite. 

segment  (after  Comstock).  The  sderites    of  the    pleurum   are  the 

a,   prfescutum  ;    o,  scutum  ;   c, 

scutellum ;  d,  post  scutellum ;  e,    episternum  and  the  epimeron,  and  some- 

episternum;/,  epimeron  :jf,  par-     timeg    a    th}rd      fa>  parapterOH.        Their 

apteron  ;  z,  sternum  ;  a,  6,  c  and  d,  _  _  _ 

taken  together  form  the  tergum  ;     position    IS    shown  in  fig.    IO.       The  par- 

e,  f  and  g,  taken  together  form    apteron   in  different  groups  of  insects 

the  pleurum. 

has  also  been  called  the  tegula,  scapula 

and  patagium.     The  thoracic  spiracles*  pierce  a  small  piece  of 
the  pleurum  called  the  peritreme. 

Attached  to  the  thorax  are  the  organs  of  locomotion — the  legs 
and  the  wings. 

The  leg,  or  the  foot  of  an  insect,  as  it  is  indifferently  called, 
consists  of  five  parts,  the  coxa,  trochanter,  feimir,  tibia  and  tarsus. 
The  coxa,  or  hip  joint,  is  the  basal  part,  and  is  attached  to  its 

thoracic  segment  near  the  lateral  border  of 
the  sternum,  sometimes  so  firmly  as  to  be  im- 
movable. A  small  sclerite  is  sometimes  found 
between  the  coxa  and  the  epimeron,  called 
the  trochantin.  The  trochanter  is  between 
the  coxa  and  the  femur,  or  thigh.  The  fourth 
part  is  the  tibia,  or  shank,  and  the  terminal  or 
fifth  part  is  the  tarsus,  consisting  of  from  one 
to  six  joints.  Usually  the  leg  of  an  insect  is 
armed  with  spines,  or  clothed  with  hairs. 
The  spines  at  the  apex  of  the  tibia  are  usually 
longer  than  the  others,  and  receive  the  dis- 
tinctive name  of  tibial  spines,  or  tibial  spurs. 
The  last  joint  of  the  tarsus  bears  one  or  two  tarsal  claws,  nails, 
or  unguiculi.  On  the  ventral  surface  of  the  joints  of  the  tarsus 
are  often  ' '  cushions  of  short  hair  or  of  membrane,  capable  of 


Fig.  ii.  Leg  of  an 
insect. 

a,  coxa;  />,  trochanter; 
c,  femur;  d,  tibia;  e, 
tibial  spurs  ;_/",  tarsus  of 
five  joints;  g,  tarsal 
nails. 


:  See  page  71  of  this  volume  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 


142  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [November, 

inflation,  or  concave  plates,  which  act  so  as  to  produce  a  vacuum 
and  thus  enable  the  insect  to  walk  on  the  lower  surface  of  objects 
(Comstock)."  These  cushions  are  termed  pulvilli,  or  onychii. 
The  pulvillus  of  the  last  joint  very  often  projects  so  as  to  appear 
between  the  tarsal  claws;  it  is  the  pulvillus.  When,  as  sometimes 
is  the  case,  the  last  tarsal  joint  has  two  pulvilli,  one  under  each 
claw,  there  may  be  between  them  a  third  piece  of  similar  structure 
—the  empodium. 

The  first  pair  of  legs  is  directed  forwards,  the  other  two  pairs 
backwards.  The  first  pair  of  legs  is  sometimes  aborted,  in  which 
case  the  second  pair  is  directed  forwards. 

The  true,  or  thoracic  legs,  may  or  may  not  exist  in  the  larva. 
When  they  do  exist  they  are  jointed.  False,  or  abdominal  legs, 
are  found  both  in  larvae  and  images,  and  will  be  referred  to  in 
treating  of  the  abdomen.  P.  P.  C. 


-o — 


ENTOMOLOGY  AT  LONGPORT,  N.  J. 

BY  JOHN    HAMILTON,   M.D. 

Longport  is  on  the  southern  end  of  the  island  on  which  Atlantic 
City  is  situate,  from  which  it  is  distant  about  six  miles.  This 
part  of  the  island  is  narrow,  and  the  space  between  the  ocean  and 
the  bay  is  a  succession  of  sandhills  without  any  extensive  salt 
marshes.  The  sides  of  many  of  these  dunes  and  intervening 
depressions  support  an  interesting  flora,  much  of  which  is  strictly 
maritime,  and  blooms  during  this  month,  attracting  several  spe- 
cies of  Lepidoptera  and  many  beautiful  Hymenoptera.  The 
native  species  of  Coleoptera  are  few  in  comparison  with  the  num- 
ber on  Brigantine  Beach,  where  there  are  extensive  salt  meadows, 
and  where  I  could  have  taken  two  hundred  or  more  species  with 
no  more  labor  than  was  expended  in  collecting  the  forty-seven  at 
Longport.  The  species  not  formerly  taken  at  Brigantine,  for 
which  see  Smith's  Catalogue  of  the  Insects  of  New  Jersey — were 
Cicindela  marginata  Fab. ,  which  was  somewhat  abundant  among 
the  sand-hills  with  repanda  and  hirticollis;  two  forms  of  Cercyon 
occurring  together  in  great  numbers  in  and  under  decaying  sea- 
grass  deposited  on  sandy  places  by  the  bay  tide,  one  of  which, 
on  comparison  with  Swedish  specimens,  seems  to  be  C.  littoralc 
Gyll. ,  and  the  other  apparently  only  differing  by  having  the  apex 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  143 

of  the  elytra  pale;  Xantholinus pusillns  Sachse,  which  greatly  re- 
sembles an  undescribed  maritime  species  from  Florida,  but  which, 
like  emmesus,  has  only  five  punctures  in  the  dorsal  series  of  the 
thorax;  and  Geotrupes  Horni  Blanch.,  dug  from  holes  under 
mushrooms  on  the  main  land.  Several  examples  of  Euphoria 
areata  Fab.  were  taken  on  the  wing  among  the  sand-hills  on  the 
gth,  loth  and  nth,  but  none  afterward. 

The  Lepidoptera  and  Orthoptera  are  the  same  as  on  Brigantine, 
but  here  seems  to  be  a  metropolis  of  the  larger  aculeate  Hymen- 
optera — Apidse,  Andrenidae,  Vespidae,  Sphecidae,  etc.,  but  not 
having  studied  this  order  much,  I  know  few  of  the  species.-  In- 
spired with  a  sudden  interest  by  reason  of  their  great  variety, 
activity  and  beauty,  I  collected  them  one  sunny  afternoon,  and 
found  I  had  twenty-seven  species  from  one-half  to  two  inches  in 
length — a  beautiful  collection.  Stung?  Of  course  I  got  stung; 
in  fact,  I  was  stung,  I  think,  at  least  once  by  every  species  col- 
lected, but  the  fascination  of  capturing  such  charming  creatures 
is  so  great  one  does  not  greatly  mind  this  after  the  first  three  or 
four  stings,  as  the  sensibility  of  the  thumb  and  finger  of  the  hand 
used  in  transferring  them  from  the*  net  to  the  bottle  becomes 
greatly  obtused.  The  sensation  produced  by  the  sting  of  each 
species  is  mostly  appreciatively  different,  so  much  so,  that  with  a 
little  experimenting,  without  seeing  them,  their  differentiation 
might  not  be  difficult.  The  sting  of  such  species  as  use  this 
organ  merely  defensively  causes  simply  pain  in  varying  degrees, 
while  that  of  such  as  use  it  in  addition  in  the  capture  of  prey, 
produces,  after  the  momentary  pain  of  the  thrust,  a  numbness 
more  or  less  paralizing  to  the  hand,  and  often  lasting  a  whole 
day.  To  this  class  belongs  the  beautiful  Mutilla  occidentalis , 
whose  sting  is  near  half  an  inch  in  length,  and  the  feeling  it  causes 
so  painful  and  persistently  benumbing  that,  I  confess,  I  would  not 
care  to  come  in  contact  with  it  at  close  intervals. 

Unlike  the  honey  bee,  these  insects  never  leave  a  sting  in  the 
wound,  and  the  same  individual  can  use  this  weapon  any  desired 
number  of  times,  an  accomplishment  that  might  be  of  some  prac- 
tical use  in*case  stinging  should  be  adopted  as  a  remedial  meas- 
ure in  Legitimate  Medicine,  as  is  quite  possible.  The  honey  bee 
has  often  been  used  by  empirics  with  good  results,  it  is  claimed, 
in  the  treatment  of  rheumatism,  neuralgia,  forms  of  local  paraly- 
sis and  various  diseases,  and  cases  have  lately  been  reported  in 


144  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

medical  journals  by  legitimate  practitioners  to  the  same  effect, 
but  the  honey  bee  might  not  be  the  most  efficacious;  in  fact,  each 
species  may  be  possessed  of  a  different  potentiality  and  better 
adapted  to  the  treatment  of  one  disease  than  to  that  of  another, 
which  might  be  readily  determined  by  a  little  empirical  experi- 
menting, and  quite  probably  the  greatest  remedial  virtues  would 
be  found  in  the  species  producing  numb  and  paralyzing  effects. 
Treatment  of  this  kind  can  best  be  conducted  in  a  hospital,  and 
as  Hymenoptera  of  the  most  desirable  species  are  abundant  in 
many  places  on  the  coast  and  easily  cultivated,  the  establishment 
there  of  an  enkentric  sanitarium  is  not  a  future  improbability, 
and  in  connection  with  pure  ocean  air,  hot  or  cold  sea-water 
baths  and  other  adjuvants,  could  scarcely  be  else  than  meritori- 
ously popular. 


-o- 


DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PREPARATORY  STAGES 
OF  DATANA  CONTRACTA  Walker. 

BY  WM.   BEUTENMULLER. 

EGG. — Same  as  that  of  Datana  ministra  Dr.  Laid  in  masses 
of  twenty-five  to  fifty,  on  the  underside  of  leaf. 

YOUNG  LARVA. — I  have  made  no  record  of  this  stage. 

AFTER  FIRST  MOULT. — Head  jet-black,  shining,  as  is  also  the 
cervical  shield.  Body  brown,  with  four  very  pale  yellow  stripes 
along  each  side  and  three  beneath.  Abdominal  legs  dull  orange 
with  darker  bands.  Thoracic  feet  and  anal  clasps  and  plates  jet- 
black. 

AFTER  SECOND  MOULT. — Appearance  yellow.  Head  same  as 
in  the  previous  moult.  Body  more  reddish  brown,  also  the  cer- 
vical shield.  The  stripes  are  comparatively  broad,  the  space 
between  being  somewhat  narrower.  The  feet  are  also  reddish 
brown,  also  the  tips  of  the  abdominal  legs. 

AFTER  THIRD  MOULT. — Head  and  cervical  shield  jet-black, 
shining.  Body  color  pitchy  brown,  covered  sparsely  with  sordid 
white  hairs.  The  stripes  are  now  sordid  white  and  equidistant, 
and  as  broad  as  the  intervening  spaces,  except  the  dorsal  space, 
which  is  the  widest.  Body  beneath  concolorous  to  the  above, 
with  the  three  stripes  much  narrower  than  the  intervening  spaces. 
On  the  4th,  5th,  loth  and  nth  segments  are  two  reddish  brown 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  145 

patches.  Abdominal  legs  reddish  brown  with  black  corneous 
bands.  Thoracic  feet  and  anal  clasp  jet-black.  Length  30  mm. 
AFTER  FOURTH  MOULT — Mature  Larva. — The  cervical  shield 
now  becomes  orange-yellow  and  the  stripes  creamy-white,  other- 
wise the  same  as  in  the  previous  stage.  Length  when  full  grown 

55  mm- 

FOOD  PLANTS. — Various  species  of  Oaks  {Quercus)  Chestnut 

{Castania)  and  Hickory  {Hickoria).     Single  brooded. 


Notes  and. 


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THE  following  four  species  of  Pompilidse  were  captured  in  the  act  of 
carrying  off  spiders  during  the  last  season,  viz.:  Pompilits  cethiops  Cr., 
digutfatus  Fab.,  marginatus  Say,  Priocnemis  pomiliiis  Cr. — W.  J.  Fox. 

WE  have  received  from  Mr.  Wiley,  of  Miles  City,  Mont.,  a  fine  photo- 
graph of  what  is  supposed  to  be  the  larva  of  Coloradia  pandora  Blake. 
The  caterpillar  was  found  feeding  on  sage  brush.  Mr.  Wiley  describes  it 
as  follows:  Mature  larva. — Color  all  black,  spines  shiny  and  sting  the  hand 
like  Hyperchiria  io.  Pupa  somewhat  resembles  io,  but  smaller,  and  not 
so  robust.  Pupa  nearly  black.  Pupa  rotted. 

THE  second  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  of  Official  Economic 
Entomologists  will  be  held  at  the  University  Buildings,  Champaign,  111., 
November  nth  to  isth,  proximo,  at  the  same  time  and  place  as  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Association  of  Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experiment  Stations. 
The  committee  on  Entomology  of  the  latter  association  will  meet  at  the 
same  time.  Members  expecting  to  attend  will  confer  a  favor  upon  the 
officers  if  they  will  announce  the  fact,  and  will  send  titles  of  papers  to  be 
read,  or  topics  they  desire  discussed,  to  the  Secretary.  All  are  earnestly 
urged  to  be  present  if  possible. — J.  B.  SMITH,  Sec.,  New  Brunswick,  X.  J. 


146  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [November, 

ALLOW  me  to  call  your  attention  to  an  error  which  appeared  in  ENTO- 
MOLOGICAL NEWS  for  May,  and  which  I  think  is  worth  correcting.  The 
Erebia  which  Mr.  J.  D.  Evans  collected  at  Sudbury,  in  1889,  was  not  epip- 
sodea,  but  discoidalis,  a  much  rarer  species,  and  hitherto  only  taken  many 
degrees  further  North.  Mr.  Evans  took  five  specimens  in  all,  and  all  on 
the  same  day,  and  one  or  two  were  also  taken  by  Dr.  E.  D.  Peters,  Jr. 
I  have  recently  heard  from  Mr.  Evans  in  reference  to  his  collecting  during 
the  past  season,  but  no  specimens  of  this  interesting  species  were  obtained 
there  this  year.  H.  H.  LYMAN. 

1  DESIRE  to  state  in  regard  to  my  own  observations  of  the  cocoons  of 
Callosomia  angulifera,  that  during  the  Winter  of  1889-90,  I  collected,  on 
the  Catawissa  Mountain  at  an  altitude  of  1800  feet,  77  cocoons  of  what  I 
supposed  to  be  C.  proniethea,  all  of  which  were  suspended  on  Sassafras 
and  Wild  Cherry  by  a  silken  cord  covering  the  foot-stalk  of  the  leaf  and 
firmly  attached  to  the  twig.  Of  these  12  did  not  hatch;  from  29  there 
emerged  ichneumon  parasites,  and  from  the  remaining  36  I  succeeded  in 
obtaining  27 promethea  and  9  angiilifera,  all  females.'  I  never  looked  for 
or  found  a  cocoon  of  angulifera  on  the  ground.  STEPHEN  BALDV, 

Catawissa,  Pa. 

DRAGONFLIES  CONGREGATING  AT  NIGHT.— Prof.  D.  S.  Kellicott,  of  the 
Ohio  State  University,  Columbus,  O.,  writes,  in  a  letter  of  Sept.  16,  1890, 
"  In  your  observations  of  Dragonflies,  have  you  found  them  congregating 
at  night?  In  July  last  I  met,  several  times,  with  an  interesting  case. 
Hetcsrina  americana,  as  I  suppose,  I  have  not  compared  the  descriptions 
of  Walsh's  species,  along  the  Shiawassee  'River,  Michigan,  gathers  in 
great  numbers  on  plants  overhanging  the  river.  I  often  gathered  from 
twenty  to  thirty  by  one  sweep  of  the  net.  Sexes  mingled,  males  more 
numerous."  (with  Prof.  Kellicott's  permission. — P.  P.  C.) 

EDWARD  BAMBRICK,  32  years,  of  Lagrange,  near  Bustleton,  died  on 
Wednesday,  of  blood  poisoning,  caused  by  the  bite  of  a  green  caterpillar, 
Nearly  a  fortnight  ago  Bambrick  told  Policeman  Ashton,  of  Bustleton, 
that  he  had  been  bitten  on  the  neck  by  a  green  caterpillar  as  he  lay  on  the 
grass  in  front  of  his  own  home.  The  creature  inflicted  what  seemed  an 
insignificant  puncture,  which  bled  freely.  He  did  not  heed  the  wound 
until  some  time  after,  when  Dr.  Beyer  was  called  in.  Medical  skill  failed 
to  overcome  the  poison,  and  the  patient  died. — Philadelphia  Press. 

ANY  other  irritant  would  have  acted  in  the  same  way,  the  fault  was  in 
the  individual. — ED. 

OBITUARY. 

PETER  MAASEN,  of  Elberfield  and  Dusseldorf,  died  on  August  2d,  in 
his  eightieth  year.  Mr.  Maasen  was  well  known  through  his  writings  on 
Saturnidae,  of  which  he  made  a  specialty. 

Mr.  C.  G.  HALL  died  September  3d,  at  Bucland,  Dover,  England. 

WE  have  received  notice  of  the  death  of  Mr.  C.  Zeiller,  of  Regensberg, 
Bavaria. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  147 

Identification  of  Insects  (Jmagos)  for  Subscribers. 


Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions:  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  limited  to  twelve  (12)  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of 
transportation  and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological 
Society;  3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may 
be  announced  accordingly.  Such  identifications  as  can  be  given  will  be  published,  accord- 
ing to  number,  in  the  issues  of  the  NEWS.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS, 
Academy  Natural  Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


EDritorriological  Literature. 


JOURNAL  OF  THE  ASIATIC  SOCIETY  OF  BENGAL,  vol.  xix,  part  2,  1890. 
— Suppl.  No.  i,  Catalogue  of  the  Insecta  of  the  Oriental  Region.  No.  2, 
Family  Carabidse,  E.  T.  Atkinson. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  LINNEAN  SOCIETY  OF  NEW  SOUTH  WALES,  vol. 
iv,  pt.  3d. — Rhopalocera  from  Mt.  Kosciusko,  New  South  Wales,  by  A. 
Sidney  Oliff.  New  species  of  Lampyridse,  including  a  notice  of  the  Mt. 
\Vilson  Fire-fly,  by  A.  Sidney  Oliff.  Further  notes  on  Australian  COLE- 
OPTERA,  with  descriptions  of  new  genera  and  species,  pt.  4,  by  Rev.  T. 
Blackburn.  DIPTERA,  pt.  7,  the  Tipulidae  brevipalpi,  by  Fred.  A.  A. 
Skuse,  vol.  iv,  pt.  4th.  A  revision  of  the  Australian  species  of  Euploea, 
with  synonymic  notes  and  descriptions  of  new  species,  by  W.  H.  Meskin. 
On  Queensland  and  other  Australian  MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA,  with  localities 
and  descriptions  of  new  species,  by  Thomas  P.  Lucas.  Descriptions  of 
additional  Australian  Pyralidina,  by  E.  Meyrick.  Revision  of  Australian 
LEPIDOPTERA,  pt.  3,  by  E.  Meyrick.  Revision  of  the  genus  Heteronyx, 
with  descriptions  of  new  species,  by  Rev.  T.  Blackburn.  Notes  on  Aus- 
tralian COLEOPTERA,  with  descriptions  of  new  species,  pt.  4,  by  Rev.  T. 
Blackburn.  Studies  in  Australian  Entomology — No.  2,  Six  new  species 
of  Carabidae,  by  Thomas  G.  Sloane. 

ANNALS  AND  MAGAZINE  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  vol.  vi,  No.  33. — Notes 
on  Longicorn  COLEOPTERA  of  the  group  Cerambycidae,  with  descriptions 
of  new  genera  and  species,  by  Charles  J.  Gahan.  Descriptions  of  new 
species  of  African  Lycaenidse,  chiefly  from  the  collections  of  Dr.  Staud- 
inger  and  Henley  Grose  Smith,  by  W.  F.  Kirby. 

THE  APPLE  MAGGOT,  Trypeta  pomonella. — A  consideration  of  the  lit- 
erature, history,  distribution,  transformation,  life-history  and  habits  of  this 
insect;  also  remedies.  The  results  of  investigations  made  in  1888-89,  by 
F.  L.  Harvey,  M.  S.  This  interesting  paper  is  fully  illustrated  by  four 
plates,  with  a  number  of  figures. 

NEW  TYPES  OF  COCKROACHES  FROM  THE  CARBONIFEROUS  DEPOSITS 
OF  THE  U.  S. — New  carboniferous  Myriapoda  from  Illinois.  Illustrations 
of  the  carboniferous  Arachnida  of  North  America,  of  the  orders  Anthra- 
comarti  and  Pedipalpi.  The  insects  of  the  Triassic  beds  at  Fairplay, 


148  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

Col.,  from  Memoirs  Boston  Society  Natural  History,  by  S.  H.  Scudder, 
72  pages  and  12  fine  plates  ;  new  genera  and  species  are  described. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  October,  1890. — Additions  to  the  British  list  of 
Deltoids,  Pyralides,  Crambi,  since  1859  (with  plates),  by  Richard  South. 
Abundance  of  LEPIDOPTERA  in  New  Zealand,  by  \Y.  \Y.  Smith.  Notes 
on  Teniocampa  opiina,  byj.  Arkle.  Contributions  to  the  chemistry  of 
insect  colors,  by  F.  H.  Perry  Coste.  The  \Yestman  Islands,  by  Rev.  Dr. 
F.  A.  \Yalker.  The  alteration  of  the  name  of  Indian  Geometrid  Moth, 
by  A.  G.  Butler.  Entomological  papers  in  Continental  Periodicals,  by 
\Y.  \Yarren.  Entomological  notes,  captures,  etc.  Doings  of  Societies, 
Reviews. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  October,  1890. — Classifi- 
cation (concluded),  by  A.  F.  Griffith.  Occurrence  of  Plusia  moneta  Fab. 
in  Great  Britain,  by  C.  G.  Barrett.  Eulepia  cribrum.  by  Rev.  E.  N. 
Bloomfield.  Apatura  isis  by  J.  E.  Mason.  Note  on  the  food  of  Drymo- 
nia  dodoncea,  by  \Y.  R.  Jeffrey.  Re-occurrence  of  Epischnia  Bankesieila 
at  Portland,  by  N.  M.  Richardson.  Occurrence  in  Dorset  of  .5".  subse- 
qitatia,  H.  and  Jf.  rufimitrana  H.  S.,  id.  Notes  from  the  Red  Sea,  by  J. 
J.  Walker.  The  life-history  of  the  new  Tinagma  (  T.  betide?}  of  the  Birch", 
by  J.  H.  Wood.  Description  of  T.  betulcz  n.  sp.,  by  H.  T.  Stainton. 
Some  remarks  on  the  genus  Xylophilus,  with  descriptions  of  two  new 
species  from  Japan,  by  G.  C.  Champion.  Two  species  of  Psocidae  new 
to  Britain,  by  R.  McLachlan.  ^Eschna  juncea  L.  near  Ringwood,  id. 
Gymnancyla  canella  in  September,  by  A.  E.  Hall.  Aplota  palpella  in 
Wilts,  by  E.  Meyrick.  Hybernation  of  bimtzthis  pariana,  by  B.  A. 
Bower.  Gyrinus  urinator  at  Swange,  by  C.  H.  Goodman.  Carabns 
glabratus  Payk.  in  Ireland,  by  Rev.  Canon  Fowler.  Creophilus  maxil- 
losus  v.  ciliaris  Steph.,  by  H.  S.  Donnisthorpe.  Athous  rhombeusQ\.  at 
Cobham  Park,  by  J.  Malings.  Note  on  Scopceus  erichsoni  and  Hodro- 
poms  dai-isii,  by  \Y.  G.  Blaurh.  Coleoptera  in  the  New  Forest,  by  Rev. 
Theo.  Wood.  Quedius  tristis  predaceous,  by  Prof.  W.  R.  Kilburne. 
Obituary-.  Societies. 

THE  YOUNG  NATURALIST,  October,  1890. — The  Pterophorina,  byj.  \Y. 
Tuft.  Coleoptera  at  Guestling,  by  A.  Ford.  Pieris  brassier  pupae  lying 
over,  by  James  Dixon.  Lithosia  sericea,  by  Joseph  Collins.  Nonagria 
typhe,  by  G.  Pullen.  Hydcecia  petasites,  by  Joseph  Collins.  Noctua 
dohlii,  by  A.  E.  Hall.  Agrotis  agathina,  by  Joseph  Collins.  Rumia 
cratcegata,  var.,  by  A.  E.  Hall.  Hawk  moths,  by  C.  \Y.  Dale. 

MEMOIRES  SUR  LES  LEPIDOPTERES  REDIGES  par  N.  M.  Romanoff,  tome 
4.  Le  Pamir  et  La  Faune  Lepidopterologique  par  Gr.  Groum-Grshimailo. 
Illustrated  with  21  magnificent  colored  plates  with  many  figures,  575  pp. 
St.  Petersburg,  1890. 

RECUEIL  ZOOLOGIQUE  SUISSE,  v.  No.  2,  July,  1890. — The  histological 
disposition  of  the  pigment  in  the  eyes  of  Arthropods  under  the  influence 
of  direct  light  and  of  complete  obscurity,  by  Mile.  M.  Stefanowska,  2  pi. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  149 

ZOOLOGISCHER  AxzEiGER,  Sept.  i,  1890. — On  a  peculiar  organ  in  the 
embryo  of  Locustidse,  by  \V.  M.  \Vheeler. 

JAHRBUCH  DES  XATURHISTORISCHEN  LAXDES-MUSEUMS  vox  KARXTEX 
20  heft,  Klagenfurt,  1889. — The  Lepidoptera  of  the  Lavantthal,  and  of 
both  Alps  Kor  and  Saualpe,  by  G.  Hofner.  On  Carinthian  Hymenop- 
tera,*  by  E.  Liegel. 

ZEITSCHRIFT  FUR  \VISSENSCHAFTLICHE  ZOOLOGIE,  L,  1890. — Re- 
searches on  the  Structure  of  Spermatozoa:  The  spermatozoa  of  insects 
(I.  Coleoptera),  by  E.  Ballowitz,  4  plates.  The  development  of  the 
sexual  organs  and  the  intestine  in  Chironomus,  by  R.  Ritter,  i  plate. 

KNTOMOLOGISCHE  XACHRICHTEX,  xvi.  Xos.  17  and  18.  September,  '90. 
—New  West  African  Orthoptera  from  Kribi,  collected  by  H.  Lieut.  Mor- 
gen,*  F.  Karsch;  4  woodcuts;  Morgenia,  Matczus,  Chondrodera,  Licheno- 
chrtts,  Jlonnotus,  Liocentrnin,  Opisthodicnis,  Toinias,  Lagarodes,  Sten- 
ainpy.v,  Pantecphylus,  Polyglochin,  Habrocomes,  new  gen.  Synopsis  of 
the  trispinous  species  of  Sphenoptera  of  Europe  and  the  Caucasus.*  by 
E.  Reitter.  A  Review  of  Scudder's  Butterflies  of  the  Eastern  United 
States  and  Canada,  by  A.  Speyer. 

SlTZUXGSBERICHTE    DER     X'ATVRFORSCHER    GESELLSCHAFT    BEI     DER 

UXIVERSITAT  DORPAT,  ix,  i  heft  (18891,  1890. — Four  papers  on  Livonian 
Diptera,  by  H.  Sintenis.  Observations  on  Tardigrada,  by  H.  Rywosch. 

MlTTHEILL'XGEN"  DER  ScHWEIZERISCHEN  EXTOMOLOGISCHEN  GESELL- 
SCHAFT, viii,  Xo.  5,  August,  1890. — Three  papers  on  Swiss  Bombus.  by 
Frey-Gessner.  Xotes  on  Swiss  Xeuroptera,  by  F.  Ris.  Two  new  genera 
of  Tryphonidae,*  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer;  Aethalodes,  Bremia  n.  gen.  (from 
Europe).  Diptera  Helvetiae,  by  Dr.  G.  Schoch;  ist  part.  Coleoptera 
Helvetiae,  by  Dr.  Stierlin  (continued). 

BOLLETIXO  DEI  MUSEI  DI  ZOOLOGIA  ED.  AXATOMIA  COMPARATA  DELLA 

R.  UXIVERSITA  DI  TORINO,  X.  78. — Diagnoses  of  new  species  of  Diptera 
[from  Italy]*,  by  Dr.  Giglio-Tos. 

Xo.  84. — Xew  species  of  Diptera  from  the  Zoological  Museum  of  To- 
rino,* by  Dr.  Giglio-Tos;  i  plate;  Ditoinyia  zonata,  D.  ine.vicana,  Orizaba, 
Mexico,  n.  sp.,  figs.  6  and  7. 

Xo.  85. — On  a  mode  of  preserving  the  larvae  of  Lepidoptera  with  their 
colors,  by  F.  Crosa. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEIGER,  Sept.  15,  1890. — Some  observations  con- 
cerning the  closed  tracheal  system  in  insect  larvae  by  Dr.  H.  Dewitz. 

YERHAXDLUXGEX  DER  K.  K.  ZOOLOGISCH-BOTAXISCHEX  GESELL- 
SCHAFT ix  \VIEX  xl,  i  quartal,  1890. — Monograph  of  the  Proscopidae,* 
by  C.  Brunner.  v.  \Vattenwyl;  3  plates;  Prosarthria,  Apioscelis,  Cory- 
norhynchus,  Tetanorhynchus,  Stiphra,  Tairiarchus,  Anchotatus,  Epi- 
grypa  n.  gen.;  all  the  species  are  from  South  America.  A  new  species 
of  Tenthredinid,*  and  Apidae  frequenting  Brassica  ofcracca  L,  by  Dr.  R. 
Cobelli.  Determination  table  of  the  Parnidae  of  Europe,  the  Mediterra- 
nean fauna  and  the  bordering  districts,  by  A.  Kuwert. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


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1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  151 

Mr.  Howard  exhibited  specimens  of  sand  cricket,  Stenopelmatus  fas- 
i'ia/us,  which  had  been  recently  sent  to  Prof.  Riley  by  one  of  the  corre- 
spondents. Mr.  Howard  stated  that  they  occurred  abundantly  in  the 
southwest,  and  are  reported  erroneously  to  be  extremely  poisonous.  A- 
stated  by  Prof.  Riley,  in  the  "Standard  Natural  History,"  they  are  car- 
nivorous in  habit. 

Mr.  Mann  described  some  observations  and  experiments  relating  to  the 
longevity  of  decapitated  specimens  of  Cahptenus,  and  the  vigorous  re- 
sistance of  such  specimens  to  the  attacks  of  ants. 

Mr.  Schwarz,  "On  Black  Locust  Insects,"  presented  a  list  of  twenty- 
four  species  of  Coleoptera  bred  by  him  in  May  from  dying  trunks  of  Black 
Locust,  and  spoke  of  the  principal  insect  enemies  of  this  tree  in  the  Dis- 
trict. Discussed  by  Messrs.  Riley  and  Howard. 

Mr.  Schwarz  also  read  a  paper  on  the  food  habits  of  some  Scolytidc-e 
observed  by  him  during  the  Summer.  Galleries  of  the  following  species 
were  exhibited  and  explained:  Xylo tenis  politus  in  Acer  dasycarpum; 
Xylcborus  furcatus  and  pubescent  in  Walnut;  Cnesinus  strigicollis  in  /./- 
quidambar  styracifliia.  C.  L.  MAKLATT, 

Recording  Secretaiy. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THK  ENTOMOLOGICAL  CLUB  OF  THE  A.  A.  A.  S.  OF 
INDIANAPOLIS,  1890. — The  Club  met  in  regular  session  on  August  2oth, 
9  A.  M.,  room  u,  in  the  State  House.  President,  Prof.  A.  J.  Cook,  in  the 
chair.  There  were  present  through  the  meeting,  Messrs.  Chas.  Robertson. 
Clarence  M.  Weed,  E.  W.  Clatpole,  James  Troop,  F.  S.  Earle,  L.  H. 
Pammel,  Herbert  Osborn,  John  Marten,  H.  Garman,  Geo.  F.  Atkinson, 
Charles  W.  Hargitt,  Thomas  Hunt,  John  W.  Spencer,  W.  B.  Alwood,  J. 
Fletcher,  F.  M.  Webster,  W.  W.  Norman.  S.  G.  Evans.  W.  S.  Blachley. 
Truman  P.  Catter,  Ralph  St.  F.  Pern-,  Miss  Mary  E.  Murtfeldt,  Miss 
Augusta  Murtfeldt,  Mrs.  K.  B.  Claypole,  Mrs.  O.  Hanney. 

The  President  proceeded  to  deliver  a  most  interesting  address  upon 
Teaching  of  Entomology. 

Dr.  C.  Weed  then  read  a  paper  upon  the  life-history  of  the  evening 
Primrose  Curculio  ( Tyloderma  fo~ceolatum\.  He  reported  breeding  a 
species  of  Bracon  from  the  larvae  of  the  Curculio,  and  recorded  observa- 
tions upon  the  habits  of  both  insects. 

At  the  request  of  the  President,  Mr.  Fletcher  presented  some  notes 
upon  the  injuries  caused  by  the  Hessian  Fly,  the  wheat  stem  maggot  and 
an  undetermined  species  of  Oscinis.  He  stated  that  he  had  been  studying 
these  insects  at  Ottawa,  Can.,  during  the  last  four  years. 

A  paper  on  the  subject  of  American  Silk  Spinners,  by  Mr.  Edward  L. 
Graef.  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  of  which  the  following  is  an  abstract: 

"  Refers  to  the  periodical,  phenomenal  increase  of  some  species  of  in- 
sects and  their  sudden  disappearance.  Speaks  of  the  adaptability  of  the 
•ons  of  L.  cecropia  Linn,  tor  the  manufacture  of  silk,  and  of  the  firmer 
belief  of  the  writer  in  the  possibility  of  the  creation  of  an  American  in- 
dustry in  the  rearing  of  their  larva1  for  manufacturing  purposes.  Solicits 


152  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

plans  for  the  profitable  rearing  of  the  larvae  of  this,  or  other  American 
silk  spinners.  Also  for  preparing  their  cocoons.  Offers  a  prize  ($50.00) 
for  this  purpose." 

An  interesting  paper  was  read  by  Dr.  C.  M.  Weed,  the  subject  of  which 
was  "The  food  plants  of  the  Clover  Stem  Borer  (Languria  moxandi). 
Fifteen  species  of  the  plants  were  reported  on  which  the  larvae  is  known 
to  feed. 

Prof.  Osborn  followed  with  a  paper  on  a  peculiar  Coleopterous  larva 
infesting  the  stems  of  plants. 

Dr.  Weed  presented  a  short  paper  upon  the  oviposition  of  Listronotus 
latiusculus.  The  eggs  are  laid  in  bunches  of  five  to  ten  on  the  leaf  stalks 
of  Sagittaria  variabi/is,  and  are  covered  with  bits  of  epidermis  chewed 
up  by  the  adult  beetle. 

Mr.  Charles  Robertson  made  some  remarks  upon  the  habits  of  Emphot 
bombiliformis,  which  he  stated  was  apparently  a  special  visitor  of  Hibis- 
cus. The  nests  were  constructed  by  burrowing  in  the  ground,  and,  in 
order  to  facilitate  the  excavation,  water  was  frequently  carried  to  the  hole 
with  which  the  bottom  was  moistened.  Sometimes  but  one  pellet  of  earth 
would  be  carried  out  after  an  application  of  water,  while  in  some  cases  he 
had  observed  as  many  as  four  of  these  pellets  thrown  out  immediately 
following  an  application. 

Miss  Mary  E.  Murtfeldt  read  a  charming  paper  entitled,  "Some  expe- 
riences in  rearing  insects."  In  this  paper  some  valuable  hints  were  given 
as  to  the  best  way  to  manage  larvae  so  as  to  carry  them  to  maturity,  and 
the  most  frequent  causes  of  failure  were  mentioned.  The  paper  was 
listened  to  with  great  attention  by  all  present. 

The  Secretary  proceeded  to  read  the  following  paper  upon  "The  Pre- 
paratory Stages  of  Eustrotia  cadiica,"  by  D.  S.  Kellicott,  of  Columbus,  O. 

Prof.  Cook  presented  a  note  upon  a  new  breeding  habit  in  Agrotis  C- 
nigrum.  He  had  found  the  eggs  on  the  foliage  of  currant  .bushes  and 
reared  the  larvae  thereon. 

Prof.  Osborn  read  an  interesting  paper  on  the  period  of  incubation  of 
Mallophaga. 

Mr.  S.  F.  Earle  presented  several  interesting  notes  on  some  injurious 
insects  of  southern  Mississippi.  Diabrotica  iz-punctata  was  a  very  abun- 
dant insect,  and,  in  addition  to  its  well-known  food-plants,  it  also  fed  to 
an  injurious  extent  upon  the  foliage  of  peach  and  also  cabbage.  Cut- 
worms were  very  injurious  in  gardens.  A  species  of  Aphis  worked  seri- 
ous injury  to  the  cucumber  and  melon  veins.  Pieris  rapes  is  exceedingly 
destructive.  Doryphora  w-lineata  had  not  yet  reached  southern  Missis- 
sippi. Sphinx  larvae  were  very  destructive  to  the  foliage  of  tomatoes  and 
the  boll  worm  to  the  fruit. 

(To  be  continued.) 

F.  H.  WEBSTER, 

Secretary. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  October  was  mailed  October  2,  1890. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  i.  DECEMBER,    1890.  No.  10. 

CONTENTS: 


French — Another    Tropical   Species  of  Liebeck — Cicindelidae  of  a  Season 158 

Lepidoptera  in  Florida 153  Notes  and  News 160 

Holland — African  Hesperidae 155  Entomological  Literature 162 

P.  P.  C.— Elementary  Entomology 157  Doings  of  Societies 167 


ANOTHER  TROPICAL  SPECIES  OF  LEPIDOPTERA 

IN  FLORIDA. 

By  G.  H.  FRENCH,  Carbondale,  111. 

In  the  September  number  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  p.  105, 
Mr.  Dyar  describes  two  species  of  insects  new  to  our  fauna,  Cal- 
lidryas  statira  and  Composia  fidelissima.  I  have  had  for  about 
a  year  another  species  of  Composia  collected  in  Florida  by  Prof. 
Velie,  of  Chicago,  during  the  Winter  of  1888  and  1889,  and  sent 
to  me  by  my  friend,  Mr.  W.  E.  Longley,  of  the  same  city.  Not 
having  the  means  of  identifying  the  specimen  I  sent  a  colored 
print  of  it  to  Mr.  A.  G.  Butler,  of  London,  who  writes  that  it  is 
Composia  olyuipia  Butl.  From  comparison  of  Mr.  Dyar's  de- 
scription with  my  specimen  it  seems  to  be  closely  related  to  C. 
fidelissima.  The  following  figure  and  description  will  show  the 
points  of  difference. 

Composia  olympia  Butl.  Expanse  2.5  inches.  Black,  the  fore 
wings  with  three  bright  scarlet,  nearly  quadrate  spots  between 
the  costal  and  subcostal  veins,  extending  from  the  base  to  the 
middle  of  the  cell;  a  square  white  spot  beyond  the  third  scarlet 
one;  just  beyond  the  end  of  the  cell  a  transverse  row  of  six  white 
spots  of  varying  size,  the  last  the  largest  and  a  little  below  the 

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154  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

line  of  the  others,  the  fifth  the  smallest;  beyond  this  row  and 
about  half  way  to  the  apex  is  another  row  of  four  white  spots, 
the  last  out  of  line  of  the  others;  a  small  spot  at  the  posterior 
angle;  all  of  these  transverse  spots  more  or  less  rounded.  In 

the  cell  are  two  nar- 
row bars  that  do  not 
quite  reach  from  vein 
to  vein,  the  outer 
white,  but  the  inner 
w  h  i  t  e  ,  strongly 
washed  with  scarlet. 

The  hind  wings 
have  a  subterminal 
row  of  nine  white 

spots,  the  first,  fourth  and  ninth,  small;  the  second  largest.  The 
fore  wings  show  blue  reflection  in  oblique  light  in  the  cell  up  to 
near  the  first  bar,  in  the  outer  part  of  the  cell  about  the  end,  at 
the  base  below  the  cell  and  along  the  posterior  margin.  In  the 
same  light  the  hind  wings  show  blue  reflection  above  the  sub- 
costal vein  almost  to  the  apex,  in  the  cell  to  its  end,  below  the 
cell  and  lower  branch  of  submedian  vein  to  the  outer  margin. 
Head  with  eight  white  dots;  back  of  antennae,  below  antennae, 
above  the  eye  and  back  of  the  eye.  Collar  with  a  row  of  six 
white  dots.  Thorax  with  six  white  dots  on  the  anterior  part  and 
a  row  of  four  pale  yellow  dots  across  the  posterior.  Abdomen 
blue  by  reflection. 

Beneath,  the  white  spots  of  the  upper  side  repeated,  the  space 
of  the  scarlet  spots  solid  scarlet  and  confluent  with  the  first  bar 
in  the  cell,  this  bar  having  no  white  in  it  as  it  has  above.  The 
blue  reflection  is  more  pronounced  than  it  is  on  the  upper  surface. 
The  abdomen  is  banded  with  pale  yellow  and  black,  the  terminal 
pale  band  whitish. 

According  to  Mr.  Butler  this  seems  as  yet  to  be  a  rare  species, 
though  Prof.  Velie  took  about  a  dozen  recently.  The  type  speci- 
men was  from  Brazil;  it  has  been  taken  in  Central  America  and 
once  before  at  Key  West,  Fla. 

ALETIA  ARGILLACEA  Hiib.,  was  seen  sparingly  the  last  week  in  Sep- 
tember at  Columbus,  O.  I  have  not  yet  seen  it  in  abundance  here,  whilst 
at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  scarcely  an  Autumn  passes  without  the  appearance  of 
many.  If  my  observations  accord  with  facts,  why  the  greater  abundance 
at  the  point  so  much  further  from  the  cotton  fields? — D.  S.  KELLICOTT. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  155 

Description  ofthree  new  species  of  African  Hesperidae. 

BY    REV.    W.    J.    HOLLAND. 

The  appended  descriptions  are  all  of  species  belonging  to  the 
genus  Proteides  Htib.  I  hope  shortly  to  be  able  to  publish  figures 
of  these  and  a  number  of  other  species. 

i    Proteides  margaritata  n.  sp. 

Allied  to  P.  erinnys  Trim.  Upperside:  Anteriors  broadly  dark 
brown,  clothed  with  greenish  yellow  hairs  at  the  base,  and  having 
the  following  markings:  three  small  subapical  spots  arranged  in 
a  series  curving  outwardly  from  the  costa  toward  the  external 
margin,  a  quadrate  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  a  square  spot 
beyond  the  end  of  the  cell  between  the  second  and  third  median 
nervules,  below  this  between  the  first  and  second  median  nervules 
a  spot  resembling  an  hour-glass,  and  between  the  first  median 
nervule  and  the  submedian  vein  two  triangular  spots,  of  which 
the  one  nearest  the  base  is  obscure,  being  overlaid  by  the  green- 
ish hairs  which  cover  the  base.  All  of  these  spots  are  vitreous. 
Posteriors  with  the  outer  third  and  anterior  margin  broadly  dark 
brown,  cell  and  middle  area  pale  orange,  covered  with  greenish 
hairs  at  the  base  and  intersected  by  the  dark  brown  nervules. 
The  outer  margin  at  the  anal  angle  is  broadly  orange  red. 

Underside:  Anteriors  fuscous,  clouded  with  deep  black  at  the 
apex  and  the  middle  of  the  disc,  and  broadly  stramineous  on  the 
inner  margin.  The  subapical  area  is  irrorated  with  minute  white 
scales.  The  spots  of  the  upper  surface  reappear,  but  are  not  so 
distinct  and  sharply  defined;  the  subapical  series  and  the  spot  at 
the  end  of  the  cell  are  surmounted  toward  the  costa  by  broad 
spots  of  nacreous.  The  end  of  the  cell  is  also  defined  by  a  very 
narrow  line  of  the  same  color.  Posteriors  of  the  same  color  as 
the  primaries,  clouded  with  dark  brown  on  the  outer  third,  and 
having  the  middle  area  ornamented  by  a  very  broad  and  irregular 
spot  of  pearly  white.  The  anal  angle  is  more  narrowly  orange 
than  the  upper  surface;  the  upper  surface  of  the  abdomen  is  fus- 
cous, annulated  with  pale  yellow;  the  lower  surface  of  the  abdo- 
men is  not  so  distinctly  annulated  with  pale  gray.  Antenna- 
black  upon  the  upper  side,  fuscous  below.  Expanse  of  wings 
48  mm. 

Hab,- — Valley  of  the  Ogove.     Type  in  coll.  Holland. 


156  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [December, 

2.  P.  iricolor  n.  sp. 

Upperside  uniformly  dark  brown,  showing  in  certain  lights  a 
golden-green  gloss.  Fringe  at  the  anal  angle  of  the  posteriors 
broadly  white. 

Underside:  Anteriors  with  the  anterior  margin  and  the  apical 
third  violet-green.  The  lower  half  of  the  cell  and  the  middle 
third  of  the  wing  is  brown  without  any  iridescence,  and  the  pos- 
terior margin  is  very  broadly  pearly-white.  There  is  a  crimson 
spot  on  the  costa  at  the  base.  Posteriors  violet-green,  with  a 
beautiful  iridescence  in  certain  lights,  the  violet  tints  deepest  to- 
ward the  inner  margin  and  the  anal  angle,  where  the  wing  inclines 
to  black.  There  is  a  crimson  spot  at  the  base,  two  longitudinal 
spots  of  velvety-black  in  the  cell,  and  a  discal  series  of  rounded 
spots  of  the  same  color,  of  which  the  one  nearest  the  anal  angle 
is  bifid.  The  fringes  at  the  anal  angle  are  white,  as  upon  the 
upper  surface.  The  head,  thorax  and  abdomen  are  of  the  same 
color  as  the  wings  upon  the  upper  side;  the  lower  side  of  the  ab- 
domen is  ochreous.  The  antennae  are  black  above  and  ochreous 
below.  Expanse  of  wings  55  mm. 

Hab. — Valley  of  the  Ogove.     Type  in  coll.  Holland 

3.  P.  laterculus  n.  sp. 

Allied  to  the  preceding,  but  smaller. 

Upperside:  The  entire  upperside  of  the  wings,  head,  thorax 
and  abdomen,  is  dark  brown.  The  fringes  of  the  posteriors  near 
the  anal  angle  are  light  fuscous. 

Underside:  The  ground  color  is  the  same  as  upon  the  upper 
surface;  the  inner  margin  of  the  primaries  is  broadly  white.  The 
base  and  middle  area  of  the  secondaries  is  brick-red;  there  is  a 
large  circular  spot  of  velvety-black  at  the  end  of  the  cell  in  the 
secondaries,  and  a  series  of  five  discal  spots  of  the  same  color 
following  this.  The  series  is  interrupted  opposite  the  cell,  the 
three  largest  spots  being  placed  after  the  third  median  nervule. 
The  fringes  at  the  anal  angle,  and  the  tip  of  the  abdomen  on  the 
underside  are  stramineous.  Expanse  of  wings  38  mm. 

Hab. — Valley  of  the  Ogove.     Type  in  coll.  Holland. 

(To  be  continued.) 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  157 

ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Sixth  Paper. — THE  WINGS. 


The  wings  of  an  insect  are  membranous  expansions  of  the  body 
wall.  They  first  appear  in  the  pupal  or  later  nymphal  stages  as 
flat,  sac-like  projections  near  the  lateral  borders  of  the  terga  of 
the  meso-  and  metathorax.  As  the  wings  develop,  the  greater 
part  of  the  dorsal  and  ventral  walls  of  this  flat  sac  become  closely 
united.  Along  certain  lines,  both  the  dorsal  and  ventral  walls 
become  thickened.  These  lines  are  so  situated  that  when  the 
union  of  the  two  walls  takes  place,  those  on  the  dorsal  wall  coin- 
cide with  those  on  the  ventral  wall;  they  thus  form  the  frame-work 
of  the  wings,  and  are  called  veins,  nerves,  or  nervures.  Many 
veins  enclose  a  tube  formed  by  the  union  of  two  grooves,  placed 
one  on  the  inner  or  opposing  side  of  each  of  the  two  thickened  lines. 
Through  these  tubes  blood  circulates;  often  a  trachea  exists  in 
the  centre  of  this  tube.  The  veins  or  nerves  of  an  insect's  wing- 
do  not  correspond  to  the  similarly  named  parts  of  higher  animals. 

That  part  of  the  wing  by  which  it  is  attached  to  the  thorax  is 
the  base.  The  shape  of  the  wing  is  roughly  triangular;  its  three 
edges,  borders,  or  margins,  receive  distinctive  names;  the  front 
edge  is  also  called  the  costal  margin,  or  simply  the  costa;  the  outer 
edge  is  also  termed  apical,  the  remaining  border  is  known  as  the 
inner,  hind,  or  anal  margin.  The  apex  of  the  wing  is  the  angle 
where  the  front  and  outer  margins  meet.  The  inner  and  outer 
margins  meet  at  the  hind  or  anal  angle. 

All  the  veins  of  a  wing  taken  collectively  constitute  the  venation, 
neuration,  or  reticulation.  The  venation  is  regular,  and  although 
differing  very  much  in  various  groups  of  insects,  is  based  on  a 
general  plan.  Five  (or  more)  large  veins  run  from  the  base 
towards  the  apical  border,  diverging  from  each  other.  These 
veins  branch  ;  at  right  angles  to  these  large  veins  and  their 
branches  are  other  short  veins.  The  branches  of  the  large  veins 
are  sometimes  known  as  sectors.  Each  litttle  area  or  space  of  the 
wing,  bounded  by  veins,  is  called  a  cell,  or  cellule.  No  general 
nomenclature  has  yet  been  established  for  the  venation  of  all  the 
groups  of  insects;  for  each  group  a  special  nomenclature  is  in  use. 

The  front  wings  may  be  specialixed  so  as  to  form  protective 
covers  for  the  hind  wings.  In  beetles  and  earwigs  tin-  front  wings 


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are  thick  and  horny,  and  are  termed  elytra.  In  water-bugs  and 
others,  they  are  similar  to  elytra,  but  the  apical  part  is  membra- 
nous, hence  their  name  of  hemelytra.  In  grasshoppers  and  katy- 
dids they  are  leathery,  or  parchment-like,  and  are  called  tegmina. 
Many  insects,  even  of  those  groups  which,  as  a  general  rule, 
undergo  a  complete  transformation,  are  wingless.  Sometimes 
only  the  front  wings  are  present;  the  hind  wings  are  then  usually 
represented  by  a  pair  of  small  club-shaped  organs — the  halteres, 
balancers,  or  poisers — as  in  the  common  house-fly.  Rarely  the 
hind  wings  only  are  present,  in  which  case  the  front  wings  are 
represented  by  organs  similar  to  the  halteres,  but  distinguished 
from  them  as  pseudo -halteres.  P.  P.  C. 

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CICINDELID>£  OF  A  SEASON. 

BY    CHAS.    LIEBECK. 

This  has  been  the  most  successful  season  for  Cicindelce  that 
has  occurred  during  my  experience  in  Coleoptera  collecting. 
Of  nineteen  species  and  varieties  occurring  in  eastern  Pennnsyl- 
vania  and  southern  New  Jersey,  fourteen  have  been  taken  by  me 
this  season. 

The  species  follow  in  order  as  they  are  listed,  with  some  refer- 
ence to  their  occurrence  during  former  years. 

Tetracha  virginica  Linn. — Nocturnal  in  habits,  a  few  specimens 
being  taken  in  open  fields  under  boards  and  fence  rails,  middle 
of  July,  at  Abington,  Pa. 

Cicindela  unipunctata  Fab. — Reported  as  occurring  at  Atco 
and  Woodstown,  N.  J.  One  of  the  species  not  taken  this  season. 

C.  modesta  Dej. — Not  taken  as  abundantly  this  season  as  in 
previous  years,  but  scattered  individuals  taken  in  May,  June  and 
July,  in  all  sections  df  southern  New  Jersey,  in  which  any  col- 
lecting was  done.  Two  days  in  May,  1887,  over  one  hundred 
specimens  were  taken  in  a  space,  not  more  than  sixty  feet  square, 
below  Gloucester,  N.  J.  A  second  brood  appears  in  September. 

C.  6-guttata  Fab. — Twelve  or  fifteen  specimens  were  taken 
under  the  bark  of  fallen  trees  along  the  banks  of  Cobb's  Creek, 
Philadelphia,  early  in  April,  and  a  number  on  the  wing  the  first 
week  in  May.  Some  have  also  been  taken  in  July. 

C.  patruela  Dej. — Occurs  at  Lancaster,  Pa.;  not  taken  this 
season. 


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C.  consentanea  Dej. — Occurred  several  years  ago  below  Glou- 
cester, N.  J.,  but  none  taken  in  that  locality  recently.  Collected 
by  Dr.  Hamilton,  at  Absecom,  N.  J.,  in  September. 

C.  purpurea  Oliv. — A  common  species  occurring  in  May  and 
June  in  almost  every  locality.  Several  specimens  were  captured 
on  the  wing  at  DaCosta,  N.  J.,  March  15,  1886,  on  sandy  spots 
along  the  line  of  the  railroad,  when  ice  and  snow  still  lay  un- 
melted  between  the  ties. 

C.  generosa  Dej. — Taken  during  May  and  June  at  Westville, 
Atco  and  Hammonton,  N.  J. ;  most  abundant  the  last  week  in 
May,  but  few  being  taken  the  latter  part  of  June. 

C.  vulgaris  Say. — Isolated  specimens  taken  at  different  times 
during  the  season  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  Landisville,  N.  J. 
One  specimen  was  taken  in  company  with  C.  purpurea  at  Da- 
Costa,  March  15,  1886. 

C.  repanda  Dej. — An  early  species  common  everywhere. 

C.  12-guttata  Dej. — Usually  found  on  the  banks  of  small  streams 
early  in  May;  abundant  locally. 

C.  hirticollis  Say. — Found  on  a  small  beach  on  the  Delaware 
River  below  Gloucester,  N.  J.,  and  everywhere  along  the  beach 
at  the  sea-shore,  where  the  white  sand  mingles  with  the  mud  of 
the  meadows  and  forms  a  composition  of  a  dark  hue.  May, 
June  and  July. 

C.  punctulata  Fab. — An  abundant  species  throughout  the  whole 
season  everywhere.  Taken  without  intervals  from  May  to  Sep- 
tember. Often  attracted  to  the  electric  lights  at  night. 

C.  tortnosa  Dej. — I  know  of  but  two  specimens  ever  taken  in 
New  Jersey  several  years  ago  at  Atlantic  City,  one  by  Dr.  Castle 
and  the  other  by  myself,  and  have  not  yet  been  able  to  determine 
whether  they  actually  inhabit  this  district,  or  were  only  accidental 
introductions. 

C.  dorsalis  Say. — A  very  common  species  at  the  sea-shore, 
along  the  water's  edge,  where  sometimes  hundreds  can  be  seen 
within  the  scope  of  the  eye.  Most  abundant  in  July;  sometimes 
an  all  white  variety  is  taken. 

C.  marginata  Fab. — I  found  these  on  the  meadows  between 
Sea  Isle  City,  N.  J.,  and  the  main  shore,  inhabiting  the  dry,  bare 
spots,  quite  abundant  in  the  latter  part  of  July.  Have  never 
noticed  this  species  in  the  sand-hills  or  on  the  beach. 

C.  lepida  Dej. — A  species  peculiar  to  the  sand-hills  along  the 


160  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [December, 

New  Jersey  coast.  It  has,  to  my  knowledge,  been  taken  in  all 
the  hills  from  Atlantic  City  to  Cape  May;  occurs  during  the  latter 
part  of  July,  and  is,  owing  to  its  color  and  the  intense  whiteness 
of  the  sand,  both  difficult  to  see  and  to  capture. 

C.  marginipennis  Dej. — A  species  occurring  in  the  mountain 
districts  of  eastern  Pennsylvania,  of  which  I  know  very  little, 
not  having  taken  any  specimens. 

C.  abdominalis  Fab.— Has  frequently  been  reported  as  occurring 
at  DaCosta,  N.  J.,  and  although  I  have  made  it  a  point  for  several 
years  to  be  in  that  neighborhood  at  the  time  of  its  appearance, 
have  never,  until  this  season,  been  fortunate  enough  to  see  any. 
During  the  last  week  in  June  ten  or  twelve  specimens  were  seen 
between  Hammonton  and  DaCosta,  N.  J.,  the  majority  of  which 
were  captured.  It  frequents  the  wagon-roads  through  the  woods, 
and  does  not  confine  itself  to  any  particular  locality  as  other  Ci- 
cindelae  do,  those  that  were  observed  being  scattered  in  ones  and 
twos  over  the  entire  distance. 


Notes  and. 


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NOTE  ON  THE  MOLTING  OF  PHO^ETRON  PiTHECiUM,  S.  and  A. — A  larva 
of  this  species  was  observed  to  molt  in  the  following  manner:  When  pre- 
paring to  cast  its  skin  it  rested  on  a  leaf,  the  head  withdrawn  beneath 
joint  2  in  the  usual  position  of  rest  of  larvae  of  this  group.  The  skin  ap- 
peared loose,  the  long  subdorsal  processes  shrunken,  especially  at  the 
bases,  there  tips  transparent  from  the  partial  withdrawal  of  the  inner  part. 
The  larva  jerked  itself  and  rocked  from  side  to  side  till  the  skin  broke 
along  the  dorsal  line  from  the  head  to  the  last  segment  simultaneously. 
As  the  chitinous  part  of  the  head  of  this  insect  does  not  extend  up  as  far 
as  in  other  subfamilies  of  Bombycidae;  the  new  head  was  readily  with- 
drawn and  the  larva  extricated  itself  from  its  skin  by  a  lateral  oscillatory 
movement,  at  the  same  time  walking  forward  a  little,  which  served  to 
draw  out  the  subdorsal  processes  from  their  old  enclosing  skin.  They 
were  bent  backward  by  the  operation  nearly  in  line  with  the  body,  and 
were  seen  to  be  attached  to  the  body  by  a  slight  white  filament,  but  it 


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was  not  observed  whether  they  were  attached  to  the  anterior  or  posterior 
edge  of  a  segment  (they  are  situated  over  each  segmental  suture  between 
joints  3-13  inclusive,  the  last  pair  very  small).  As  the  new  processes  are 
withdrawn  from  inside  the  old  ones  and  not  formed  under  the  body  skin 
like  the  hairs  of  the  Arctiinas,  it  will  be  seen  that  a  process  once  lost  can- 
not be  replaced,  and,  in  the  present  instance,  four  of  the  normal  twenty 
were  lacking  both  before  and  after  the  molt.  As  this  larva  is  well  known, 
I  will  not  enter  upon  a  detailed  description  of  it  here,  but  will  remark 
that  the  ends  of  the  three  pairs  of  long  processes  (the  third,  fifth  and 
seventh  pairs)  appear  to  be  slightly  moveable  at  the  will  of  the  larva. 

HARRISON  G.  DYAK. 

THERE  is  a  form  of  Ergates  spiculatui,  Lee.  ($),  which  occurs  in  \Vet 
Mountain  Valley,  Colorado,  differing  from  the  type  as  represented  in  the 
British  Museum  collection  from  the  Pacific  region,  and  figured  by  LeConte 
in  having  the  elytra  marked  with  whitish  between  the  veins,  and  pale 
about  the  apices,  where  the  dark  color  gradually  becomes  subobsolete. 
The  thorax  on  the  other  hand,  is  quite  dark.  This  form  perhaps  indicates 
a  tendency  to  that  sexual  dichroism  which  is,  as  pointed  out  to  me  by 
Mr.  Gahan,  so  well  marked  in  certain  other  Longicorns;  or,  it  may  be  a 
climatic  race,  a  product  of  the  drier  central  region  of  North  America. 
In  structure  this  species  already  presents  secondary  sexual  characters 
which  have  led  to  the  sexes  being  described  as  different  species,  but  nor- 
mally the  sexes  do  not  differ  in  color.  This  pale-marked  9  form  of  E. 
spic/i/atus  has  been  mentioned  by  Leng,  but  apparently  it  has  received  no 
name;  it  may  be  conveniently  known  as  var.  marmoratus.  From  one  of  my 
specimens  of  this  variety  (now  in  the  British  Museum)  I  extracted  an  egg, 
which,  in  its  dried  state,  is  pale  amber  color,  elongate,  subcylindrical,  atten- 
uate at  the  ends;  length,  2^  mm.;  breadth,  i  mm. — T.  D.  A.  COCKERELL. 

THE  fact  mentioned  above  is  by  no  means  rare  in  its  occurrence  in  the 
specimens  received  from  Oregon  and  Washington,  nor  is  it  by  any  means 
peculiar  to  the  female.  The  discoloration  is  not  due  to  climatic  influences, 
as  it  is  equally  observed  in  specimens  from  the  dry  regions  of  the  centre 
of  the  continent  and  the  notoriously  damp  climate  of  the  Northwest. 
They  seem  to  me  merely  imperfectly  chitinized  specimens,  hardly  de- 
serving a  varietal  name.  Such  discolorations  seem  quite  common  in 
those  Coleoptera  with  a  coriaceous  elytral  texture.  They  are  probably 
the  result  of  a  reduction  of  temperature  during  the  evolution  of  the  imago. 

GEO.  H.  HORN. 

STINGING  POWERS  OF  YESPA  YUI.GAKIS  AND  ICHNEUMON  SnrKAi.is. 
—A  few  days  ago  Mrs.  Gillette  called  my  attention  to  a  dead  (?)  wasp 
upon  the  window  that  she  had  killed,  so  that  it  would  not  sting  our  little 
daughter,  who  would  be  sure  to  try  to  catch  the  "  bug"  if  she  saw  it.  The 
wasp -was  a  specimen  of  Vespa  vulgaris,  and  the  blow  that  was  supposed 
to  have  killed  it  had  entirely  severed  the  abdomen  from  the  rest  of  the 
body.  Nothing  more  was  thought  of  the  wasp  until  the  next  day,  twenty- 


1 62  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [December, 

four  hours  later,  when  the  screams  of  the  little  girl  called  her  mother  to 
the  scene.  The  child  had  picked  up  the  pretty  abdomen  of  the  wasp  and 
had  received  a  severe  sting  to  pay  her  for  her  curiosity.  The  abdomen 
at  this  time  seemed  thoroughly  alive.  How  much  longer  it  would  have 
retained  its  power  to  sting,  had  it  not  been  destroyed,  I  am  unable  to  say. 

STINGING  POWER  OF  ICHNEUMON  SUTURALIS. — While  collecting  a  few 
days  since  a  female  /.  suturalis  lit  upon  a  bush  just  in  reach  of  me.  With 
a  quick  sweep  of  the  hand  I  caught  it,  and  held  it,  while,  with  the  other 
hand,  I  got  out  my  cyanide  bottle.  As  I  was  about  to  bottle  my  capture 
I  received  a  thrust  in  the  palm  of  my  hand  that  led  me  to  suspect  that  in 
my  haste  I  had  mistaken  a  wasp  for  an  Ichneumon,  and  I  quickly  dropped 
it.  The  culprit  was  recaptured  and  proved  to  be,  as  stated  above,  /. 
suturalis.  The  sting  was  like  the  thrust  of  a  pin,  there  being  no  swelling 
of  the  part  and  no  pain  after  the  first  two  or  three  seconds. 

I  had,  previous  to  this,  watched  Ichneumons  in  their  attempts  to  sting 
while  holding  them  in  my  hand,  but  this  is  the  first  time  that  one  has 
really  succeeded  in  producing  anything  like  a  sting. — C.  P.  GILLETTE. 


Identification  of  Insects  ( Images)  for  Subscribers. 

Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions:  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  limited  to  twelve  (12)  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of 
transportation  and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological 
Society;  3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may 
be  announced  accordingly.  Such  identifications  as  can  be  given  will  be  published,  accord- 
ing to  number,  in  the  issues  of  the  NEWS.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS, 
Academy  Natural  Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


EUGENE  R.  FISCHER. — i,  Episcopus  ornatus;  2,  Proconia  sp.  (coii- 
fluens?\,  3,  Proconia  (confluensf);  4,  Stenarops  malinus;  5,  Xysins 
calif ornicus. 

^O.  S.  WESTCOTT. — r,  Ccendvympha  ochracea;  2,  Rheitinaptera  hastata; 
3,  Melipotis  sp. ;  5,  Megachile  latimatnis;  6,  Sparnopolins  fulrus;  9, 
Scatophaga  stercoraria;  10,  Scatophaga  squalida;  n,  Dendroctomts  sp.; 
12,  Dendroctonus  sp. 

F.  S.  DAGGETT. — i,  Chalcophora  virginicnsis;  2,  Rhaginin  lineatitni; 
3,  Cryptns  nunrius;  4,  Buprestis  fasciata;  5,  Hannouia  ij-gnttata;  6, 
Coccinella  monticola;  7,  Coccinella  transversoguttata;  8,  Hannouia  12- 
maculata;  9,  Hippodamia  parenthesis;  10,  Hannouia  picta;  n,  Pogono- 
cheriis  i)ii.\-tns;  12,  Hippodamia  ij-punctata. 


Kntomological  Literature. 

TRANSACTIONS  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  LONDON.  Part  3,  1890.— 
On  the  structure  of  the  terminal  segment  in  some  male  Hemiptera,  In 
Dr.  David  Sharp.  On  the  classification  of  the  Pyralidina  of  the  European 
fauna,  by  E.  Meyrick.  Additions  to  the  -Cicindelidoe  fauna  of  Mexico, 
with  remarks  on  some  of  the  previously  recorded  species,  by  Henry 
Walter  Bates.  A  Catalogue  of  the  Rhopalocerous-Lepidoptera  collected 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  163 

in  the  Shan  States,  with  notes  on  the  country  and  climate,  by  Neville 
Manders.  Notes  on  the  species  of  the  families  Lycidae  and  Lampyridae, 
contained  in  the  Imperial  Museum  of  Calcutta,  with  descriptions  of  new 
species,  and  a  list  of  the  species  at  present  described  from  India,  by  Rev. 
Henry  S.  Gorham.  On  some  new  species  of  African  diurnal  Lepicloptera, 
by  Philip  Crowley. 

THE  WEST  AMERICAN  SCIENTIST,  September,  1890. — New  Coccids 
from  California,  by  D.  W.  Coquillett. 

PROCEEDINGS  AND  TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  LIVERPOOL  BIOLOGICAL 
SOCIETY,  vol.  iv,  p.  170. — The  post-embryonic  development  of  a  gnat 
(Culex^,  by  C.  Herbert  Hurst. 

ANNALS  AND  MAGAZINE  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  vol.  vi,  No.  34. — De- 
scription of  some  new  species  of  African  butterflies  in  the  collection  of 
Capt.  G.  E.  Shelley,  by  E.  M.  Sharpe. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ZOOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON.  Pt.  3,  1890. 
—On  some  new' moths  from  India,  by  H.  J.  Elwes.  On  a  collection  of 
Acarina  found  in  Algeria,  by  A.  D.  Michael.  Descriptions  of  new  species 
of  Lepidoptera-Heterocera  from  Central  and  South  America,  by  Herbert 
Druce.  On  a  collection  of  Lepidoptera  made  by  Mr.  Edmund  Reynolds 
on  the  rivers  Tocantins  and  Araguaya  in  the  Province  of  Goyaz,  Bra/il, 
by  Emily  Mary  Sharpe. 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMERICANA.  Part  87,  August,  1890.— Coleoptera: 
vol.  iv,  pt.  2,  by  G.  C.  Champion,  pp.  185-216,  plates  8,  9;  vol.  vi,  pt.  i, 
suppl.,  by  M.  Jacoby,  pp.  201-208.  Lepidoptera :-Rhopalocera:  vol.  ii,  by 
F.  D.  Godman  and  O.  Salvin,  pp.  185-208,  pi.  65.  Rhynchota-Heterop- 
tera,  by  W.  L.  Distant,  pp.  345-352,  pi.  32.  Diptera:  vol.  ii,  by  F.  M. 
Vander  Wulp,  pp.  177-200. 

ESSAY  ON  THE  DESTRUCTION  OF  THK  MOSQUITO  AND  HOUSE  FLY,  by 
William  Beutenmiiller,  180  pp.  2  plates.  This  interesting  essay  was  pre- 
sented in  competition  for  the  prize  offered  by  Dr.  Lamborn,  of  New  York, 
for  the  best  on  the  subject.  It  gives  an  account  of  the  anatomy,  life-his- 
tory and  development  of  the  mosquito,  remedies  against  and  an  account 
of  its  natural  enemies.  A  catalogue  of  the  described  transformations  of 
the  Odonata  of  the  world  is  appended. 

BERLINER  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT  xxxv,  heft  i,  1890. — Lepid- 
opterological  notes  from  Sumatra,  by  Dr.  L.  Martin.  The  Bee  genus 
Dasypoda  Latr.,*  by  A.  Schletterer;  i  pi.  African  Fulgoridse,*  by  Dr. 
F.  Karsch;  i  pi.  Paropioxys,  Metopotritys,  Anecphora,  Faratwtns,  Eitry- 
prosthius,  Phcrdolus,  Conoprosthius,  Anlophorus  n.  gen.  Contributions 
to  the  knowledge  of  the  Lepidopterous  fauna  of  Amurland,  iv,*  by  I,. 
Graeser.  Contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  the  singing  Cicadas  of  Africa 
and  Madagascar,*  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  2  plates;  74  species  are  enumerated; 
Luce/as,  Ligyinolpa,  P&ctira,  J\fusoda  n.  gen.  Description  of  the  colors 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


164  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [December, 

of  the  larva  of  Papilio  o.rynins,  by  Dr.  J.  Gundlach.  Two  new  Bupres- 
tids  from  the  Malayan  Archipelago,*  and  Agestrata  lata  n.  sp.,  by  Dr. 
Richter.  A  new  Buprestid  from  East  Africa,*  and  a  new  Cetonid  from 
East  Africa,*  by  G.  Quedenfeldt.  Akis  Schweinfnrthi  n.  sp.,  by  M.  Que- 
denfeldt;  from  Egypt. 

ANNALEN  DES  K.  K.  NATURHISTORISCHEN  HOFMUSEUMS,  v,  No.  2, 
YVien,  1890. — The  Hymenopterous  group  of  the  Sphecinse  I.  Monograpli 
of  the  natural  genus  Sphe.v  L.*  (sens,  lat.),  first  part,  by  F.  F.  Kohl;  5 
plates;  S.  morio,  Brit.  Columbia;  S.  prccstans,  California;  6".  neo.reiuis, 
Vancouver  island;  S.  e.vcisus,  Vancouver  Island;  .S1.  clavipes,  Cuba;  .5". 
chrysophorus,  Mexico;  S.  Ma.viniiliani,  Mexico;  >S".  spiniger,  Mexico, 
Brazil;  new  species  from  North  America. 

MATERIAUX  POUR  LA  FAUNE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DU  LIMBOURG,  Coleop- 
teres  36  centurie,  Hasselt,  1890. — Materiaux  pour  la  Faune  Entomolo- 
gique  de  la  Province  de  Brabant.  Coleopteres,  5e  centurie,  Bruxelles, 
1890;  both  by  A.  P.  de  Borre. 

BULLETINO  DELLA  SOCIETA  ENTOMOLOGICA  ITALIANA,  Xxii,   1890.— Oil 

a  series  of  newly  discovered  secretory  organs  in  the  silk  worm,  by  E. 
Vernon;  4  plates.  Notes  on  some  epizoic  insects,  by  M.  Bezzi:  Pulex 
tuberculaticeps  n.  sp.  on  Ursits  arctos  L.  Studies  on  some  Formicidae  of 
the  Neotropic  Fauna,  by  C.  Emery;  5  plates;  I.  Formicidae  of  Costa 
Rica,  a  list  of  107  species,  with  notes,  18  of  them  new  species  or  races; 
II.  On  some  new  species  of  the  genus  Pseudomyrma,  including  new  spe- 
cies from  Central  America,  etc.;  III.  New  American  forms  of  the  genera 
Strumigenys  and  Epitritis,  etc. 

ARCHIV  FUR  NATURGESCHICHTE,  Ivi,  i  band,  2  heft.  Published  Aug., 
1890.  Contains  the  bibliographical  summary  for  Entomology  for  1889,  by 
Dr.  Ph.  Bertkau. 

IL  NATURALISTA  SICILIANO,  ix,  9. — Supplement  to  the  Review  of  the 
Milabrida?  (Bruchidae),  by  F.  Baudi.  Cons-pectus  of  the  Scymaenidae  col- 
lected by  Lotharius  Hetschko  in  Southern  Brazil  near  Blumenau,  by  E. 
Reitter  and  F.  Croissandreau. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIGQUE  6  Sept., 
1890.— Psychidological  Notes,*  by  Dr.  F.  J.  M.  Heylaerts.  Note  on  the 
Chrysobothridas,*  by  C.  Kerremans;  Psendactenodes  n.  gen.  Description 
of  a  new  species  of  Elateridae  of  the  genus  Dicronychns  (Eschscholtz),* 
by  G.  Dumont.  Descriptions  of  four  new  species  of  the  family  Chryso- 
melidae,*  by  A.  Duvivier.  Notes  on  the  Elateridae  of  Chota-nagpore,*  by 
E.  Candeze.  Causeries  Odonatologiques,  No.  2,  by  E.  de  Selys-Long- 
champs. 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE,  October,  1890. — Mate-- 
rials for  the  Entomological  fauna  of  Flanders;  4th  century.  Coleoptera, 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  165 

by  A.  P.  de  Borre.    Acarinae  observed  in  France  (first  list),  by  R.  Monirz. 
Galls  observed  in  the  North  of  France,  by  H.  Fockeu  (supplementary 

list). 

SlTZUNGSBERICHTE    UNO    ABHANDLUNOEN    DER     NATURWIS.    GESELL. 

Isis  IN  DRESDEN,  1890,  January-June.     On  mimicry,  by  Dr.  J.  Thallwitz; 
contains  a  number  of  references  to  insects. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  PHILOMATHIQUE  DE  PARIS,  8e  serie,  II,  No. 
3,  1890. — Note  on  some  fossil  insects  of  the  coal  measures  which  bear 
aliform  appendages  on  the  prothorax,  by  C.  Brongniart. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  AxzEiGER,  Oct.  13,  1890. — Analytical  chemical  re- 
searches on  living  larvae,  pupae  and  butterflies,  by  E.  Verson. 

ANNALES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQVE  DE  FRANCE,  6e  serie,  ix, 
1889-90. — Coleoptera  of  the  interior  of  China,*  fifth  part,  by  L.  Fairmaire;. 
Stenonota,  Cor<zgrilus,  Sallittnia,  Phyllolytus,  Pasurius,  Trymatodenis, 
Merat'ins,  Hemadius,  Tahnonus,  Osnaparis,  Sepharia,  Semacia,  Teba/ia, 
new  genera.     Coleoptera  of  the  North  of  Africa,*  by  L.  Bedel.    New,  or 
little-known  Cucujidae,*  seventh  memoir,   by  A.   Grouvelle,   one  plate. 
Lepidopterological  Notes,  second  part,  by  C.  Jourdheuille  (on  Eupithecia 
valerianata  Hub.).    New,  or  little-known  Diptera,*  34th  part,  by  J.  F.  M. 
Bigot  (Empidi);  includes  the  following  new  species  from  North  America: 
Rhamphomyia  Morrissoni,   R.  pachymera,   R.  nigrita,    R.  geniculata. 
Contributions  to  the  Indo-Chinese  fauna:  first  memoir,  Cicindeliclae  and 
Elate ridae,*  by  E.  Fleutiaux:  second  memoir,  Hydrocanthares,*  by  Dr. 
M.  Regimbart.     Voyage  of  M.  E.  Simon  to  Venezuela:  second  memoir, 
Coleoptera,*  by  A.  Grouvelle,  i  plate;  third  memoir,  Coleoptera,*  by  A. 
Leveille",  fourth  memoir,  Arachnida.*  by  E.   Simon;  Pseitdidiops,  Phczo- 
clita,  Celidotopus,  Rhytidicolus,  Accola,  Psalistops,  Stothis,  Euthycalns, 
Epipedesis,  Adranochelia,  Sfichoptastits,  Osopactus,  Paratropis,  Cosino- 
pe/ina,  new  genera;  fifth  memoir,  Coleoptera  (Lathridae),*  by  M.  J.  Belon. 
Diagnoses  of  new,  or  little-known  Lycidae,*  sixth  part,  byj.  Bourgeois. 
Expedition  of  M.  Ch.  Allaud  into  the  territory  of  Assinie  (West  Africa); 
first  memoir,  Lycidae,*  by  J.  Bourgeois;  second  memoir,  Dytiscidse  and 
Gyrinidae,*  by  Dr.   M.   Regimbart.     Expeditions  of  M.  E.  Gounelle  to 
Brazil.     Temnochilidae,*  by  A.   LeVeiHe.     A  new  Boannia,  etc.,  by  C. 
Blachier,  one  plate;  notes  the  occurrence  of  Vanessa  virginiensis  Dru. 
(Hiuitera  Fab.),  in  the  island  of  Teneriffe.     Contributions  to  the  Indo- 
Chinese  fauna;  third  memoir,  Carabidse,*  by  H.  W.  Bates;  Arhytinus  n. 
gen.;  fourth  memoir,  Cryptocephalidas,  Clytrida?  and  Eumolpidae,*  by  F. 
Lefevre.     Expedition  of  M.  C.  Allaud  into  Assinie,  etc.;  fifth  memoir, 
Eumolpidae,  by  E.  Lefevre.     Contributions  to  the  Indo-Chinese  fauna; 
sixth  memoir,  Galerucidae  and  Alticidae,*  by  E.  Allard.     New,  or  little- 
known  Diptera,*  35th  part,  by  J.  F.  M.  Bigot  (Cyrticli).    Voyage  of  M.  E. 
Simon    to   Venezuela ;    sixth    memoir,    Clytrido:,    Lamprosomidae    and 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


i66  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

Eumolpidae,*  by  E.  Lefevre;  Ephyrcea  n.  gen.  Descriptions  of  a  new 
genus,  and  of  some  new  species  of  Phytophagous  Coleoptera  (Eumol- 
pidae),*  by  E.  Lefevre;  Talurus  n.  gen.,  Alethaxius  tuberculifer,  Mexico, 
n.  sp.  Entomology  at  the  Universal  Exposition  of  1889,  by  A.  LeVeiHe". 
List  of  the  Coleoptera  of  Guadaloupe  and  descriptions  of  new  species, 
by  E.  Fletiaux  and  A.  Salle";  517  species  are  listed.  Contributions  to  the 
Indo-Chinese  fauna:  sixth  memoir,  Sagridae,  Crioceridae,  Chrysomelidae, 
Hispidae,*  by  Dr.  J.  S.  Baly.  Notice  on  the  genus  Leptarctia  Stretch,  G. 
H.  French;  describes  some  new  North  American  varieties.  From  the 
bulletins  of  this  society  we  note  the  following:  Enosis*  Mabille  (n.  gen. 
Lepid.);  Ischyropteron*  Bigot  (n.  gen.  Diptera);  Sarothroceras*  Mabille 
(n.  gen.  Lepid.);  Issacaris*  Fairmaire  (n.  gen.  Coleop.);  Phelister  mi- 
cistrius,  Marseul  (n.  sp.  Coleop.),  Guatemala.  Choristoneura*  Mabille 
(n.  gen.  Lepid.);  Hyda*  Stethotrix*  Dis*  Mabille  (n.  gen.  Lepid.); 
Malthodes  lignlifer  Bergroth  (n.  sp.  Coleop.),  California;  Palibothra,* 
Papua*  Ragonot  (n.  gen.  Phycitae).  A  catalogue  of  the  French  species 
of  Cerambycidae  is  published  in  this  volume. 

ANNALES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  xxxiii.— 
Monograph  of  the  European  species  and  those  inhabiting  neighboring 
countries  of  the  genus  Tiphia  Fab.,*  by  H  Tournier.  Notes  on  the  Per- 
lidae  described  by  Dr.  Rambur,  by  H.  Albarda.  Note  on  Tceniopteryx 
nebulosa  L.  and  T.  praetextata  Burm.,  by  H.  Albarda,  pi.  i.  New  Ela- 
teridae,  by  E.  Candeze  (see  ENT.  NEWS,  i,  p.  53).  Documents  for  a  mono- 
graph of  the  Ichneumonidae  of  Asiatic  Russia,*  by  Dr.  J.  Tosquinet.  Cata- 
logue of  the  Coleoptera  of  the  family  Gyrinidae,  by  G.  Severin;  303  species 
are  listed.  PI.  II  figures  the  interesting  Odonat,  Palcrophlebia  superstes 
Selys. 

MEMOIRS  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ZOOLOGIQUE  DE  FRANCE,  iii,  parts  2  and  3, 
1890. — Phosphorescence  in  myriapods  of  the  family  Geophilidae,  by  J. 
Gazagnaire. 

BlBLIOTHECA  ZOOLOGICA  II.  VERZEICHNISS  DER  SCHRIFTEN  UBER 
ZOOLOGIE  WELCHE  IN  DEN  PERIODISCH-EN  WERKEN  ENTHALTEN  I  ND 

VOM  JAHRE  1861-80,  SELBSTSTANDIG  ERSCHIENEN  SIND.  .  .  .  von  Dr.  O. 
Taschenberg;  8th  Lieferung,  signatur  281-320.  Leipzig,  Engelman,  1890, 
pp.  2291-2610  (List  of  the  publications  on  Zoology  which  are  contained  in 
periodicals  and  have  appeared  separately,  from  1861-80).  This  "Liefe- 
rung" finishes  the  Hymenoptera  and  begins  the  Coleoptera. 

LES  ABEILLES. — Organes  et  Fonctions,  Education  et  Produits,  Miel  et 
Cire,  par  Maurice  Girard,  Docteur  des  Sciences  Naturelles,  etc.;  Avec  85, 
figures  dans  le  texte,  36  Edition  Paris:  J.  B.  Bailliere  et  Fils,  1890  (Biblio- 
theque  Scientifique  Contemporaine). 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  Oct.  2o,  1890. — The  losing  of  liquid  in  but- 
terflies after  their  imagonation,  by  Dr.  J.  Frenzel.  The  odorous  glands  of 
Aphlebia  bivittata  Bridle"  (Blattidae),  of  Teneriffe,  by  Dr.  H.  Krauss. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  167 

Doings  of   Societies. 

(Continued  from  p.  152,  vol.  i.) 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  CLUB  OF  THE  A.  A.  A.  S.  OF 
INDIANAPOLIS,  1890. — Dr.  Weed  presented  a  short  paper  on  the  habits  of 
Li.i'iis  concai'iis. 

Prof.  Hargitt  called  attention  to  early  observations  on  the  Canker-worm. 
He  also  spoke  of  a  Cecidomyia  infesting  the  tops  of  Solidago,  and  also 
presented  "Notes  upon  Cennatia  forceps." 

Prof.  Webster  spoke  of  the  predaceous  habits  of  Cennatia  and  its  prey- 
ing upon  the  Croton  bug.  Mr.  Fletcher  had  observed  the  insect  with  Mr. 
Howard  at  Washington.  Its  mode  of  capturing  the  Croton  bug  before 
devouring  it  was  remarkable.  It  sprang  over  its  prey,  which  was  thus 
encaged  between  many  curved  legs.  He  thought  that  Mr.  Hargitt's  suc- 
cess in  keeping  alive  the  specimens  he  had  confined  in  a  tin  canister,  was 
more  due  to  the  moisture  thus  secured  than  the  darkness.  He  under- 
stood that  this  insect  was  a  lover  of  damp  places,  like  many  other  myriopods. 

The  Club  then  proceeded  to  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year, 
which  resulted  as  follows: 

President,  Prof.  Herbert  Osborn,  Ames,  Iowa. 

Vice- President,  Miss  Mary  E.  Murtfeldt,  Kirkwood,  Mo. 

Secretary,  Clarence  M.  Weed,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Prof.  Osborn  presented  a  paper  on  "The  use  of  Contagious  Diseases 
in  destroying  Injurious  insects." 

Prof.  Atkinson  spoke  of  some  insects  of  Alabama. 

Dr.  Weed  read  a  short  paper  on  the  oviposition  of  Dectes  spinosus  in 
slmbrosia  trifiida. 

Prof.  Cook  presented  some  notes  on  the  insects  of  the  year.  He  said 
Cut-worms  and  Saw-flies  had  been  very  injurious.  The  larvae  of  jEgeria 
•tipnliformis  was  attacked  with  a  fungus  growth  like  that  attacking  the 
white  grub.  The  foliage  ot  the  quince  and  cherry  were  injured  by  the 
first  brood  of  larvae  of  Cherry  Slug.  Road  dust  was  applied  with  excel- 
lent results.  Dr.  Weed  presented  a  short  paper  on  Psephenus  lecontei, 
which,  he  stated,  he  had  found  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Erie. 

Club  adjourned  to  meet  in  connection  with  the  A.  A.  A.  S.  next  year. 

F.  H.  WEBSTER, 

Secretary. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON,  Oct.  2,  1890. — Messrs. 
}.  M.  Stedman,  Nathan  Banks  and  F.  W.  Mally,  were  elected  members 
of  the  Society. 

Under  exhibition  of  specimens  and  notes,  Dr.  Fox  exhibited  a  specimen 
of  a  small  spider,  belonging  to  the  genus  Epi sinus,  which  was  stated  by 
Dr.  Marx  to  be  an  undescribed  species. 

Dr.  Marx  called  attention  to  two  spiders  new  to  our  fauna,  one  belong- 
ing to  the  European  genus  Histopona  taken  at  Penn-Mar,  and  also  re- 
ceived from  South  Florida,  and  the  other,  a  new  genus,  of  uncertain  po- 


1 68  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [December, 

sition,  but  possibly  allied  to  the  Agalenidae,  represented  by  a  single  speci- 
men taken  on  the  grounds  of  the  Department. 

Mr.  Marlatt  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Trypeta  (zqualis  Lw.,  which  he 
had  bred  from  seed-pods  of  xantlriiun,  and  the  larval  habit  of  which  he 
had  described  at  a  previous  meeting  of  the  Society. 

Mr.  Marlatt  then  presented  a  paper  on  "Some  observations  on  the 
habits  of  Vespa  germanica  and  V.  ciincata.'"  The  feeding  and  nesting- 
habits,  particularly  of  the  first-named  species,  were  described.  Three 
kinds  of  nests  were  mentioned,  viz.:  the  very  rare  serial  ones,  those  be- 
neath stumps  or  stones,  and  those  in  open  ground;  the  latter  being  much 
the  more  common.  Various  insect  and  mammalian  enemies  of  these 
wasps  were  alluded  to  together  with  the  means  employed  to  destroy  the 
nests  when  their  proximity  to  dwellings  renders  them  objectionable.  Dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  Howard,  Schwarz,  Fox,  Dodge,  Stedman,  Marlatt  and 
others. 

Mr.  Howard  read  a  paper  entitled,  "A  new  remarkable  genus  of  En- 
cyrtinae,"  in  which  he  characterized  a  new  genus  and  species  which  pos- 
sesses the  peculiar  ramose  antennas  hitherto  peculiar,  in  the  subfamily 
Encyrtiiice,  to  Tetracnemus  diversicornis  of  Westwood.  Mr.  Howard 
has  named  the  genus  Tanaostigma  and  the  species  T.  coursetice  from 
Cour*etia  (?)  me.ricana,  a  rare  leguminous  plant,  collected  in  the  Alamos 
Mountains,  Mexico,  by  Dr.  Edward  Palmer,  and  in  the  ovaries  and  stigma 
of  which  the  insect  breeds.  Discussed  by  Messrs.  Schwarz,  Howard  and 
Marlatt. 

Dr.  Marx  favored  the  Society  with  an  account  of  his  recent  experiments 
to  determine  whether  the  bite  of  Latrodectns  mactans  is  poisonous  or  not. 
He  describes  the  poison  glands  of  Latrodectiis,  which  are  very  small. 
He  had  introduced  the  poison  in  various  ways  into  guinea-pigs  and  rab- 
bits without  obtaining  any  satisfactory  results,  and  proposed  to  vary  and 
continue  his  experiments  to  put  the  matter  of  the  supposed  poisonous 
nature  of  the  bite  of  this  spider,  if  possible,  beyond  doubt.  Discussed 
by  Messrs.  Schwarz,  Howard,  Fox  and  Marlatt. 

Mr.  Ulke,  who  was  present,  gave  an  interesting  description  of  the  habits 
of  Tachys  iitcurvus  Say,  which  he  had  found  in  numbers  in  the  nests  of 
ants,  and  which  is  the  first  Carabid  to  be  determined  as  truly  myrmeco- 
philous.  He  also  described  the  habits  of  certain  myrmecophelous  Staphy- 
liniclae,  and  exhibited  a  small  collection  of  Coleoptera  made  by  T.  Ulke, 
illustrating  the  local  fauna  of  the  Black  Hills  district.  Discussed  by 
.Messrs.  Schwarz,  Howard  and  Marx. 

In  connection  with  the  subject  of  local  faunas,  Mr.  J.  B.  Smith's  recent 
catalogue  of  the  insects  of  New  Jersey  was  taken  up  and  discussed  at 
length  by  the  Society. 

Mr.  Townsend  submitted  for  publication  a  generic  synopsis  of  the  first 
five  families  of  the  N.  A.  Calyptrate  Muscidse. 

C.  L.  MARLATT, 

A  V<  'o  i  •/.  ////«•  Seer  eta  n  • . 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  November  was  mailed  October  30,  1890. 


Entomological  News 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION 

OF    THE 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 


VOLUME  II,   1891. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINNER,  M.  D. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  : 

GEO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BLAKE. 

EZRA  T.  CRESSON.  PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 


PHILADELPHIA  : 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  ROOMS  OF 

THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES, 

LOGAN  SQUARE. 

1891. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  II. 


GENERAL  ENTOMOLOGY. 

A  Conjecture 200 

Doings  of  Societies  18,  60,  So,  99, 

126,  146,  168,  187,  212. 
Edwards,  Henry,    .     .     .     129,  138 
Electric  Light  as  an  Insecticide    33 
Elementary  Entomology  8,  27,  46, 

66. 
Entomological  Literature  14,  37,  56, 

78,  95,  123,  141,  164,  183,  209. 
Exceptional  Insects     .     .     .     .  208 

Excursion 121,  139 

Forest  Plague  in  Bavaria  .  .  34 
Hop  Louse,  Phorodan  /tumuli.  34 
Humors  of  Collecting  ...  33 
Identification  of  Insects  14,  36,  55, 

78,  95,  123,  209. 

Immigration  Theory,  Another.  30 
Insects  at  Electric  Light  .  .  77 

Mimicry Si,  93,  209 

Notes  and  News  12,  32,  51,  76,  91, 

119,  138,  160,  179,  206. 
Obituary  40,  80,   100,   128,  168,  188 
Peach  Yellows,  cause  of.     .     .  206 
Photography  in  Entomology    .  189 

Rocks 153 

Spider  Fisherman,  A  ....  77 
Spiders  Described  by  Hentz  .  84 
Spiders,  synonymical  notes.  .  193 

Stephani  picta 206 

Value  of  Types 139 

COLEOPTERA. 

A  Displacement 54 

A  Humbug 54 

Cicindela  tortuosa       ....  32 

Dibolia  tzrca 13 

Hcsterius  brunnipennis   .     .     .120 

Heterocerus  pusillus  ....  54 


Lachnosterna    insperata,   fra- 

terna 135 

Limnichns  pttnctatus  ....     54 

Megilla  maciilata 121 

Notes  on  Coleoptera  .     .     .    21,  54 

Phyllotreta 54 

Plastocerus  Schaumii,  pupa  .  112 
Polycesta  elata,  larva  ....  106 
Sphenophorus  miniums  .  .  .113 
Through  the  Final  Mountains  .  130 
Trap  for  capturing  C.  .  .  .  82 
Trichodes  ornatus 6 

DIPTERA. 

Dasyllis    thoracica    capturing 

Coleoptera 162 

Exorista  chrysophani  n.  sp.  .  197 
Exorista  parasitic  on  Lagoa  .  159 

E.  lagoe  n.  sp 159 

New  Hippoboscid  from  Mexico  105 
Trichobius  n.  g. ,    T.  Dit- 

gesii  n.  sp 106 

Syrphid  pupce  in  cactus  .     .     .  162 

HYMENOPTERA. 

Ants  as  Surgeons 92 

Cocoon  spinning  of  Ichneumon  169 

East  African  Hymenoptera .  .  42 

Sphex  Abbotii  n.  sp.  .  .  42 

Egg  Parasites 53 

Halictus  confusus 54 

Habits  of  Bees 54 

Hymenopterological  Notes  .  .  194 

Larra  anrantia  n.  sp.  .  .  .  194 

L.  punctifrons  n.  sp 194 

New  species  of  Nyssonidae.  .  31 

Bothynostethus  distindus  .  31 


11 


INDEX. 


LEPIDOPTERA. 

A   L  'rations  oi"  well-known  L. 
A<.gerida\  new  ...... 

TVcvA/////;;.  .       . 

T.  >  .  .... 

.:'.i  palmii    ... 

-:.... 

.  .:     ..... 

S  .      .      .      .    121, 

........ 

...... 

..... 

\tus    ...... 

V  in  Missouri  . 
val.e.  Hunting      .... 

is,  larva      ..... 

Cit/:.  gaits  .      i.  13.  -i, 

...... 

-     .  ..-    fidelissima    vs.     L". 


107 
- 
s 

100 

12 

207 

175 
122 

121 

149 

117 

62 

94 

151 

133 

49 
123 


Mimicry   of 

ISO  n.  sp. 

A  s         :.':.'<7/tV///     . 

New  l.epidoptera    ..... 

H\  -  lafestata  .     .     . 

Lf  moulds  nia.viina  .     .     . 

Fbt  :.:  :  .:/</       ....... 

^.:nofninc:'^:'s  n.  sp. 
''.-fa  ....  43. 

Pd/>i7ic  >     .... 

P.  turn  us  ........ 


/'.  c>:'oi:s,  fooJ  plants  of 
P/i:  -  :  :.':'s 


.-.::.  US       .      .      .      . 

_  tns  .  02, 

w   .....  15° 

Early  stages  of  some  Moths     .  152 

.     .     .  76 

Electric  lights.  L.  at    ....  -\; 
Elementary  Entomology    89,    no, 

--.  157-  J77-  196- 

Effects  of  storms  on  larva*  .     .  51 

....  122 

I      *::>SJ      .     .  1,122 

......  76 

.......  02 

Eiiclca.  H.  nc.nc.  n.  sp.     .     .     .  61 

Chip-:  >                       -'  n.  sp.       .  155 

ta  n.  sp.      .  156 

Hesperida.-,  new  African       .     .  3 

^j/itij    ....  ; 

P.  &-;/£-<?      ......  4 

P.  •                ......  5 

Ho»isi:.  -.:.... 

'      '   SfoSSOHll         .       .  71 

..........  156 

Z;r:V:'.v\;  ..  .  .\:Az,    early 

stages     ......      87,  109 

Lip.'                          .....  o-i 

List  of  N.  Amer.  Butterrlies      20.  i 


assimilaHS    .     . 

frattcoHM  n.  var.  .  .  ;.  41. 
PtafycernraJurciUa  .... 
/Y<;.  :.'.'  .  .  .  . 

Psyche  co'ifc-dcratd      .... 
Random  notes  on  L  ..... 

i';:d  Conistockiana 
s  j  alopc     ...... 

Seasonal  notes   ...... 

Sphingid.r  of  Colorado   .     .     . 
Sphiti.r  qumqufmaculata     . 

<>td      tatipCHtiis,      early 
stages     ........ 

Tele  a   polypheiniis    on    \\"hite 
IMroh       ........ 

Terias  nicippeon  Long  Island. 
]  'anessa  cdli/orniea     .... 


13 

102 
104 

6r 

175 

175 

52 

•«  ^ 

33 

01 

- 

-- 
1 

^ 

139 

33 

152 

122 


3o 
13 

190 
13 

"5 

94 

.     .   12;, 
•     •     53 

NEUROPTERA. 

.  /;/i?.r  /n>i::ts.  early  stages   .     .179 
Contribution  to  Maine  Odonata 

5°,  73- 

Pragonfly  with  abnormal  wing.     35 

List  of  Maine  Pragonrlies    .     .  11 

Mt.  Desert  Dragonflies    ...  93 

Ortholcstes  n.  gen 199 

i  \  dara  n.  sp 199 


ORTHOPTERA. 

<  'amiibalistK:  I  labits  of  Cri<  k<:t -,   180 
Lot  lists  in  Algeria       .  .    '82 

!..,•  usts  in  Morocco     ....    162 

CONTRIBUTORS  TO  VOL.  II. 

An.^ell,  G.  \V.  J.,    .     .  "'r> 

Athlon,  T.  B.,    .     .  «2 

Baldy,  S.,       .     .     -  '3 

Banks,  N.,  •  «4,  '93 

B<  utenmiiller,  \V.,       .  .   152 

Blaisdell,  F.  E.,  •  "2 

Blake,  C.  A.,      .     .  33 

Braun,  C., 87,  109 

Bruce,  D.,      .     .     -  .190 

Bullock,  D.  J.,    .  -     93 

Bunker,  R.,    .     .     .     .  -94 

Culvert,  P.   P.,  8,  12,  17,  27,  35,  46, 
51.  66,  199. 

Caracciolo,  H., 52 

Cresson,  C.  C., 200 

Davis,  W.T.,  77 

Ijyar,  H.  G.,  .  -49,  61,  115,  156 
K<1  wards,  H.,  .  71 

Fisher,  P.,      .  .     .   180 

Fox,  W.  J.,     ---          3i,  42,  194 

Coding,  F.  \V., 161 

Hamilton,  J.,  .  .  54,  "3,  *35 
Harvey,  F.  L.,  .  -  50,  73 
Holland,  W.  J.,  .  .  .  3,  156 
Hopping,  R.,  .  .  .121 
Horn,  G.  H.,  .  .  6 

Hudson,  G.  H., 155 


INDEX. 

Johnson.  J.  S., 


in 


....  51-  '>2    ,> 
Kellirott,  1).  S.,  33,  122, 

Run/".  P.  I-.,    '3,  93,  94,  121,  122, 

171,  207,  208,  209. 
Laurent,  P.,  .     .  32,  33,  180 

Lieb"<k,  C 54,  120 

Lon^ley,  W.  E., 

Lugger,  ' )., 21,  77 

Martindale,  I.  C.,    .  .   139 

Mason,  J.T.,      .    .  -  76.    ' 

Mit'hell,  I.  N.,    .  13,  '22,  123 

Neumoegen,  B.,   107,  122,  123,  150, 

161,  175- 

Osborn,  H. 77 

Ottolengui,  R.,   .  •     •   23,  76 

Patton,  \V.  H.,  .     .  .206 

Potts,  E., 53,  54 

Rolfs,  P.  H.,       .     .  13 

Rowley,  R.  K.,  .  43,  "7,  133 

Skinner,  H.,   i,   12,  201,  89,  92,  no, 

129,  137,  157,  158,  175,  '77,  196- 
Slosson,  Mrs.  A.  T.,    .     -  2,  41,  139 
Summers,  H.  E.,    .  .206 

Thompson,  J.  C.,    .  .162 

Todd,  A.,       .     -  34 

T'.-.vnsend,  C.  H.  T.,    105,  159,  197 
Van  Denburg,  M.  W.,     . 
Van  Duzee,  E.  P., 
\Vadsworth,  Miss  M.,  .     . 
Weeks,  A.  G.,  Jr.,       .     . 
Wickham,  H.  F.,    .     .     . 
Williston,  S.  \V.,     .     .     . 


169 

12,  30 
.       II 

.  102 
.  130 
.  162 


I 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 


VOL.    II. 


JANUARY,   1891. 


No.  i. 


CONTENTS: 


Remarks  on  Illustration i 

Slosson — Phragmatobia  assimilans 2 

Holland— African  Hesperidas 3 

Horn — Trichodes  ornatus 6 

P.  P.  C.— Elementary  Entomology 8 


Wadsworth — Dragonflies  of  Maine n 

Notes  and  News 12 

Entomological  Literature 14 

Doings  of  Societies 18 

Supplement i 


OUR  illustration  represents  the  "  Hickory-horned  devil"  just  as 
he  appears  when  in  search  of  a  place  to  undergo  his  transforma- 
tion into  a  chrysalis.  He  was  found  August  jth,  crawling  on  the 
turnpike,  by  Julius  F.  Sachse,  editor  of  the  "American  Journal 
of  Photography,"  who  put  him  on  a  gate-post,  and  did  him  the 
honor  of  taking  his  picture.  We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Sachse  for 
kindly  loaning  us  the  plate  for  the  NEWS.  "  Every  entomologist 
recognizes  the  difficulty  experienced  in  attempting  to  preserve 
specimens  of  the  larvse  of  moths  and  butterflies;  even  under  the 
most  favorable  circumstances  the  prepared  specimens  shrivel  and 
lose  their  color.  Heretofore,  drawings  have  been  made  of  the 
larva,  a  proceeding  expensive,  and  often  unsatisfactory.  It  is  here 
where  photography  asserts  its  superiority — for  example,  we  will 
take  the  illustration:  It  would  be  an  easy  matter  to  stop  out  the 
negative,  print  on  heavy,  plain  paper,  and  then  lightly  tint  with 
proper  shades  in  water  colors."*  The  reproduction  is  by  the 
Ives  process,  the  engraving  by  the  Crosscup  &  West  Co.,  and 
the  printing  by  P.  C.  Stockhausen.  We  hope  to  give  illustra- 
tions in  volume  2  very  frequently,  and  trust  to  receive  the  sup- 
port of  those  interested  in  Entomology  so  that  this  may  be  done. 

*  J.  F.  Sachse,  in  the  "  American  Journal  of  Photography,"  Scpu-mtvr,  i^jo. 


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o 

PHRAGMATOBIA   ASSIMILANS  Walker. 

BY  ANNIE  TRUMBULL  SLOSSON. 

About  a  year  and  a  half  ago  I  described  ("  Ento.  Amer. " 
May,  1889)  the  rediscovery,  at  Franconia,  N.  H.,  of  this  inter- 
esting species. 

It  will  be  remembered  that,  among  Walker's  types  in  British 
Museum,  there  are  two  forms  under  this  name,  marked  respec- 
tively, A.  and  B.  One  of  these  forms  is  thus  described  (I  will 
not  apologise  for  repeating  the  description,  as  it  has  not  been 
printed  recently): 

"Male. — Red.  Antennae  testaceous.  Thorax  with  brown 
hairs.  Wings  red,  veins  darker.  Primaries  slightly  brown  along 
the  costa  and  elsewhere  indistinctly  sprinkled  with  pale  brown; 
with  two  blackish  dots.  Secondaries  brighter  red,  with  three 
black  dots,  two  in  disc  and  one  near  hind  border  towards  inner 
angle.  Length  of  body,  6  lines;  of  wings,  16  lines."  As  I  said 
in  my  former  paper  my  moth,  taken  at  Franconia,  May,  1886, 
corresponds  in  every  respect  with  this  description,  save  that  it  is 
a  female  and  larger. 

Of  the  other  form  Walker  says:  "  Var. — Primaries  almost 
wholly  brown.  Secondaries  with  broad,  blackish,  submarginal 
stripe." 

This  last  variety  I  was  so  fortunate  as  to  capture  this  year  at 
Franconia.  It  is,  like  the  one  taken  two  years  before,  a  female, 
in  fine  condition,  having  evidently  just  emerged.  It  differs  from 
the  first  one  not  only  by  its  blackish,  irregular  border  on  hind 
wrings,  and  its  somewhat  darker  primaries,  but  in  having  two 
diffuse,  dark,  transverse  lines  on  fore  wings,  which  are  but  faintly 
suggested  in  the  other.  I  do  not  find  that  this  species  of  Walker's 
is  represented  in  any  collection,  except  that  of  the  British  Mu- 
seum, whel*e  the  types — two  worn  and  damaged  specimens,  I  am 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  3 

told,  are  kept.  Its  rarity  is,  probably,  to  be  attributed  to  its 
habitat  and  very  early  appearance.  Both  my  specimens  were 
taken  in  very  cold  weather,  in  a  season  in  which  few  entomolo- 
gists ever  visit  the  mountain  region  of  New  Hampshire.  The 
last  one  was  found  sitting  on  the  floor  of  our  piazza,  near  the  light, 
just  before  midnight  of  the  24th  of  May.  The  thermometer  at 
the  time  was  below  48°,  and  there  was  still  much  snow  on  the 
mountains  and  in  the  woods. 

I  do  not  think  that  any  one  could  examine  these  specimens  of 
mine  and  doubt  their  belonging  to  Walker's  species,  which,  as 
Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  says  ("  Can.  Ent."  xxii,  120),  "  has  languished 
among  the  synonyms,  ever  since  Dr.  Packard  referred  it  there  in 
1884."  They  are  certainly  not  rubricosa  Harris.  Dr.  Packard, 
himself,  to  whom  entomology  owes  so  much,  and  who  is  fairness 
and  justice  personified,  would,  I  know,  acknowledge  this  if  he 
saw  the  two  forms  together.  Prof.  Smith,  in  the  paper  referred  to 
above,  recognizes  the  species  on  the  ground,  as  he  seems  to  inti- 
mate, of  my  rediscovery. 

As  the  varietal  form — with  band  on  secondaries — has  apparently 
received  no  name,  being  marked  simply  B  in  British  Museum 
collections,  and  as  it  is  a  very  distinct  and  strongly-marked  form, 
I  propose  to  call  it  Phragmatobia  franconia  n.  var. ,  and  shall  de- 
scribe it  more  fully  soon ;  with  plate,  if  possible,  under  that  name. 


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DESCRIPTIONS  OF  NEW  SPECIES  OF  AFRICAN 

HESPERID>£. 

BY   REV.    VV.    J.    HOLLAND. 
(Continued  from  vol.  i,  p.  156.) 

4.  Proteides  galua  n.  sp. 

Upperside:  Ground  color  dark  brown,  fading  into  slightly  paler 
fuscous  at  the  apex  of  the  primaries.  The  thorax  and  the  base 
of  the  wings  clothed  with  a  vestiture  of  greenish  brown  hairs. 
Primaries  ornamented  by  a  series  of  subapical  spots,  of  which 
the  one  furthest  from  the  costa  is  the  largest.  The  outer  third 
of  the  cell  is  occupied  by  a  large  trapezoidal  spot.  Near  t In- 
junction of  the  second  and  third  median  nervules  is  a  much 
smaller  subquadrate  spot,  followed  in  the  next  neural  interspace, 
between  the  first  and  second  median  nervules  by  a  very  large  sub- 


4  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [January, 

trapezoidal  spot,  which  is  succeeded  between  the  first  median 
nervule  and  the  submedian  vein  by  a  small  triangular  spot.  This 
last  spot  is  followed  upon  the  same  neural  interspace  by  a  still 
smaller  spot  lying  near  the  base,  and  partly  concealed  by  the 
hairy  vestiture.  Secondaries  ornamented  by  a  band  of  five  yel- 
low spots  separated  by  the  nervures  and  traversing  the  wing  for 
about  half  its  diameter  in  a  line  nearly  at  right  angles  with  the 
posterior  margin.  The  three  outermost  of  these  spots  gradually 
diminish  toward  the  interior,  the  last  two  are  much  longer,  and 
the  band  has  thus  imparted  to  it  a  sinuate  appearance.  There  is 
also  a  small  yellow  streak  in  the  cell  partly  concealed  beneath  the 
vestiture  of  the  wing.  All  the  spots  in  the  anterior  wing  are 
yellow  hyaline,  except  the  small  triangular  spot  near  the  base 
above  submedian  vein.  This  spot  and  all  the  spots  in  the  secon- 
daries are  opaque.  The  fringe  of  the  secondaries  near  the  anal 
angle  is  white. 

Underside:  The  primaries  are  rich  maroon,  interrupted  on  the 
costa  at  the  end  of  the  cell  by  a  pearly  gray  patch,  and  by  the 
hyaline  spots  which  reappear  as  on  the  upper  surface.  The  apex 
is  lavender,  with  three  oval  spots  of  maroon  on  the  outer  margin. 
The  posterior  margin  is  broadly  ashen  gray;  the  costa  at  the 
base  is  white.  The  secondaries  ape  dark  lavender-gray,  orna- 
mented at  the  base  by  an  oval  spot  and  in  the  middle  by  a  very 
large  and  irregular  spot  of  deep  maroon  margined  with  pinkish 
gray;  the  palpi  are  white  beneath.  The  thorax  and  abdomen  are 
dark  brown;  the  antennae  are  dark  above  and  light  beneath,  as 
in  most  of  the  species  of  this  genus. 

The  female  does  not  differ  materially  from  the  male,  except  in 
being  larger,  and  the  markings  more  sharply  defined  upon  the 
underside. 

Hab. — Valley  of  the  Ogove.     Types  in  coll.  Holland. 

I  give  this  species  the  name  Galua  after  the  tribe  of  the  Galwas. 

5.  P.  benga  n.  sp. 

Upperside:  The  body  and  wings  are  uniformly  brown,  slightly 
paler  on  the  outer  margin;  the  fringes  of  the  secondaries  are 
narrowly  white.  The  middle  of  the  primaries  is  adorned  by  a 
broad  subquadrate  band  of  hyaline  yellow  divided  into  three 
spots  by  the  nervures.  Of  these  three  the  uppermost,  situated 
at  the  end  of  the  cell,  is  outwardly  bifid,  with  the  tips  of  the  bi- 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  5 

furcation  rounded.  A  round,  velvety,  sexual  band  occupies  the 
centre  of  the  secondaries  in  the  case  of  the  male. 

Underside:  The  lower  side  of  the  wings  is  as  the  upper,  save 
that  the  costa  of  both  the  primaries  and  secondaries  is  washed 
with  ochreous.  Palpi  pale  gray  beneath. 

The  female  does  not  differ  from  the  male,  except  in  having  a 
small  lanceolate  hyaline  spot  on  the  middle  of  the  upper  side  of 
the  submedian  vein  in  the  primaries.  Expanse  9,45111111.;  9, 
48  mm. 

Hab. — Ogove  Valley,  Benita.     Type  in  coll.  Holland. 

I  name  this  species  after  the  Benga,  a  tribe  on  the  mainland 
near  Benita. 

6.  P.  balenge  n.  sp. 

One  of  the  largest  species  of  the  genus. 

Upperside:  Head,  thorax,  abdomen  and  wings,  rich  dark 
brown  throughout,  only  fading  a  little  at  the  apical  extremity  of 
the  primaries  into  paler  brown.  Anterior  wings  ornamented  as 
follows:  at  the  costa,  about  one-third  from  the  tip  of  the  wings, 
there  is  a  subapical  series  of  four  small  white  hyaline  spots,  the 
first  of  which  is  short,  the  second  elongated,  the  third  like  the 
first,  and  the  fourth,  which  is  slightly  removed  from  the  rest, 
small  and  quadrate.  There  are,  further,  four  large  yellow  hyaline 
spots,  the  largest,  which  is  quadrilateral  at  the  end  of  the  cell, 
and  the  other  three,  which  are  subquadrate,  arranged  in  a  series 
upon  the  limbal  area,  on  the  interspaces  between  the  median 
nervules.  Upon  the  posterior  wings  there  is  a  triangular  spot  of 
the  same  color  as  those  upon  the  disc  of  the  primaries  located 
beyond  the  end  of  the  cell. 

Underside:  The  ground  color  is  fuscous,  clouded  at  the  base 
of  the  primaries  and  upon  the  secondaries  by  dark  brown.  The 
spots  of  the  upper  surface  all  reappear  upon  the  lower  side,  and 
there  are  in  addition  the  following  markings:  Upon  the  primaries 
at  the  base  upon  the  costa  a  white  spot,  beyond  it  about  one-third 
of  the  distance  from  the  base  a  white  mark,  at  the  middle  of  the 
costa  above  the  large  quadrate  hyaline  spot  in  the  cell  two  small 
sagittate  white  marks,  and  at  the  apex  a  series  of  poorly  denned 
lunulate  marks  also  white;  upon  the  secondaries  there  are  two 
very  small  and  indistinct  white  spots  at  the  base,  one  small  and 
sharply  defined  spot  on  the  disc  between  the  costal  and  subcostal 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


[January, 


nerves,  a  similar  spot  in  the  cell,  and  one  like  it  between  the 
second  and  third  median  nervules.  The  fringe  at  the  anal  angle 
is  narrowly  white;  the  underside  of  the  palpi  is  cinereous,  and 
the  lower  side  of  the  abdomen  is  annulated  with  white.  Expanse 
of  wings  68  mm. 

Hab. — Benita.     Type  9  in  coll.  Holland. 

I  name  this  species  after  the  Balenge,  a  tribe  found  near  Benita. 


— o — 


TRICHODES  ORNATUS  Say. 

BY  GEO.   H.   HORN,   M.  D. 

In  consequence  of  some  correspondence  lately  had  in  refer- 
ence to  this  insect  and  the  apparent  incredulity  that  two  forms 
seen,  which  differ  less  than  any  two  figures  on  the  subjoined  il- 
lustration, were  merely  varietal  differences,  I  have  thought  it 
desirable  to  select  a  few  forms  illustrative  of  variation  in  two 
directions  from  the  typical  form. 

The  thorax  varies  in  color  from  blue  to  green,  through  brassy 
and  cupreous.  The  elytra  are  usually  deep  blue  or  blue-black,  but 
may  be  bright  blue  or  green.  The  pale  bands  are  of  a  Cicindeloid 
type,  and  may  be  bright  yellow  or  orange-yellow.  The  legs  are 
blue,  the  anterior  four  tarsi  pale,  but  those  specimens  with  the 
wider  bands  of  yellow  often  have  pale  tibiae  also. 


On  the  accompanying  illustration  are  five  specimens  selected 
from  my  series  showing  the  extent  of  variation  in  the  markings. 
The  central  figure  is  the  common  form  in  the  region  from  which 
Say  obtained  his  specimens,  near  the  base  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains. The  humeral  and  the  median  band  are  often  united  along 
the  outer  side.  Fig.  2  represents  a  form  quite  usual  in  Owen's 
Valley,  Cal.,  and  western  Nevada,  the  yellow  being  quite  equal 
to  the  blue  color.  Fig.  3  shows  a  form  from  Utah  in  which  the 


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humeral  and  median  bands  have  coalesced  into  a  large  pale  area 
enclosing  but  slight  trace  of  the  blue  in  the  form  of  a  spot  and 
two  short  lines.  This  is  the  most  extreme  form  I  have  yet  seen 
in  the  direction  of  the  expansion  of  the  yellow  bands. 

Fig.  4  represents  a  contraction  of  the  bands,  the  humeral 
breaking  up,  while  the  other  two  do  not  reach  the  lateral  margin, 
several  specimens  from  Oregon  illustrate  this.  In  fig.  5  the  elytra 
are  entirely  blue  or  green,  with  a  small  post-median  spot  of  ob- 
liquely oval  form.  The  spot  varies  in  size  and  position,  and  from 
the  indications  I  have  no  doubt  that  specimens  will  occur  with 
elytra  entirely  blue.  These  one-spotted  specimens  must  not  be 
mistaken  for  bisignatus,  which  has  quite  a  large  spot  of  red  color 
contiguous  to  the  margin  and  other  specific  characters. 

As  a  rule,  the  hotter  the  climate  in  which  the  specimens  were 
native,  the  greater  the  extent  of  the  yellow  color;  those  repre- 
sented by  fig.  3  are  from  the  extreme  southwest  of  Utah.  In 
colder,  and  especially  damper  climates,  the  blue  color  predomi- 
nates; figs.  4  and  5  are  from  Oregon,  although  typical  forms 
occur  abundantly  there  also. 

The  variety  tenellus  is  from  San  Diego  and  Fort  Yuma,  in 
California.  Its  form  is  more  slender  than  normal,  and  the  mark- 
ings are  as  in  fig.  2,  although  a  little  wider,  showing  less  blue. 

In  continuation  of  the  same  idea  I  reproduce  the  illustrations 


_ 

of  the  variations  of  the  elytral  markings  of  two  species  of  Psoa 
published  by  me  in  the  "Trans.  Am.   Ent.   Soc."    1886,   p.   xv. 


8  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [January, 

The  upper  line  represents  P.  metadata;  the  lower,  P.  quadri- 
signata.  The  genus  Psoa,  although  belonging  to  the  Bostri- 
chinae,  resembles  Trichodes  in  form,  the  elytra  having  a  ground 
color  of  blue  or  green,  the  markings  yellowish  to  red.  The 
markings  of  quadrisignata  are  suggestive  of  Trichodes  ornatns  in 
the  fourth  figure,  while  maculata  is  rather  of  a  vittate  type. 

It  is  hoped  that  these  notes  and  figures  will  be  at  least  caution- 
ary to  those  who  see  in  slight  differences  of  the  metallic  surface 
lustre,  or  the  extent  of  markings  a  sure  indication  of  a  new 
species. 

o 

ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Seventh  Paper. — THE  ABDOMEN — INTERNAL  ANATOMY. 

The  third  and  last  region  of  the  body  is  the  abdomen.  The 
abdominal  segments  are  not  so  closely  united  to  each  other  as 
are  the  segments  of  the  head  and  the  thorax;  they  consequently 
.possess  a  freedom  of  motion  between  themselves  not  to  be  found 
in  the  two  former  regions  of  the  body. 

The  abdominal  segments  sometimes  receive  the  special  name 
of  urites.  Their  typical  number  is  eleven  (Packard),  but  in 
different  insects  varies  from  three  to  eleven. 

Besides  the  three  pairs  of  jointed  legs,  situated  near  the  front 
end  of  the  body,  and  which  correspond  to  the  (thoracic)  legs  of 
the  imago,  many  larvae  have  other  thicker,  fleshy  legs,  termed 
prolegs,  prop-legs,  o?  false  legs.  The  prop-legs  are  not  jointed, 
and  end  in  a  circle  of  minute  hooks;  they  are  placed  on  that 
part  of  the  larva  corresponding  to  the  abdomen  of  the  imago,  in 
which  state  they  are  not  usually  represented.  The  nymphae  of 
those  insects  which  undergo  only  an  incomplete  transformation 
have  six  jointed,  thoracic  legs.  Of  the  larvae  that  undergo  a 
complete  transformation,  some  have  no  legs,  as  maggots;  others 
have  six  jointed,  thoracic  legs;  others  still,  as  caterpillars,  have 
six  jointed,  thoracic  legs,  and  from  ten  to  sixteen  jointless,  ab- 
dominal prop-legs.  Some  of  those  insects  which  do  not  pass 
through  any  transformation  have  jointed  abdominal  legs;  in  this 
particular  they  differ  from  the  definition  of  an  insect  as  given  in 
the  first  paper. 

In  many  insects  which  have  an  incomplete  transformation, 
there  is  in  the  nymph  a  pair  of  jointed  appendages  to  the  last 


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abdominal  segment.  These  are  represented  in  the  correspond- 
ing images,  in  which  state  they  much  resemble  antennae;  they 
are  called  anal  forceps,  cerci,  or  caudal  setts.  Male  insects  have 
sometimes  one  or  two  pairs  of  jointless  claspers  at  the  apex  of  the 
abdomen.  Female  insects  may  have  the  abdomen  furnished  with 
a  sawing,  piercing,  or  boring  organ— the  ovipositor,  by  which  the 
eggs  are  implanted  into  various  substances.  A  sting  is  an  ovi- 
positor modified  to  form  an  organ  of  defence;  it  exists  in  females 
only,  of  some  insects.  Cornicles,  nectaries,  siphnncles,  or  honey 
tubes,  are  small  tubes,  two  in  number,  found  on  the  abdomen  of 
plant-lice  and  certain  other  insects,  through  which  a  liquid 
("  honey-dew" )  is  secreted. 

With  this  we  complete  our  sketch  of  the  external  anatomy  of 
insects.  Their  internal  anatomy  is  hardly  an  elementary  study, 
owing  to  its  difficulty,  but  from  its  importance  it  cannot  be  over- 
looked here. 

If  a  cross-section  were  made  of  the  body  of  a  cat,  or  other 
back-boned  animal,  the  relative  positions  of  the  main  nerve 
(spinal)  cord,  the  main  blood  vessel  (aorta)  and  the  alimentary 
canal  would  be  seen  to  be  as  follows.  The  most  dorsal  of  the 
three  would  be  the  nerve  cord;  below  it,  that  is,  on  its  ventral 
side,  would  be  the  main  blood  vessel;  below  the  latter  would  be 
the  alimentary  canal,  the  most  ventral  of  the  three.  These  po- 
sitions would,  of  course,  be  equally  true  for  the  human  species. 

But  the  relative  positions  of  these  three  great  organs  in  Ar- 
thropods (and  consequently  in  insects)  is  different.  Here  the 
main  blood  vessel  is  the  most  dorsal,  below  it  is  the  alimentary 
canal,  below  the  latter  is  the  nerve  cord,  which  is  here  the  most 
ventral  of  the  three. 

The  body  wall  of  an  insect  is  made  up  of  three  (microscopic) 
layers, - 

1.  An  outer  chitinous  layer,  or  acticle. 

2.  A  median  cellular  layer,  or  hypodcrinis. 

3.  An  inner  layer,  or  basal  membrane. 

The  alimentary  canal  has  its  beginning  at  the  mouth  opening 
and  extends  as  a  more  or  less  convoluted  tube,  divided  into  va- 
rious parts,  through  the  length  of  the  body,  to  its  external  open- 
ing (amis)  in  the  apex  of  the  abdomen.  The  principal  parts  of 
the  canal  are  the  pharynx,  situated  within  the  head,  connected 


io  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [January, 

by  the  slender  cesophagiis  with  the  crop,  situated  in  the  thorax, 
or  more  posteriorly.  Following  the  crop  is  the proventriculus,  or 
gizzard,  a  grinding  organ  with  strong  muscular  walls.  The 
stomach,  ventriculus,  or  chylific  ventricle  succeeds,  situated  in  the 
abdomen.  After  this  is  the  intestine,  which  may  sometimes  be 
subdivided  into  three  parts,  the  ileum,  or  small  intestine  (imme- 
diately following  the  stomach),  the  colon,  or  large  (thicker)  in- 
testine, and  the  rectum,  or  terminal  part.  The  crop  and  gizzard 
are  sometimes  absent. 

The  alimentary  canal  is  composed  of  three  coats,  the  outer, 
GV  peritoneal,  the  middle,  or  muscular,  and  the  inner,  or  mucous. 
The  canal  is  held  in  place  by  retractor  muscles,  but  principally 
by  exceeding  numerous  branches  of  the  main  tracheae  (Packard). 

The  appendages  of  the  alimentary  canal  are  the  salivary,  the 
ccecal,  and  the  anal  glands,  and  the  malpighian  vessels.  The 
salivary  glands  open  near  the  mouth.  In  some  larvae  (caterpil- 
lars) they  are  the  source  of  the  silk.  The  caecal  glands  open 
into  the  stomach  ;  their  secretion  resembles  the  pancreatic  secre- 
tion of  backboned  animals.  The  anal  glands  open  into  the  hind 
part  of  the  intestine;  their  secretion  is  usually  offensive  and  con- 
stitutes an  organ  of  defense.  The  malpighian  vessels  are  long, 
slender  tubes  opening  into  the  fore  part  of  the  ileum;  they  are 
analogous  to  the  kidneys  of  higher  vessels.  Insects  have  no 
true  liver,  its  functions  being  performed  by  the  walls  of  the 
stomach  (Siebold  quoted  by  Packard). 

The  circulatory  system  consists  of  a  dorsal  vessel  or  heart,  an 
aorta,  and  a  few  branches  of  the  latter.  The  heart  is  a  jointed 
organ  of  a  varying  number  of  chambers,  one  behind  the  other, 
corresponding  in  position  to  the  segments  (of  the  fore  part  of  the 
abdomen)  in  which  they  are  situated.  The  chambers  are  sepa- 
rated by  valves  permitting  motion  in  but  one  direction — from 
behind  forwards.  A  pair  of  lateral  valves  in  each  chamber  allows 
entrance,  but  prevents  exit.  The  heart  is  contained  in  a  cavity- 
\\\e  pericardial  sinus ,  separated  from  the  other  organs  by  a  mem- 
brane—  the  pericardial  diaphragm,  pierced  by  many  openings. 
At  its  fore  end  the  heart  opens  into  the  aorta,  a  simple  tube  run- 
ning to  the  head  where  it  may  or  may  not  divide  into  short 
branches.  In  either  case  the  vessels  apparently  end  in  the  head 
as  open  tubes.  The  circulation  is  believed  to  be  as  follows: 
Bv  the  successive  contraction  of  the  chambers  of  the  heart,  the 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  II 

blood  is  forced  forwards  from  the  hind  into  the  fore  chambers 
and  thence  into  the  aorta.  When  the  blood  reaches  the  end  of 
blood  vessels  in  the  head  it  passes  from  them  directly  into  the 
body  cavity,  bathing  the  internal  organs,  flowing  in  regular  cur- 
rents, but  not  enclosed  by  walls.  Finally,  it  passes  through  the 
openings  of  the  pericardial  diaphragm,  and  enters  the  heart 
through  the  lateral  openings  of  the  chambers. 

The  blood  consists  of  a  usually  colorless,  or  sometimes  yellow- 
ish, greenish,  or  reddish  liquid,  in  which  float  colorless,  some- 
times nucleated  corpuscles.  P.  P.  C. 


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Additions  and  Corrections  to  the  list  of  Dragonflies 
(Odonata)  of  Manchester,  KennebecCo.,  Maine. 

BY    MISS    MATTIE   WADSWORTH. 
(See  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  vol.  i,  pp.  36,  55.) 
la.  Calopteryx  sequabilis  Say. 
1890,  June  21,  one  £   taken  near  brook. 

liu.  Enallag-ma  ebrium  Hagen. 
A  single  £   taken  several  years  ago,  recently  identified. 

66.  Enallagma  civile  Hagen. 
One  £  ,  also  recently  identified. 

16«.  Neuraeschna  vinosa  Say. 

1890,  August  ii,  one  £   flying  over  brook. 

18(i.  Gomphus  (Undetermined  species). 

One  9  taken  several  years  ago. 

32.  This  species  given  as  "  Cordulia  new?  species"  is  C.  cynosura  variety. 

1890,  June  21,  one  9>  one  9,  near  brook.     June  28,   one    £ 
in  pasture. 
37«.  Plathemis  trimacujata  De  Geer. 

1890,  June  18,  21,  £  £  seen  near  woods;  28,  one  9  in  woods; 
June  30,  July  2,  18,  29,  near  woods,  brook  and  roadside.  Au- 
gust 4,  one  9  in  woods. 

43.  Diplax  new?  species  is  D.  ornata  Eatnb. 

1890,  July  9,  one  £  by  roadside;  August  6,  one  £  in  meadow; 
August  7,  one  £  ,  three  9  9  in  pasture;  August  12,  one  seen 
flying;  August  20,  one  $  in  pasture. 

44.  Diplax  semicincta  Say. 

One  £   taken  some  time  ago,  recently  identified. 


12  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [Junuary, 

The  total  number  of  species  from  Manchester  known  to  me, 
including  the  undetermined  Gomphi(s,  is  now  fifty  species.  Of 
these  two  are  Calopterygina,  eleven  Agrionina,  seven  ^Eschnina, 
eight  Gomphina,  nine  Cofdulina,  thirteen  Libellulina.* 

As  before  each  species  has  been  identified  by  Mr.  Philip  P. 
Calvert,  of  Philadelphia,  who  has  given  me  much  assistance  in 
the  study  of  the  Odonata. 

Notes  and  Ne^vvs. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUARTERS 

OF  THE  GLOBE. 

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See  change  of  wording  in  notice  of  Identification  of  Insects. 


WE  give  as  a  supplement  to  the  present  number  an  exchange  list,  which 
will  save  the  entomologist  the  trouble  and  labor  of  making  out  written 
lists,  either  of  duplicates  or  desiderata,  to  send  to  correspondents.  Num- 
bers are  also  unsatisfactory,  as  they  have  to  be  copied  from  a  list  and  re- 
ferred to  a  list  by  the  recipient.  The  editor  has  often  been  in  need  of 
such  a  list,  and  thus  it  originated.  All  that  is  necessary  is  to  mark  the 
list  and  put  it  in  an  envelope  and  send  it  on  its  way,  hoping  thereby  to 
receive  many  fine  additions  to  one's  collection. — ED. 

ALETIA  ARGILLACEA  Hub. — Apropos  of  a  note  on  this  insect  in  the 
December  number  of  ENT.  NEWS  (p.  154)  by  Prof.  Killicott,  I  wish  to 
state  that  argillacea  has  been  very  rare  the  past  season,  if  indeed  it  has 
appeared  at  all,  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  About  October  ist,  when  it  should  be 
most  abundant,  I  was  frequently  out  after  moths,  but  failed  to  detect  a 
single  example  of  this  species. — E.  P.  VAN  DUZEE. 

We  have  recently  heard  from  Mr.  Win.  H.  Ashmead,  who  writes  from 
No.  ii  W.  Alvensleben  Strasse,  Berlin,  that  he. is  having  a  good  time 
studying  the  large  collections  in  the  Museum.  "The  collection  of 
exotic  Lepidoptera  is  simply  grand,  and,  for  a  lepidopterist,  is  simply  a 
paradise.  The  Hymenoptera,  especially  in  the  micros,  are  poorly  repre- 
sented, but  I  find  a  good  many  interesting  forms  in  what  they  have  among 
the  macros." 


*  In  a  letter  dated  November  ri:tni  I^9o]i  accompanying  the  MS.  of  the  above  "  Addi- 
tions," Miss  Wadsworth  writes:  "  Some  species  quite  common  before  have  been  much 
less  so  this  season,  particularly  Anax  j'uniu s,  which,  in  1889,  was  one  of  the  most  common 
species.  This'year  I  saw  but  one  specimen,  and  that  on  June  joth."  So  far  as  my  obser- 
vations go,  this  remark  is  also  true  for  the  relative  abundance  of  junius  in  Delaware 
County,  Pa.,  in  1889  and  1890.— PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  13 

MR.  C.  \V.  JOHNSON'S  report  of  capture  of  Neonympha  Milchcllii  at 
Dover,  N.  J.,  in  rocky  and  hilly  territory,  leads  me  to  make  a  correction 
as  to  its  habits  in  Michigan.  When  first  found  I  took  only  a  few  speci- 
mens, and  all  on  a  rather  dry  meadow,  near  a  wet  meadow  and  marsh. 
Since  then  I  find  that  they  are  much  more  common  in  the  marshy  portion 
of  the  territory  referred  to.  I  have  taken  many  specimens  of  Neonympha 
Cant/ins,  N.  eurytris,  N.  sosybiiis  and  N.  Mitchellii, — the  sosybins  in 
Florida — and  find  Mitchellii  much  closer  to  sosybius  in  habits  of  flight 
than  to  either  of  the  others.  It  flies  low,  for  short  distances,  in  a  weakly 
manner,  and  is  best  started  by  beating  up,  or  by  walking  rapidly  and 
noisily  through  the  grass.  Sosybius  is  stronger  and  quicker  on  the  wing, 
is  a  more  "artful  dodger,"  and  flies  a  little  farther.  If  there  is  more  than 
one  brood  of  Mitchellii  in  a  season,  the  last  one  begins  to  fly  July  ist.  I 
have  taken  it  from  July  ist  to  loth.  As  far  as  I  can  tell  it  conies  in  quickly 
and  goes  off  the  field  rather  abruptly  after  a  short  period  of  life. 

I.  N.  MITCHELL. 

DEVELOPMENT  OF  DIBOLIA  /EREA. — The  habits  of  this  little  beetle  ap- 
pear to  be  familiar,  but  the  following  notes  on  its  period  of  development 
may  be  of  interest:  The  larvae  were  found  abundantly  on  Plantain  (Plan- 
tago  major]  at  LeClaire,  Iowa,  about  Aug.  i,  1890.  They  make  an  open, 
ing  in  the  epidermis  of  the  leaf  which  they  enter,  gradually  eating  their 
way.  Sometimes  a  larva  makes  a  tunnel,  then  goes  back  and  starts  a 
branch  to  it.  If  the  leaf  becomes  too  dry,  some  will  leave  and  enter  a 
fresh  one,  but  in  ordinary  cases  they  remain  in  their  leaf  until  they  are 
ready  to  pupate.  When  full  grown  they  are  3-4  mm.  in  length.  The 
period  of  pupation  is  fourteen  days.  Up  to  the  twelfth  day  the  pupa  is 
yellow,  on  that  day  a  slight  coloring  of  the  eyes  is  noticed,  the  following 
day  the  tarsi  become  black,  and  the  fourteenth  day  the  beetle  appears, 
becomes  entirely  black  and  begins  to  move  about.  Eight  beetles  lived 
five  days  after  emergence  without  food;  after  Plantain  leaves  were  intro- 
duced they  ate  freely. — P.  H.  ROLFS,  Ames,  la. 

I  HAVE  observed  this  past  season  an  unusual  number  of  the  larvae  of 
Sphinx  qninqnemacnlata  on  the  tomato  vines.  In  the  Summer  of  iSSi 
they  were  a  veritable  pest  in  this  locality,  but  since  then  they  were  scarce, 
only  an  occasional  isolated  specimen  being  found  until  the  late  Summer, 
when  they  were  again  abundant.  The  country  people  are  very  much 
afraid  of  them,  and  one  frequently  hears  extravagant  tales  of  horrible 
suffering  from  the  effects  of  their  sting. 

I  find  the  observations  made  relative  to  the  limited  range  of  Satynts 
a/ope  (January  number)  corroboraU-d  by  my  own  knowledge  of  the  spe- 
cies in  this  locality  as  I  have  observed  the  same  individuals  in  the  same 
locality  until  they  died. 

On  August  i2th  I  took  a  larva  of  C.  rega/is  feeding  on  a  plum  tree;  I 
fed  it  plum  leaves  for  a  week  when  it  pupated.  This  is,  to  me,  a  new 
food-plant  for  C.  regalis,  as  I  have  never  found  it  on  any  thing  but  the 
walnut. — STEPHEN  BALDY,  Catawissa,  Pa. 


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Identification  of  Insects  (Imagos)  for  Subscribers. 


Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions:  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Twelve  names,  if  possible,  will  appear  in  each  issue  of  NEWS 
according  to  number.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


H.  MEESKE. — i,  Cicindela  i6-punctata;  2,  Cicindela  vulgaris,  var. ;  3, 
Macrodactylus  subspinosa;  4,  Cicindela  pusilla,  var.  cyaiiellus;  5,  Epi- 
tragus  canaliculatus;  6,  Necrophorus  marginatus;  7,  Chrysochns  auratus; 
8,  Trox  sonora:;  9,  Hippodamia  convergens;  10,  Chrysomela  scalaris. 

E.  WILKINSON. — 2,  Carpophilus  palilpennis;  4,  SphccropMhalma  or- 
chis; 5,  Bombus  pennsylvanicus  <^;  6,  Orthosoma  britnnciiiii;  7,  Necro- 
phorus americanus;  8,  Solpugidae  (belongs  to);  9,  Allorhina  nitida?  10, 
Eleodes  longicollis;  u,  Hippomelas  ccclatus;  12,  Psiloptera  dilaticollis. 

CHAS.  FUCHS. — i,  Eleodes  hispilabris;  2,  E.  carbonaria,  smooth  var. ; 
3,  E.  quadricollis  9 ',  4,  E.  obsolefa,  var. ;  5,  E.  carbonaria,  var.  soror; 
6,  E.  extricata;  7,  Discogenia  marginata;  8,  Eleodes  cordata;  9,  E.  con- 
sobrina;  10,  E.  cordata;  ir,  E.  parvico  Us;  12,  E.  obscura. 

G.  D.  B. — i,   Catocala  concumbens;  2,   Ctemicha  virginicafs,  Micro-    * 
ccelia  obliterata;  4,  Heliophila  unipiincta? $,  Hadena  sputatrixf  f>,  Ag-^ 
rotis  messoriaf  7,  Plusip  contexta;  8,  Eustrotfacarnepla;  9,  Hypena  sp.  ;"3 
10,  Tetrads  cKOcallata;  u,  Pyrophila  pyranndoides;  12,  Metayema  quer- 
civoraria. 

d-    " 

From  Haddonfield,  N.  J.,  wingless  females  of  a  Geometrid  moth,  per- 
haps genus  Anisopteryx. 


Entomological   Literature. 


BULLETIN  FROM  THE  LABORATORIES  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY  OF  THE 
STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA,  vol.  ii,  No.  i,  contains  the  continuation  of 
the  monograph  entitled,  "The  Pselaphidae  of  North  America,  by  E. 
Brendel,  M.D.,  and  H.  F.  Wickham  (concluded),  85  pp.,  3  plates,  63  figs. 
Full  descriptions  with  synoptic  tables  of  the  species  are  given. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  November,  1890. — Additions  to  the  British  List 
of  Deltoids,  Pyralids  and  Crambi  since  1859  (with  plates),  by  Richard 
South.  The  sexes  of  LEPIDOPTERA,  by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell.  Contribu- 
tions to  the  Chemistry  of  Insect  Colors,  by  F.  H.  Perry  Coste.  Entomo- 
logical notes,  captures,  etc.  Doings  of  Societies. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  November,  1890. — Hon- 
do Coccids  produce  cavities  in  Plants?  by  W.  M.  Maskell.  Notes  on  the 
LEPIDOPTERA  of  Digne  (Basses  Alpes),  by  A.  H.  Jones.  Entomological 


iSgi.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  15 

notes  from  Aden  and  Colombo,  by  J.  ].  Walker.  Notes  concerning  Psocus 
quadrimaculatus  Latreille,  of  which  Ps.  subnebulosus  S&epti.  is  a  synonym, 
by  Robert  McLachlan.  Aculeate  HVMKNOPTERA  collected  by  f.  }.  Walker 
at  Gibraltar  and  in  North  Africa,  by  Edw.  Saunders.  Notes  and  Captures, 
Doings  of  Societies,  etc.,  finish  the  number. 

TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  ROYAL  SOCIETY  OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA  vol. 
xiii,  pt.  i. — Descriptions  of  Australian  LEPIDOPTERA,  pt.  i,  by  E.  Meyrick. 
Further  notes  on  Australian  COLEOPTERA,  by  Rev.  T.  Blackburn. 

A  CONTRIBUTION  TOWARD  A  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  MOUTH  PARTS  OF 
THE  DIPTERA,  by  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  (from  Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.).  This 
is  an  interesting  essay  of  twenty  pages  with  twenty -two  figures;  very  little 
has  been  written  on  the  anatomy  of  the  mouth  parts  of  DIPTERA,  and 
Prof.  Smith's  paper  is  an  important  addition  to  the  literature  of  the  sub- 
ject. He  states  that  he  studied  each  organ  in  its  entirety,  in  its  rela- 
tion to  others,  and  in  its  development,  and  that  the  studies  were  morpho- 
logical rather  than  anatomical. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  December.  1890. — Notes 
on  the  British  species  of  the  genus  Anthonomus,  with  a  description  of  a 
species  new  to  Britain,  by  Rev.  Canon  Fowler.  Hymenopterological 
notes,  by  P.  Cameron.  Description  of  a  new  species  of  the  genus/%<?;/- 
tfiis,  by  B.  S.  Nevinson.  Trichoptera  observed  in  the  Exmoor  District  in 
Autumn,  by  R.  McLachlan.  Observation  on  some  British  and  exotic 
Coccidae,  by  J.  W.  Douglas.  Descriptions  of  two  new  species  of  Enplcea 
from  the  South  Sea  Islands,  by  Hamilton  H.  Druce.  Great  flight  of 
Cnle.r,  Tipula  and  Tetramoriion  in  New  Zealand,  by  W.  W.  Smith. 
Meyrick's  Pyralida  of  Europe,  by  Prof.  C.  H.  Fernald.  Trypeta  bigelo- 
vice  n.  sp.,  by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell.  On  a  new  species  of  Tomodems  from 
Jaivm,  by  G.  C.  Champion.  Note  on  the  genus  Dischidus,  id.  Bidessus 
unistriatus  in  East  Norfolk,  id.;  Anisotoma  triepkei,  etc.,  at  Aviemore, 
by  R.  W.  Lloyd.  Danais  archippiis  at  Eastbourne,  by  A.  H.  Clarke. 
Chcerocaiupa  nerii  near  Dartmouth,  by  Henry  F.  Owen.  Description  of 
the  larva  of  Phoxopteryx  npiipana,  by  B.  A.  Bower.  Insects  in  the 
Scilly  Isles,  by  C.  W.  Dale. 

BULLETIN  No.  u,  November,  1890,  Iowa  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station.  The  Potato  Stalk  Weevil  (  Trichobaris  trinotata}.  The  Apple 
Curculio  (Anthonomus  4-gibbiis}.  A  new  Currant  Borer  (Hyperplatys 
aspcrsns).  The  life-histories  and  remedies  against  these  injurious  insects 
are  given  (illustrated).  These  entomological  articles  are  by  Prof.  C.  P. 
Gillette. 

WE  have  received  the  following  from  Prof.  C.  Y.  Riley,  U.  S.  Ento- 
mologist: Insecticides  and  Means  of  Applying  them  to  Shade  and  Forest 
Trees,  by  C.  V.  Riley,  M.A.,  Ph.D.  The  Insectivorous  Habits  of  the 
English  Sparrow,  by  C.  V.  Riley.  Insects  Affecting  the  Hackberry  va- 
rious species  of  Celtis],  by  C.  V.  Riley.  These  entomological  papers  are 
all  from  various  governim-nt  publications. 


16  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [January, 

ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCES,  vol.  v,  Nos.  456. 
— Coleopterological  Notices,  by  Capt.  Thos.  L.  Casey.  This  is  the  con- 
tinuation of  a  lengthy  paper  containing  descriptions  of  many  new  species 
(pp.  97  to  198).  Catalogue  of  LEPIDOPTERA  found  within  fifty  miles  of 
New  York  City,  with  their  food  plants,  by  Wm.  Beutenmiiller.  This  is  a 
useful  list,  as  it  considers  Rhopalocera  and  Heterocera,  both  macro  and 
micro,  and  will  be  a  guide  to  collectors  in  the  territory  covered. 

MEMOIRS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  OF  MANCHESTER  LITERARY  AND  PHILO- 
SOPHICAL SOCIETY,  vol.  iii,  fourth  series.  HYMENOPTERA  Orientalis,  or 
contributions  to  a  knowledge  of  the  HYMENOPTERA  of  the  Oriental  zo- 
ological region,  by  P.  Cameron,  pt.  2,  pp.  239-284,  2  plates;  contains  new 
genera  and  species. 

OPUSCULA  ENTOMOLOGICA,  C.  G.  Thomson,  xiv,  Fasciculus.  Lund, 
1890;  xlii,  Cremastius  and  allied  genera;*  Demophorus  n.  gen.;  xliii 
(synopsis  of  the  genus  Bassus  Fab.*),  Zootrephus,  Promethus,  Homopo- 
rus,  n.  gen.,  xliv,  Contribution  to  the  Insect  Fauna  of  Sweden,*  Coleop- 
tera  and  Hymenoptera. 

ENTOMOLOGISKE  MEDDELELSER  UDGIVNE  AF  ENTOMOLOGISK  FORE- 
NING  VED  FR.  MEINERT.  ANDET  BIND,  HEFTE  TREDIE  [and]  FJERDE. 
KJOBENHAVN,  1890. — This  publication  being  in  Danish,  is  beyond  the 
Reviewer.  Hefte  Tredie  (part  3)  contains  a  biologic  and  anatomic  paper 
on  Anthophora  parictina  Fabr.  by  C.  Wesenberg-Lund,  i  pi. 

L'AUXILIAIRE,  ORGANE  LIBRE  DE  LA  FEDERATION  DES  APICULTEURS 
FRANCAIS,  Amiens  2e  Anuee,  Nouvelle  serie,  Nos.  2-9,  February-Sep- 
tember, 1890. — The  issues  of  this  paper  contain  many  articles  on  all  sub- 
jects of  interest  to  those  engaged  in  Bee  culture,  as  well  as  on  other  topics 
not  relating  to  entomology.  Of  entomological  articles  other  than  those 
on  apiculture,  we  note  one  on  "The  Flies  of  the  Pears"  (Cecidomyia 
nigm  and  Sciara  piri)  by  E.  Andre". 

COMPTE-RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  4  Oct.  1890. 
—Note  on  the  Cicindelidae  of  Chota-Nagpore,*  by  E.  Fleutiaux.  Note 
on  some  Spherionidae,*  by  A.  Lameere.  First  note  on  the  Coleoptera 
collected  by  M.  Ed.  Van  Beneden  in  South  America,  by  P.  Pelseneer. 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE,  36  Annee,  No.  2,  No- 
vember, 1890. — Notes  on  the  Thysanoura,  iv,  by  R.  Moniez.  Materials 
for  the  Entomological  fauna  of  Flanders,  4th  century,  Coleoptera,  by  A. 
P.  de  Borre. 

ANNALEN  DES  K.  K.  NATURHISTORISCHEN  HOFMUSEUMS,  v,  No.  3, 
Wien,  1890. — The  Hymenopterous  group  of  the  Sphecinae.  I.  Monograph 
of  the  natural  genus  Sphex  L.  (sens,  lat.)  II.  Abtheilung,  by  F.  F.  Kohl 
(see  ENT.  NEWS,  vol.  i,  p.  164).  Ichneumonid  studies,"  by  Dr.  J.  Kriech- 
baumer;  Apechoneura,  Opisorhyssa,  Rhyssonota,  Dyseidopns,  new  genera 
of  Pimplidae;  Thalcssa?  histrio,  \\rhite  Mountains;  Opisorhyssa  flavo- 
picta,  N.  Amer.  ?;  new  species  from  North  America. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS. 


LE  NATURALISTS  (Paris),  Nov.  15,  1890. — Habits  and  Metamorphoses 
of  Larimis  ursns  Fab.,  by  Capt.  Xambeu.  On  the  horn  of  a  chrysalis 
of  Deilephila  euphorbicz,  by  P.  Chretien;  with  woodcuts. 

A  SYNONYMIC  CATALOGUE  OF  NEUROPTERA  ODONATA,  OR  DRAGON- 
FLIP^.  \\'ith  an  appendix  of  fossil  species,  by  W.  F.  Kirby,  F.L.S., 
F.E.S.,  etc.  London,  Gurney  &  Jackson;  Berlin,  R.  Friedlander  &  Son, 
1890,  Svo,  pp.  ix,  202.  Price,  :6s.  ($4.00) 

This  important  work,  although  published  early  in  September,  1890,  was 
not  seen  by  the  reviewer  until  Dec.  6,  1890.  A  review  of  it  has  been  pub- 
lished (in  French)  by  Baron  de  Selys  Longchamps  in  his  "  Causeries 
Odontologiques,"  No.  2  (Compte-Renclu.  Soc.  Ent.  Belg.,  Sept.  6,  1890, 
pp.  clvii-clxiv;  see  ENT.  NEWS,  vol.  i,  p.  164),  which  has  been  seen  by  the 
present  reviewer. 

Pages  1-164  of  the  catalogue  contain  the  living  species,  giving  the  syn- 
onymy, the  chief  bibliographical  references  and  the  general  distribution 
of  each  species.  Appendix  I,  pp.  165-176,  does  the-  same  for  the  fossil 
species.  Appendix  II,  pp.  177-187,  comprises  additions  and  corrections. 
A  general  index  of  all  the  specific  and  generic  names,  both  accepted  and 
synonymic,  completes  the  work. 

The  following  table  shows  the  classification  adopted,  with  the  number 
of  genera  and  species  listed,  including  the  additions  and  corrections,  as 
collected  by  the  reviewer: 


Family  i.  LIBELLULID.^E. 
Subfamily  i.   Libellulinae  

Living  species 
throughout    the 
world. 

Fossil    species 
throughout     the 
world. 

Living  species 
in    N.    America 
north  of  Mexico. 

Genera 

Species 

Genera 

Species 

Genera 

Species 

102 
22 

503 

144 

3 

i 

10 
2 

3 

7 

26 
2 

30 
12 

6 
27 

16 

7 

8 

4 
6 

2 

67 

37 

48 

9 
24 

18 

2,  Corduliinae  

Family  2.  yEsCHNiD^E. 
Subfamily  i    Gomphinae 

Division  i.  Gomphina  

36 
15 
25 

33 

228 
33 

112 
234 

2.  Cordulegastrina. 
Subfamily  2.  ^schninae  

Family  3.  AGRIONIDYE. 
Subfamily  i.  Agrioninae  

(—  Calopterygina  auct.) 
Subfamily  2.  Coenagrioninae... 

Div.  i.  Pseudostigmatina.... 
"     2.  Normostigmatina.... 

5 

77 

2O 
561 

.... 

12 

56 

315 

1810 

26 

103 

55 

259 

Baron  de  Selys  has  already  pointed  out  that  Mr.  Kirby  makes  a  number 
of  changes  in  the  names  of  well  known  genera  and  species,  chiefly  on  the 
ground  of  priority.  To  these  Baron  de  Selys  strongly  objects;  his  views 


1 8  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [January, 

are  entirely  in  accord  with  those  of  the  present  reviewer,  who  thinks  that 
they  will  be  adopted  by  Odonatists  generally.  The  chief  changes,  so  far 
as  they  affect  North  American  dragonflies,  are  as  follows:  the  first  in  each 
pair  of  names  being  the  one  used  by  Mr.  Kirby.  Syinpetnuii  ==  Dip/ax, 
Lib.  lydia  Dru.  ==  Mmaculata  DeGeer,  Lib.  vibrans  Fabr.  ==  lydia  Dru. 
Hag.,  1861),  Diastatomma=  Ophiogomphus,  Aeshna  (without  c)  =.Gom- 
phus,  Aeschna  (with  c)  retained  ==  Aeschna,  Agrion  --  Calopteiyx,  Mi- 
cronympha  ==  Ischnura,  Caznagrion  ==  Agrion.  Even  if  it  be  a  fact  that 
many  of  the  changes  here  noted  rest  on  a  priority  of  a  few  years,  inas- 
much as  the  names  to  be  supplanted  have  been  in  general  use  for  many 
(in  some  cases  over  fifty)  years,  it  seems  to  the  reviewer  totally  unneces- 
sary to  change  them.  The  rule  of  priority  may  be  very  good  in  the  ab- 
stract, but  when  it  conflicts  with  that  better  rule  of  long  and  common  use, 
it  is  more  to  be  honored  in  the  breach  than  in  the  observance.  For  him- 
self, the  reviewer  proposes  to  continue  using  the  old  nomenclature  until 
more  convincing  reasons  for  changing  are  presented. 

In  spite  of  these  serious  faults,  this  Catalogue  is  a  most  useful  and  valu- 
able work.  It  furnishes  us,  in  a  commodious  form,  with  a  key  to  our 
present  knowledge  of  the  Odonata,  both  living  and  fossil.  The  most 
excellent  index  at  the  end  of  the  volume  affords  a  ready  means  of  locating 
any  name  which  has  been  proposed  in  this  group  of  insects.  Finally,  no 
student  of  the  Odonata  can  do  without  it. — PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvi,  No.  19,  October,  1890. — New 
Ichneumon  flies  from  north  and  middle  Germany,*  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer. 
On  Hylewyia  paiicil/aris  Rncl.  and  some  similar  species,  by  P.  Stein. 
PeleciuiH  Drakei*  n.  sp.  of  the  Coleopterous  tribe  of  the  Stomidae,  by 
G.  Ouedenfeldt;  trom  Matto-Grosso,  S.  America.  No.  20,  October,  1890. 
—Entomological  notes,  by  Prof.  Dr.  F.  Thomas  (on  Chionea,  Nip/us, 
Chrysopa,  Leiosomus,  Byturus).  On  Ornithomyia  turdi  Latr.,  and  on 
the  author  of  Bibio  anglicus,  V.  v.  Roder.  Victor  Antoine  Signoret,  by 
L.  Fairmaire.  No.  21,  November,  1890. — A  contribution  to  the  German 
Hymenopterous  Fauna,®  by  C.  Yerhoeff. 


Doings  of   Societies. 

A  Regular  Meeting  of  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  was  held  Oct.  23,  1890,  Director  Dr.  Horn  in  the  chair. 
Members  present:  Ridings,  Laurent  and  Skinner.  Associates:  Fox, 
Westcott  and  Dr.  Castle.  Dr.  Stephens,  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  visitor.  A 
paper  entitled,  Mouth  Parts  of  Diptera,  by  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  was  presented 
and  referred  to  the  Publication  Committee.  Dr.  Horn  referred  to  his 
studies  on  Throscidae  and  Eucnemidse  for  the  Biologia  Centrali- Americana. 
The  material  had  been  received  on  April  i5th  and  the  corrected  proof 
returned  October  istli.  The  completed  work  will  make  sixty-five  quarto 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  IQ 

pages.  He  also  spoke  of  a  contemplated  work  on  Agrilus.  Mr.  Ridings 
mentioned  the  fact  that  whiskey  attracted  ants,  and  that  they  were  intoxi- 
cated by  it.  Dr.  Horn  spoke  of  the  habit-;  of  Xy/eborus  pyri,  a  beetle 
which  bores  in  fruit  trees.  He  had  found  pyri  identical  with  the  European 
X.  dispar,  having  compared  them  side  by  side.  A  number  of  line  addi- 
tions have  been  lately  made  to  the  Cabinet  of  the  Society,  among  them 
forty-two  specimens  of  Noctuidae,  representing  thirty-one  species  new  to 
the  collection,  presented  by  Mrs.  A.  T.  Slosson.  A  number  of  fine  Hes- 
peridas  from  Mr.  Martindale,  and  a  collection  of  Hymenoptera  and  Diptera 
from  Mr.  Ernest  Seeber,  all  collected  in  his  own  yard. 

Meeting  held  Nov.  27,  1890.  Director  Dr.  Horn  presiding.  Members 
present:  Martindale,  Laurent  and  Skinner.  Associates:  Welles  and  John- 
son. Dr.  Horn  described  the  results  of  his  studies  on  Arteoschizus  and 
Cryptohypnus.  The  genus  Artzoschiztis  is  composed  of  small  and  rare 
beetles  about  the  size  of  ants,  and  look  much  alike.  The  forms  of  head, 
elytra,  etc  ,  were  described  and  illustrated.  Cryptohypnus  is  represented 
by  small  Elater-like  beetles  which  have  been  in  confusion  on  account  of 
the  characters  not  being  well  understood.  The  differential  diagnoses 
based  on  anatomical  differences  were  considered.  The  relationships  of 
the  European  and  American  species  were  discussed.  Dr.  Horn  did  not 
consider  any  of  them  identical,  but  parallel  species.  He  also  stated  that 
he  had  discovered  two  new  species  of  Eleodes  \vith  long  tails  to  the  elytra, 
although  belonging  to  different  groups.  One  had  a  peculiar  male  char- 
acter of  the  tibia  which  was  described.  The  nomination  of  Mr.  Charles 
S.  Welles  as  a  member  was  read.  Mr.  David  Jayne  Bullock  was  duly 
elected  a  member  of  the  Section. 

Meeting  held  Dec.  8,  1890.  Dr.  Horn  in  the  chair.  Members  present: 
Martindale,  Blake,  Laurent.  G.  B.  Cresson,  Skinner.  Associates:  Calvert, 
Welles,  Dr.  Castle,  Fox.  The  Director  announced  the  death  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Lewis.  Mr.  Martindale  exhibited  his  new  form  of  cabinet  drawer 
for  LEPIDOPTERA  with  the  upper  and  underside  of  glass,  and  having 
movable  strips  for  pinning  on  the  specimens.  This  gives  the  opportunity 
to  examine  the  underside  of  the  specimens  without  removal  (see  NEWS, 
vol.  i).  Mr.  Calvert  exhibited  a  female  of  Libellnla  pulchella  with  an 
imperfectly  developed  wing.  A  drawing  on  the  blackboard  was  made 
illustrating  the  puculiarities  in  venation.  The  specimen  had  been  loaned 
to  him  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Johnson,  and  was  taken  in  the  upper  part  of  the  city. 
He  also  stated  that  in  1865  Mr.  Scudder  reported  dragonflies  in  great 
abundance  at  Hermit  Lake,  in  the  White  Mountains.  On  a  visit  there, 
himself,  he  did  not  find  them  nearly  as  plentiful  as  stated  by  Mr.  Scudder. 
It  was  of  interest  to  compare  the  different  collecting  experiences  after  an 
interval  of  twenty-five  years.  Kirby's  Catalogue  of  the  Odonata  of  the 
world  w:as  exhibited  and  commented  on.  The  question  of  priority  was 
discussed  as  set  forth  in  the  list.  1  )r.  Skinner  exhibited  some  fine  speci- 
mens of  entomological  photography,  the  work  of  Mr.  J.  F.  Sachse,  editor 
of  the  "  American  Journal  of  Photography."  The  following  were  elected 


20          >  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [January, 

officers  to  serve  for  the  coming  year:  Director,  Dr.  G.  H.  Horn;  Vice- 
Director,  H.  C.  McCook,  D.D.;  Treasurer,  E.  T.  Cresson;  Recorder, 
Henry  Skinner,  M.D.;  Publication  Committee,  Philip  Laurent  and  Henry 
Skinner,  M.D.;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Angelo  Heilprin;  Conservator, 
Dr.  Henry  Skinner. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON,  Nov.  6,  1890. — Mr.  Ervvin 
F.  Smith  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Society. 

Mr.  Schvvarz  exhibited  a  larva  of  the  genus  Carabus  with  deformed 
maxillary  palpi.  The  right  palpus  is  normally  formed,  except  that  the 
suture  between  the  first  and  second  joints  is  nearly  obliterated;  the  left 
palpus  is  only  3-jointed,  with  the  joints  nearly  transverse,  as  in  Calosoma. 

Mr.  Marlatt  exhibited  three  female  specimens  of  a  species  of  the  Try- 
phonid  genus  Metopius.  The  strikingly  large  and  peculiar  ovipositor  of 
this  species  was  described,  and  reference  was  made  to  the  literature  re- 
lating to  this  genus,  from  which  it  appears  that  the  female  has  never  been 
properly  characterized,  if  indeed  it  has  ever  been  described  at  all. 

Dr.  Marx  gave  some  additional  notes  on  his  experiments  with  the  bite 
of  Lath  rode  ctus,  but  stated  that  the  results  had  been  wholly  negative. 

Mr.  Howard  read  a  paper  entitled,  "The  Habits  of  Pachyneuron,"  in 
which  he  referred  to  the  breeding  records  of  this  genus  of  Chalcididae, 
recording  twenty  distinct  rearings  in  North  America,  and  made  a  number 
of  interesting  deductions  therefrom. 

Mr.  Schwarz  read  a  paper  on  the  food  habits  of  Cprthyluspunctatissimus. 
This  Scolytid,  previously  known  to  infest  the  subterranean  part  of  the 
stems  of  Sugar  Maple  saplings,  was  found  in  large  numbers  in  the  roots 
and  subterranean  stems  of  the  common  huckleberry,  Gaylussacia  resinosa , 
in  the  vicinity  of  Washington  during  September  and  October.  In  this 
connection  Mr.  Schwarz  presented  the  description  of  a  second  North 
American  Corthylus,  C.  spinifer,  from  semi-tropical  Florida. 

Mr.  Marlatt  presented  a  paper  on  the  Final  Molting  of  Tenthredinid 
Larvae,  in  which  he  described  the  molting  undergone  by  the  larva  of  nearly 
all  saw-flies  after  full  growth  is  reached  and  just  prior  to  spinning  up  or 
entering  the  ground  to  pupate,  describing  also  the  accompanying  change 
of  color.  Reference  was  made  to  the  scanty  literature  of  the  subject  and 
the  explanation  of  this  molt  by  Cameron  on  the  ground  of  protection. 

Mr.  Townsend  read  a  paper  on  the  Leptid  (Dipterous)  genera  Tripto- 
tricha  Lw.  and  Agnotomyia  Will.  Mr.  Townsend  does  not  believe  that 
the  species  of  Triptotricha,  with  only  one  front  tibial  spur,  should,  with- 
out other  distinguishing  characters,  be  generically  separated  from  those 
possessing  two. 

Mr.  Fernow  called  attention  to  the  ravages  of  Gastropacha  inonacha, 
particularly  in  Bavaria,  stating  that  it  has  probably  been  introduced  in  the 
present  instance  from  Italy. 

General  discussion  followed  on  a  novel  method  employed  in  Europe  of 
collecting  and  destroying  this  Bombycid. 

C.  L.  MARLATT, 

Recording  Secretary. 


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Papilio 

ajax 

a  abbotii 

b  walshii 

c  marcellus 

d  telamouides 
americus 
asterias 

a  asteroides 

b  calverleyii 

c  alumata 
bairdii 
brevicauda 
cresphontes 
daunus 
eurymedon 

a  albauus 
indra 
macliaon 

a  aliaska 
mylotes 
nezhualcoytl 
nitra 

palamedes 
pe.rgainus 
philenor 
pi  lu  mu  us 
])olydamas 
rutulus 

a  arizonensis 

b  ammoni 
si  non 
tlioas 
troilus 
turn  us 

a  glaucus 
zolicaon 


clodius 

a  menetriesii 
eversmani 

a  thor 
nomion 
siuintheus 

a  behrii 

b  hermodur 

c  nanus 


nielite 


Neophasia 

meuapia 

a  sufl'usa 
terlooii 

I'ieris 

amaryllis 
beckerii 
ilaire 
monuste 

a  pbileta 
napi 

a  acadica 

6  bryoniae 

c  borealis 

d  flava 

e  frigida 

/  hulda 

g  oleracea 

h  pallida 

i  venosa 
nelsoni 
occidentalis 

a  calyce 
protodice 

a  vernalis 
rapse 

a  immaculata 

b 


c  manni 

d  nov-auglise 

e  yreka 
sisymbri 
virginiensis 

Nathalie 

iole 

a  iri'iie 

A  ul  lux- 

ausoiiides 

a  coloradensis 
cethura 
creusa 
genntia 
hyantis 
julia 

lanceolata 
morrisoiii 
olympia 
pima 
reakirtii 
rosa 


sara 

Stella 

thoosa 


agarithe 

argante 

cipris 

eubule 

pbilea 

seiinge 

statira 

Kricogoiiia 

fantasia 
lanice 
lyside 
a  terissa 

tioiicpteryx 

mserula 
clorinde 

Meganostoma 

csesonia 
eiu-ydice 
a  amorphge 

Colias 

alexandra 

behrii 

boothii 

a  cliione 
clii]ti)ewa 
Christina 

o  astrsea 
edwardsii 
elis 
emilia 
eurytheme 

d  ariadnc 

b  oripliylc 

c  keewaydin 
harfordii 
hecla 

a  glacialis 

b  liela 
interior 
meadii 
moina 
nastes          » 
occidentalis 

a  clirysuinelas 


palseno 
pelidne 
philodice 

«  an  thy  ale 

b  albinic 

c  melauic 

d  "ig 

e  virida 
scudderii 

Tori  as 

damaris 

delia 

elathea 

guudlachia 

jucuuda 

linda 

lisa 

a  flava 
mexicaua 
iiicippe 

a  flava 
proterpia 
westwoodii 

Thecla 

acis 

acadica 

affinis 

adenostomatis 

alcestis 

apama 

augustus 

auretorum 

antolycluis 

behrii 

calanus 

«  lorata 
californica 

a  cyan us 
castalis 
clialcis 
clytie 
col  inn  el  la 
rr\  sal  us 

a  citima 

dryope 

dumetoruni 

edwardsii 

eryphon 

favonius 

fotis 

f'uligiuosa 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS — SUPPLEMENT. 


grunus 

ammon 

halesus 

ajina 

benrici 

annetta 

bumuli 

antiacis 

ines 

a  bebrii 

iroides 

b  mertila 

irus 

aquilo 

a  arsace 

ardea 

6  mossii 

aster 

itys 

battoides 

Iseta 

clara 

leda 

comyntas 

m  -album 

couperii 

melinus 

cyna 

a  pudica 

dsedalus 

nelsoni 

exilis 

a  exoleta 

ful  la 

6  muirii 

fileuus 

niphon 

ghuicon 

Ontario 

gyas 

pceas 

beteronea 

putnami 

icaroides 

sfepium 

a  maricopa 

a  fulvescens 

isopbthalma 

sheridauii 

kodiak 

siva 

lot  is 

smilacis 

lycea 

spinetornm 

lygdamus 

spadix 

a  oro 

strigosa 

marina 

sylvinus 

monica 

tacita 

pembina 

tetra 

pberes 

titus 

pbileros 

witfeldii 

podarce 

pseudargiolus 

Feniseca 

a  arizoueusis 

tarquiuius 

b  ciuerea 

c  lucia 

Chry  sophaii  us 

d  marginata 

a  rota 

e  neglecta 

cupreus 

/  nigra 

dioue 

g  violacea 

dorcas 

rustica 

editba 

saepiolus 

epixantbe 

sagittigera 

floras 

scudderii 

gorgon 

shasta 

helloides 

sonorensis 

bermes 

speciosa 

liypophleas 

striata 

a  americana 

theonus 

a  fasciata 

xerxes 

c  feildeni 

mariposa 

1,  vision  J:is 

rubidus 

ares 

sir  ius 

a  cleis 

snowi 

cythera 

tbce 

duryi 

virginieusis 

mormo 

xantboides 

nais 

zeros 

palmerii 

virgulti 

Lycrena 


borealis 

caenius 
nemesis 

Etimciiia 

atala 
minyas 

Libytliea 

bach  man  i 
carinenta 
larvata 


charitonia 

Daiiais 

archippus 

berenice 

strigosa 

Ceratiiiia 

lycaste 
a  negreta 

Median  itis 

californiea 

l>i  !•<•<>  11  11  a 

klugii 


delila 
julia 

Agraulis 

vanillse 

Kuptoieta 

claudia 
hegesia 


electra 
epithore 

a  kreimhild 
eurynome 

a  erinna 
freya 

a  tarquinius 
frigga 

a  saga 
halcyone 
helena 
liesperis 
hippolyta 
idalia 

a  ashtaroth 
improba 
inoruata 
lais 
laura 
leto 
liliana 

a  baron ii 
macaria 
montinus 
monticola 

a  purpurascens 
montivaga 
my  rin  a 
nausicaii 
nevadensis 

a  meadii 
uitocris 
nokomis 
opis 
polaris 
rhodope 
rupestris 

a  ireue 
semiramis 
triclaris 
zerene 


acnion 

afra 

alee 

arnica 

amyutulal 


Eurygona 

abreas 

C'alephelis 

austral  is 


Argynnis 

adiante 

Melitrca 

acastus 

alberta 
alcestis 

albiplaga 
alma 

aphrodite 
artonis 

anicia 
arachne 

atlantis 
atossa 

augusta 
baroni 

bebrensii 

bollii 

bellona 

brucei 

bischoffi 

chalcedon 

boisduvallii 

«  dwinolh-i 

bremnerii 

chara 

butlerii 

colon 

calippe 
carpenterii 
cbariclea 
a  obscurata 

cooperi 
definita 
dymas 
editha 

chi  tone 

ful  via 

clio 

Columbia 

gabbii 
harrisii 

coronis 

lielvia 

cybele 

bofnianni 

cypris 
diana 

«  helcita 
leanira 

I'dwardsii 

a  obsolcta 

egleis 

incgliisbiiiii 

ENTOMOLOGICAL    XKNVS — sri'PI.F.MKXT. 


Ill 


mimita 
nubigena 

a  wheeleri 
iiympha 
pal  la 
perse 
phteton 

«  superba 

6 


quino 

rubicunda 

sterope 

taylori 

theckla 

Ulrica 

whitneyii 

wrightii 

I'hyciocles 

batesii 

caruillus 

a  pallida 

b  rnata 
carlota 
montana 
mylitta 
nycteis 

a  drusius 
orseis 
phaon 
picta 
pratensis 
tharos 

a  marcia 

6  morpheus 

c  packard  i 
vesta 

Eresia 

frisia 

punctata 

ianthe 


adjutrix 

crocale 

erodyle 

janais 

mediatrix 

Cystiiieura 

amymone 

Grapta 

comma 

a  barrisii 

b  dryas 
faun  us 
gracilis 
by  las 
interrogationis 

a  fabricii 

6  umbrosa 
j  -album 
progne 
rusticus 
satyrus 

a  marsyas 
sileuus 


a  oreas 
silvius 
zephryus 

Vanessa 

antiopa 

a  hygirea 
californica 
milberti 

Pyrameis 

atalanta 
cardui 

a  elymi 

b  ate 
carye 
buntera 

Jmioiiia 

coeuia 

a  orythia 
genoveva 

Aiiartia 

jatropbte 

Eii  1*0111:1 

letbe 

Euiiica 

monima 

C'allicure 

clymena 

Timetes 

chirou 
coresia 
eleucba 
petreus 

Diatlema 

misippus 

l,i  DK'il  Bl  is 

artbemis 

a  lamiuia 

6  proserpina 
disippus 

a  floridensis 
eros 

a  obsoleta 
hulstii 
lorquini 
nrsula' 

a  arizonensis 
weidemeyerii 

a  sine-fascia 

Meterocbroa 

californica 

A  pat  lira 

alicia 
antonia 

a  montis 
celtis 
clytori 


6  ocellata 
codes 
flora 
leila 

Papliia 

morrisonii 
troglodyta 

Ageroiiia 

feronia 
foruax 

Victoriua 

steneles 

Diadcma 

Debis 

portlaudia 


areolatus 

cantbus 

eurytris 

gemma 

bensbawi 

mitchellii 

rubricata 

sosybius 

C'oeiiouynipha 

ampelos 

brenda 

California 

a  ceres 

6  eryngii 

c  galactinus 

d  pulla 
elko 

inornata 
kodiak 
ocbracea 
pampbiloides 

Erebia 

disa 

a  mauciuus 
discoidalis 
epipsodea 

a  brucei 
fasciata 
haydenii 
magdaleua 
rossi  i 
sofia 
tyndarus 

a  callias 
vesagus 


tritonia 

Hippatrchia 

dioiiysius 
ridingsii 


«  texana 
b  maritima 
c  nephele 
r/  olympus 
e  boopis 
/  hicana 

ariane 

ash  ta  roth 

baron  i 

charon 

gabii 

meadii 

oetus 

paulus 

pegala 

silvestris 

sthenele 

wheeleri 


Calais 

californica 

crambis 

chryxus 

gigas 

iduna 

ivallda 

jutta 

macounii 

iievadensis 

norna 

semidea 

subbyalina 

tarpeia 

taygete 

ubleri 

varuna 

Carteroceplialus 

mandan 
omaha 

Aiicyloxypha 

numitor 


alope 


Satyrus 


arene 
euuus 
rnyrtis 
procris 

a  waco 
wrightii 

Tliymelicii* 

garita 
p<i\veschiek 

Fampliila 

aaroni 
accius 

agricola 

arabus 

arpa 

attains 

baracoa 

boll  us 

bimacula 

brettoides 

brettus 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS — SUPPLEMENT. 


byssus 

nereus 

nysa 

cabelus 

nevada 

samoset 

campestris 

ocola 

'    sitnius 

earns 

oregonia 

textor 

cernes 

osyka 

vialis 

cestus 

otbo 

chusca 

a  egeremet 

I'yrgus 

Colorado 

ottce 

centaureae 

Columbia 

palatka 

cfespitalis 

conius 

panoquin 

domicella 

delaware 

pawnee 

n  nearchus 

deva 

peck  i  us 

.    ericetorum 

dion 

phylieus 

locutia 

draco 

pittacus 

nessus 

ethlius 

pontiac 

oceanus 

eufala 

pratincola 

philetas 

fusca 

phylace 

tessellata 

harpalus 

python 

a  montivagus 

hi  anna 

rhena 

xanthus 

horus 

rhesus 

hurou 

ruricola 

^3  ^  4  b  B  ft  B  *l  d  1  t 

juba 

sabuleti 

af  rani  us 

a  viridis 

sassacus 

alpheus 

lagus 

siris 

ausonius 

lasus 

slossonse 

brizo 

leonardus 

snowi 

clitus 

licinus 

sylvanoides 

funeralis 

loammi 

taxiles 

icelus 

lurius 

uncas 

juvenalis 

raaculata 

verna 

lucilius 

manataaqua 

verus 

martialis 

manitoba 

vestris 

njevius 

manitobaoides 

viator 

pacuvius 

mardon 

vitellius 

persius 

massasoit 

yuma 

petronius 

melane 

zabulon 

propertius 

meskei 

a  hobomok 

somuus 

ruetacomet 

6  pocohontas 

tatius 

metea 

tristis 

milo 

Amblyscirtes 

morrisonii 

senus 

Systasca 

mystic 

cassus 

zampa 

napa 

eos 

nemorum 

nanno 

Pholisora 

catullus 

ceos 

hayhurstii 

lena 

libya 

pirus 


thraso 


albofasciatus 

bathyllus 

cell  us 

dorus 

drusius 

electra 

epigena 

hesus 

hippalus 

lycidas 

moschus 

nevada 

proteus 

pylades 

simplicius 

tityrus 

zestos 

Erycides 

arnyntas 

batabano 

sanguinea 

texana 

urania 

Pyrrhopyga 

araxes 


cofaqui 

neurucegenii 

yuccas 

a  coloradensis 


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AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 


VOL.    II. 


FEBRUARY,   1891. 


No.  2. 


CONTENTS: 


Remarks  on  Illustration 21 

Lugger — Notes  on  Coleoptera 21 

Ottolengui  —  Lepidoptera    at    Electric 

Light 23 

P.  P.  C. — Elementary  Entomology 27 


Van  Duzee — Immigration  Story 30 

Fox — A  new  species  of  Nyssonidae 31 

Notes  and  News 32 

Entomological  Literature 37 


Illustration  No.  2. — About  ten  months  are  supposed  to  have 
elapsed,  and  we  now  present  our  larva  figured  inVol.  II,  PI.  I,  trans- 
formed into  an  imago.  This  was  also  photographed  by  Mr.  J. 
F.  Sachse,  editor  of  the  "American  Journal  of  Photography," 
to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  the  plate.. — ED. 


— o — 


NOTES  ON  COLEOPTERA. 

BY  PROF.   OTTO  LUGGER. 

Cremastochilus  Knochii  Lee. — This  beetle  is  rather  abun- 
dant in* the  vicinity  of  our  Experiment  Station  (St.  Anthony  Park, 
Minnesota),  and  occurs  here  from  early  Spring  till  late  in  fall. 
One  field  seems  to  be  its  favorite  breeding  ground.  It  is  a  field 
with  poor  and  rather  sandy  soil,  thoroughly  exhausted  by  con- 
stant croppings,  so  that  even  oats  can  no  longer  be  produced  suc- 
cessfully. Being  simply  held  on  speculation  for  building  lots,  it 
is  decidedly  neglected  for  farming  purposes.  This  field  forms, 
however,  not  a  bad  hunting  ground  for  a  number  of  insects,  and, 
besides  other  species  of  beetles  Harpalus  erraticns  Say,  Bolbo- 
ceras  farctus  and  lazarus  Fab.  and  Cremastochilus  A  wchii  Lee. 
are  very  common.  With  the  exception  of  the  latter  all  have  to 


22  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [February, 

be  dug  from  the  soil.  But  as  they  prefer  to  make  their  abode  in 
solid  ground,  in  a  narrow  path,  they  are  easily  found,  as  their 
presence  is  always  indicated  by  a  perfectly  round  hole,  the  size 
of  which  showing  the  particular  species  which  made  it.  The 
Cremastochilus  also  frequents  this  path,  and  is  usually  found 
slowly  crawling  about,  and  most  frequently  several  are  found  in 
close  proximity  to  each  other.  A  large  number  of  small  ants 
have  also  nests  in  this  hard-trodden  soil;  these  nests  are  under- 


ground  galleries,  with  exceedingly  small  openings  towards  the 
light,  not  much  larger  than  the  holes  made  by  the  heads  of  com- 
mon pins. 

Observation  i. — A  Cremastochilus  surrounded  by  numerous 
ants,  was  gradually  pushed  by  them  in  a  certain  direction.  The 
beetle  was  perfectly  quiet,  and  offered  no  resistance  to  the  ants, 
nor  did  it  assist  them  in  any  perceptible  way.  As  the  process  of 
moving  such  an  immense  object  was  exceedingly  slow,  I  did  not 
observe  the  ultimate  destination  of  the  procession. 

Observation  2. — A  Cremastochilus  was  found  sitting  right  over 
one  of  the  small  entrances  of  an  ant  nest.  With  slow  and  very 
deliberate  actions  the  beetle  gradually  enlarged  the  hole  under  it, 
and  in  the  course  of  nearly  seven  hours  disappeared  from  view. 
During  all  this  time  not  a  single  ant  appeared  in  its  vicinity,  nor 
did  any  assist  the  beetle  in  its  efforts  to  penetrate  to  the  nest 
below. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  23 

Observation  3. — Very  similar  to  observation  2,  only  a  number 
of  ants  assisted  the  beetle  by  removing  the  dirt  scraped  out  by 
the  latter. 

Observation  4  — Early  in  Spring  I  found  a  number  of  these 
beetles  mating  above  ground.  Confining  some  in  a  low  round 
jar,  filled  with  earth  to  a  depth  of  three  inches,  they  soon  disap- 
peared from  the  surface.  They  lived  in  this  jar  for  about  two 
months,  mostly  hidden  in  the  earth,  but  whenever  the  jar  was 
exposed  to  the  warming  influence  of  the  sun  the  beetles  reap- 
peared upon  the  surface  and  moved  about  rather  actively  for  such 
slow  insects.  Several  times  they  attempted  to  fly  away.  As  I 
Wished  to  obtain  the  eggs,  I  investigated  the  soil,  and  found  a 
very  peculiar  structure  in  it,  as  illustrated  in  figure  in  natural 
size.  The  cavity  was  rather  smooth  inside  and  large  enough  to 
harbor  the  five  pairs  of  beetles  living  in  the  jar.  No  eggs  were 
discovered,  but  all  ten  beetles  were  found  dead  in  the  room  made 
by  themselves.  As  the  upper  roof  of  the  nest  was  broken  up  in 
removing  the  soil  from  the  jar,  I  do  not  know  whether  there  was 
one  or  more  entrances  to  this  room. 

Next  season  I  intend  to  establish  a  formicarium  with  such 
beetles,  with  the  view  of  studying  the  relations  between  them  and 
the  ants. 

If  I  recollect  right  the  locality  for  Omus  submetallicus  Horn 
seems  to  be  in  doubt.  I  have  recently  obtained  a  specimen  from 
Washington. 

o 

LIST  OF  LEPIDOPTERA  TAKEN  AT  ELECTRIC  LIGHTS 
IN  BROOKLYN,  WITH  NOTES  THEREON. 

BY  RODRIGUES  OTTOLENGUI,   M.D.S. 

I  am  only  a  beginner,  this  Summer  having  been  my  first  season, 
nevertheless  I  am  told  that  my  catch  has  been  a  remarkable  one; 
remarkable  in  that  it  shows  what  may  be  done  by  thorough  work 
in  a  single  section.  Seventy-five  nights  this  Summer  my  sister 
and  myself  were  out  with  our  nets  and  bottles.  The  first  night, 
early  in  May,  we  walked  about  aimlessly  till  we  found  an  electric 
light  near  the  ground,  and  here,  and  at  the  one  next  to  it,  we 
took  fifty  insects,  the  first  being  a  Luna,  which  my  sister  cap- 
tured.  I  will  say  here  that,  though  we  took  other  specimens  of 
Luna,  afterward  we  never  took  one  having,  like  this  one,  a  dis- 


24  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [February, 

tinct  border  at  the  edge  of  all  four  wings.  Subsequently,  we 
tried  other  localities,  but  never  had  much  luck;  therefore,  we 
finally  went  nowhere  else;  thus  the  following  list  shows  what  can 
be  done  in  a  single  secluded,  well-lighted  spot  near  foliage,  in 
the  heart  of  a  great  city.  I  will  mention  the  number  taken  when 
the  insect  is  rare,  or  when  only  a  few  were  captured.  Of  the 
others  we  took,  or  refused  quantities,  except  of  Geometridae. 


Of  Sphingidae  we  never  took  a  specimen  till  after  ten  o'clock. 
Thyreus  Abbottii,  two  males;  Deilephila  lineata,  one  male;  Phi- 
lampehis  achemon,  one  male.  Of  this  beautiful  species  I  saw* 
another  specimen,  but  failed  to  get  it.  It  alighted  on  a  tree,  and 
after  climbing  I  saw  no  chance  to  get  it  in  my  net.  I  returned 
to  the  ground  and  took  a  bottle,  but  though  I  was  most  careful 
in  trying  to  place  the  bottle  over  him,  he  dropped  between  the 
leaves  and  was  seen  no  more.  This  lesson,  however,  proved  of 
value,  and  later  I  secured  a  valuable  insect  under  similar  circum- 
stances as  will  be  told.  Everyx  myron,  three  males  and  one 
female;  Smerinthus  geminatus,  two  males;  Calasymbolus  (Smer- 
inthus} myops,  three  pairs;  Ceratomia  amyntor,  eight  males;  Da- 
remma  undulosa,  one  pair;  Phlegethontius  Carolina,  eight  males 
and  two  females.  One  of  these  males  is  the  valuable  insect  to 
which  I  referred.  It  is  wood-brown,  about  the  same  shade  as 
Ceratomia  amyntor.  Mr.  Henry  Edwards  tells  me  that  there  is 
an  insect  in  South  America  exactly  like  my  specimen,  which  is 
counted  a  species,  but  which  he  has  thought  to  be  but  a  variety 
of  S.  Carolina,  hence  the  extreme  interest  in  finding  this  light 
variety  in  this  latitude.  This  was  at  rest  in  the  tree,  as  was  the 
other  which  I  lost.  Profiting  by  experience,  I  took  it  with  my 
fingers,  thumb  and  finger  above  and  below  the  thorax.  It  is  only 
slightly  ruffled  on  the  upper  side  and  not  noticeable.  Phlege- 
thontius celeus,  two  males;  Sphinx  driipiferarum,  one  female; 
Sphinx  kalmia,  one  male.  Total,  40;  not  bad,  I  think,  for  late 
night  hunting. 

ZYGvENID^E. 

Alypia  octomaculata,  two  pairs;  Eudryas  grata,  three  pairs; 
Scepsis  fulvicollis. 

BOMBYCES.  —  Arctia  nais,  one  male  and  one  female;  Arctia 
arge,  one  pair  ;  Pyrrharctia  Isabella.  From  a  lot  of  these  I  have 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  25 

picked  out  a  set  of  seven  males  which  show  a  gradual  variation 
from  having  but  a  single  spot  on  each  wing  to  having  very  large 
black  spots  on  the  wings.  Leucarctia  acrea;  males  fairly  com- 
mon; took  but  one  female.  Spilosoma  virginica,  Hyphantria 
textor,  Euchtztes  collaris,  two  pairs;  Halisidota  caryce.  I  took  a 
number  of  these,  one  pair  only,  having  a  spot  on  the  secondaries, 
Orgyia  leucosigma.  One  of  my  specimens  Mr.  Edwards  says  is 
the  largest  that  he  has  ever  seen.  It  measures  one  and  a  half 
inches.  Ap.atelodes  torrefacta,  one  male;  Datana  angusi,  one 
male;  Datana  intergerrima,  Datana  perspicua,  five  pairs;  Nadata 
gibbosa,  five  males.  In  one  the  silver  spots  on  primaries  are 
almost  invisible.  Lophodontaferruginea,  two  males,  one  having 
secondaries  all  gray.  Edema  albifrons,  one  pair;  Seirodonta 
bilineata,  one  pair;  Coelodasys  unicornis,  one  pair;  Coelodasys 
— 9  ;  one  male  only.  Several  well  known  collectors  have 
failed  to  identify  this.  Janassa  lignicolor,  one  male;  a  beautiful 
specimen,  Heterocampa  unicohr;  a  beautiful  pair  of  this  which 
I  believe  is  difficult  to  take  perfect.  The  male  was  taken  in  May 
and  the  female  in  last  week  of  July.  Centra  borealis,  one  male; 
Centra  occidentalis,  one  male;  Centra  cinerea  one  pair;  Actias 
lima,  six  males;  Philosamia  cynthia,  Callosamia  promethea,  Cal- 
losamia  angidifera,  two  females;  Platysamia  cecropia,  Hyper- 
chiria  io,  thirty  males.  I  took  many  beautiful  varieties  of  this 
one  the  primaries  almost  all  cream  color,  another  heavily  shaded 
with  black.  Eacles  imperialis,  thirty  males  and  three  females. 
Citheronia  regalis,  two  pairs;  Dryocampa  rubicunda,  four  males. 
Clisiocampa  americana,  Artace  pitnctistriga,  four  males;  Cossns 
•centerensis,  one  male.  I  think  this  is  the  first  reported  from  this 
locality.  Prionoxystus  robin<z,  three  females. 

NOCTU/E. — Habrosyne  scripta,  ten  pairs.  A  remarkable 
catch  I  am  told  ;  very  bright,  beautiful  specimens.  Raphia 
f rater,  Apatela  occidenta/is,  one  pair;  Apatela  lobelilce,  Apatela 
hasta,  one  pair;  Apatela  americana,  one  male;  Apatelis  hamamelis, 
one  male;  Apatela  innotata,  one  male;  Apatela  dissecta,  one  male; 
Apatela  oblinita,  Agrotis  C-nignon,  Agrotis  plecta,  Agrotis 
cupida,  one  male;  Agrotis  verticalis,  one  male;  Agrotis  annexa, 
•one  female;  Agrotis  malefida,  Agrotis  ypsilon,  Agrotis  sancia, 
Mamcstra  picta,  Mamestra  arctica,  one  pair;  Mamcstra  renigera, 
Hadcna  devastatrix,  Hadena  vulvivaga,  JIadena  -  —?  ;  one 
.specimen  only.  Several  collectors  have  failed  to  identify  this. 


26  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [February, 

Prodenia  cotnmelince,  one  pair;  Ruplexia  lucipera,  one  female; 
Nephelodes  minians  and  var.  violans,  of  each  one  male;  Gortyna 
nebris  and  var.  nitella,  of  each  one  male;  Achatodes  ze<z,  one 
male;  Heliophila  albilinea,  Heliophila  phragmitidicola,  Helio- 
phila  unipuncta,  Heliophila  pseudargyra;  oddly  enough,  I  took 
but  one  specimen  of  this.  Heliophila  pseudargyra  var.  callide, 
one  female;  Orthodes  itiftrma,  one  pair;  Cucullia  convexipennis, 
one  pair;  Cucullia  asteroides,  Cucullia  -  —f  ;  absent  in  three 
large  collection's.  Telesilla  cinereola,  two  pairs;  Plusia  <zrea, 
Plusia  precationis,  Plusia  ni,  Plusia  simplex,  Tamilla  nundina; 
Melicleptria  thoreani  this  I  do  not  find  in  Crete's  List,  and  I 
may  have  the  specific  name  wrong.*  Melicleptria  -  —?  Mr. 
Henry  Edwards  thinks  this  an  entirely  new  species.  Heliothis 
armiger,  Ligranthecia  spragnei  Chamyris  cerintha,  one  pair; 
Drasteria  erechtea  and  var.  agricola,  Eudidia  cuspida,  Paralelis 
bistriaris,  Homoptera  edusa,  Homoptera  lunata,  Epixeuxis  ameri- 
calis,  one  female;  Chytolyta  morbidalis,  Hypena  evanidalis,  Hy- 
pena scabra,  Hypena  baltimoralis. 

GEOMETRIC^. 

Ch&rodes  transversata,  Caberodes  confusaria,  Ennomos  alni- 
aria,  Eudalimia  subsignaria;  took  both  sexes.  Endropia  hypo- 
charia,  Metrocanipa  margaritata,  Angerona  crocataria,  Anagoga 
occiduaria,  Acidalia  ennucleata,  Acidalia  quinqueliniaria,  Ca- 
terva  catenaria,  Tephrosia  canadaria,  Paraphia  subatomaria, 
Anticlea  vasiliata,  Petrophora  diversilineata,  Boarmia  crepuscu- 
Jaria,  Eiibcea  cognitaria. 

In  making  out  this  list  I  have  followed  Grote.  In  addition  to 
those  enumerated  I  took  fifty  specimens  of  Zeuzera  cesculi  found 
recently  in  this  country.  This  insect  was  first  reported  in  Newark. 
I  have  not  yet  heard  of  others  taking  it  in  Brooklyn.  I  found  it 
quite  common  and  enduring  for  three  weeks.  Had  I  known  the 
the  rarity  of  it,  and  value  for  exchange,  I  could  easily  have  taken 
two  hundred.  I  took,  however,  only  two  females,  and  those 
under  peculiar  circumstances.  One  night  it  rained  so  hard  that 
I  abandoned  all  idea  of  hunting,  and  made  a  social  call.  Re- 
turning about  eleven  o'clock  I  walked  home,  the  rain  having 
ceased.  Walking  along  an  asphalt  roadway,  lighted  by  electric 
lamps,  I  found  hundreds  of  insects  swamped  on  the  wet  pave- 
ment. Finally,  I  came  to  a  little  pool  of  water  in  which  I  noticed 

*~No.  969,  Crete's  List.— ED. 


l8gi.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  27 

two  large  insects  floundering  about.  I  took  them  out,  placed 
them  in  an  envelope,  and  hurried  home,  where  I  transferred  them 
to  a  bottle.  They  were  two  females  of  the  Zeuzera,  and  when 
dried  made  excellent  specimens;  antennae  perfect,  and  markings 
brighter  than  any  of  the  males.  I  took  and  mounted  during  the 
season  2000  specimens  exclusive  of  diurnals. 


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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY-. 

Eighth  Paper. — INTERNAL  ANATOMY  (concluded). 


The  nervous  system  consists  of  a  series  of  paired  nerve-knots, 
or  ganglia,  connected  by  two  nerve  cords  (commissures},  and 
extending  the  entire  length  of  the  body.  Typically,  there  is  a 
pair  of  ganglia  to  each  segment  of  the  body,  but  usually  the  num- 
ber of  pairs  is  less  than  the  number  of  segments,  owing  to  the 
union  of  adjacent  pairs.  This  nerve  chain  lies  below  (ventral  to) 
the  alimentary  canal  for  the  greater  part  of  the  body,  but  in  the 
head,  the  two  commissures  pass  upwards,  one  on  each  side  of 
the  oesophagus  to  a  mass  of  united  ganglia  lying  on  the  dorsal 
side  of  the  canal  in  the  head.  This  mass  is  the  brain,  or  supra- 
cesophagial ganglion;  it  is  thought  to  be  formed  by  the  union  of 
several  pairs  of  ganglia  corresponding  to  the  number  of  segments 
of  which  the  head  is  formed. 

From  the  ganglia  of  this  nerve  chain,  nerves  are  given  off  to 
surrounding  organs.  Certain  other  ganglia  are  connected  with 
this  nerve  chain  which  do  not  correspond  in  position  to  the  seg- 
ments. These  latter  ganglia  supply  by  their  branches  the  ali- 
mentary canal  and  the  tracheae. 

The  organs  of  sight  are  the  simple  and  the  compound  eyes.* 

*  See  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  vol.  i,  p.  104. 

In  1888  and  1889,  Prof.  Felix  Plateau  published  in  French  the  results  of  his  studies  on 
the  vision  of  Arthropods.  Dr.  David  Sharp,  of  London,  gave  an  account  of  these  ex- 
periments in  the  "  Transactions  of  the  Entomological  Society  of  London"  for  1889,  p.  397, 
et  seq.,  concluding  with  two  "  general  impressions"  which  he  has  ''  derived  from  the  study 
of  Prof.  Plateau's  valuable  experiments." 

1.  "  That  insects  in  motion  are  largely  guided  by  thedirection  of  light  and  the  existence 
of  lights  and  shades " 

2.  "  That  there  is  at  present  no  evidence  at  all  that  the  light-perceptions  are  sufficiently 
complex  to  be  entitled  to  be  called  seeing;   but  that,  as  the  large  development  of  the  com- 
pound eye  permits  the  simultaneous  perception  of  movement,  its  direction,  and  of  lights 
and  shades  over  a  certain  area,  a  dragonfly  may  pursue  and  capture  another  insect  without 
seeing  it  in  our  sense  of  the  word  seeing.  (Trans.  1.  c.  pp.  407,  408)." 


28  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [February, 

Certain  sense  organs,  supposed  to  be  those  of  hearing,  exist  in 
the  first  abdominal  segment,  and  in  the  tibiae  of  the  first  pair  of 
legs  in  various  insects  (Grasshoppers). 

Organs  of  smell  are  believed  to  exist  in  the  antennae  of  many 
insects. 

Organs  of  taste  are  thought  to  be  present  in  the  labium  and 
maxillae  of  some  insects. 

The  antennae  play  the  part  of  organs  of  touch  to  a  great  extent. 

The  muscles  of  an  insect  are  very  numerous.  They  are  slender, 
faint  yellowish  fibres,  transversely  striated,  not  enclosed  in  sheaths. 
They  are  arranged  in  correspondence  with  the  segments  of  the 
body  wall  and  the  joints  of  the  appendages. 

The  respiratory  system  in  insects  consists  of  air  tubes,  or  tra- 
cheae.* They  have  their  external  openings,  called  spiracles,  or 
stigmata,  in  the  pleura  of  the  thoracic  and  first  eight  abdominal 
segments,  one  pair  to  each  segment.  The  number  of  pairs  is 
thus  never  more  than  eleven,  and  is  usually  less.  In  the  thoracic 
segments,  at  least,  the  spiracles  are  situated  in  the  peritremes, 
and  are  usually  guarded  by  hairs,  or  a  chitinous  piece,  acting  as 
a  valve.  A  short  trachea  runs  inwards  from  each  spiracle  to  a 
large  longitudinal  trachea,  one  of  which  runs  along  each  side  of 
the  body.  These  two  large  tracheae  are  connected  by  cross- 
tracheae,  corresponding  in  position  to  the  segments  of  the  body 
wall.  From  the  two  main  tracheae  and  the  cross-tracheae,  nu- 
merous branches  are  given  off  in  all  directions,  to  all  parts  of  the 
body,  thus  supplying  the  organs  directly  and  not  indirectly 
through  the  blood  as  in  vertebrates.  So  numerous  are  the 
branches  of  the  tracheae  that  they  also  serve  to  hold  other  internal 
organs  in  position. 

The  tracheae  are  sometimes  dilated  into  air-sacs,  which  also 
decrease  the  specific  gravity  of  the  insect.  Air-sacs  occur  only 
in  images  of  flying  insects,  and  not  in  larvae,  or  in  images  of 
creeping  insects. 

Aquatic  insects  breathe  either  (i)  air  which  they  take  from 
above  the  water's  surface,  or  (2)  air  which  is  mixed  with  the 
water.  In  the  first  case  the  insect  carries,  by  its  wings,  or  other 
means,  a  bubble  of  air  obtained  at  the  water's  surface;  or,  its 
spiracles  are  prolonged  into  long  tubes  which  reach  to  the  water's 
surface  while  the  insect  is  below  it.  Insects  breathing  the  air 

*  See  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  vol.  i,  pp.  71,  141. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  29 

which  is  mixed  with  the  water,  are  provided  with  so-called  tra- 
cheal  gills.  These  are  usually  thin,  thread-like,  or  plate-like 
expansions  of  the  body  wall,  richly  furnished  with  tracheae.  The 
thin  walls  of  these  gills  permit  an  interchange  between  the  air  in 
the  water  and  the  air  in  the  tracheae.  Tracheal  gills  may  be  en- 
tirely external,  or  may  exist  within  the  hind  part  of  the  intestine. 
In  that  they  are  supplied  only  with  tracheae  containing  air  to  be 
purified,  tracheal  gills  differ  from  true  gills  of  fishes  and  crusta- 
ceans, whose  vessels  contain  blood  to  be  purified. 

"  The  act  of  respiration  consists  in  the  alternate  dilatation  and 
contraction  of  the  abdominal  segments,  the  air  entering  the  body 
chiefly  at  the  thoracic  spiracles.  As  in  vertebrates,  the  frequency 

of  the  acts  of  breathing  increases  after  exertion 'In  the 

pupa  and  larva  state,  respiration  is  performed  more  equally  by 
all   the  spiracles,    and   less  especially  by  the  thoracic  ones.' 
(Packard) 

Insects  are  unisexual,  i.e.,  the  males  and  females  are  different 
individuals.*  No  external  characters,  such  as  shape,  color,  etc., 
can  be  given  to  distinguish  between  the  sexes  of  all  insects.  The 
reproductive  organs  are  contained  in  the  abdomen.  Those  of  the 
male  are  the  testes,  which  are  paired  glandular  bodies,  secreting 
the  sperm,  or  fertilizing  fluid,  in  which  are  numerous,  very  small, 
tadpole-like  spermatozoa.  Each  testis  has  a  duct,  the  vas  deferens, 
Avhich  may  dilate  into  a  vesicula  seminalis,  after  which  the  two 
vasa  deferentia  unite  to  form  the  ductus  ejaculatorius,  which  opens 
into  the  external  intromittent  organ  (penis),  usually  situated  on 
the  ventral  side  of  the  abdomen  near  its  apex. 

The  female  reproductive  organs  are  the  pair  of  ovaries,  in 
which  the  eggs  (ova)  are  found.  The  duct  of  each  ovary  (ovi- 
duct) unites  with  its  fellow  and  forms  the  vagina.  The  vagina  is 
connected  with  the  ovipositor,  f  or  has  a  free  external  opening 
(vulva),  usually  situated  on  the  ventral  side  of  the  abdomen  near 
its  apex.  ' '  Connected  also  with  the  vagina  are  one  or  more 
pouches  (receptacula  semen's),  within  which  the  sperm  is  received 
and  stored."  The  sperm  "  retains  its  fertilizing  properties  for  a 
long  time.  Thus  the  queen  bee  or  ant,  pairs  but  once,  though 

"  Cases  not  unfrequently  occur  in  which  from  arrest  of  development  of  the  embryo, 
the  sexual  organs  are  imperfectly  developed,  so  as  to  present  the  appearance  of  being  both 
male  and  female"  (Packard).  Such  individuals  are  termed  hermaphrodites 

t  See  ENT.  NEWS,  vol.  ii,  p.  9.    Opening  into  the  vagina  is  sometimes  a  poison  sac  com- 
municating with  the  sting. 


30  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [February, 

she  may  continue  to  lay  fertile  eggs  for  years.  The  fertilization; 
of  the  eggs  of  insects  takes  place  at  the  time  they  are  laid.  There 
is  in  one  end  of  the  shell  of  the  egg,  one  or  more  pores  known 
as  micropyles.  Through  these  the  spermatozoa  enter  the  egg  as 
it  passes  the  opening  of  the  receptacula  seminis.  In  some  cases, 
at  least,  it  is  not  necessary  that  an  egg  should  be  fertilized  in  order 
that  the  embryo  should  develop.  This  has  been  proven  with  the 
Honey  Bee.  But  so  far  as  is  known  the  unfertilized  eggs  of  the 
bee  produce  only  males"  (Comstock). 

A  non-sexual  reproduction  alternating  with  a  sexual  repro- 
duction occurs  in  certain  insects,  as  plant  lice. 

All  insects  are  produced  from  eggs,  and  are  therefore  called 
oviparous.  In  some  cases,  however,  the  eggs  are  retained  within 
the  body  of  the  mother  until  after  hatching.  Such  insects  are 
termed  ovoviviparous .  P.  P.  C. 

o 

ANOTHER  IMMIGRATION  THEORY. 

BY  E.    P.   VAN  DUZEE. 

Chancing  to  pick  up  a  copy  of  the  "  Canadian  Entomologist" 
of  November,  1887,  while  browsing  among  some  old  entomo- 
logical papers — a  favorite  pastime  with  me — I  lighted  on  a  "  Note 
on  Southern  Moths  found  in  the  North,"  by  A.  R.  Grote,  A.M. 
Here,  after  reiterating  his  "  theory"  that  Erects  odora  and  other 
of  the  southern  species  of  moths  that  are  constantly  being  re- 
ported from  northern  localities  are  mere  "wind  visitors  or  immi- 
grants;" he  says:  "This  is  my  theory  of  immigration  from  the 
South;  no  other  writer  agrees  to  it  or  advocates  it.  Right  or 
wrong,  it  is  my  own."  Whether  this  theory  has  been  proved  or 
disproved  by  more  recent  writers  I  know  not,  but  the  capture  ot 
an  odora  in  this  city,  under  somewhat  peculiar  circumstances,  it 
seems  to  me  might  shed  a  little  light  on  the  subject. 

Early  in  the  past  season  one  of  our  young  collectors,  Mr.  J. 
C.  Will,  took  an  example  of  this  insect  in  a  wholesale  fruit  house 
in  this  city  among  a  large  pile  of  bananas  recently  received  from 
the  South.  The  thought  naturally  presents  itself:  may  not  this 
and  others  of  these  stray  visitants  have  been  introduced  through 
the  agency  of  commercial  transportation,  either  as  a  pupae  or 
images?  Many  subtropical  creatures  (spiders,  scorpions,  centi- 
pedes, etc.)  have  been  found  here  in  banana  cargoes,  and  why 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  3! 

not  moths  ?  The  importation  of  bananas  here  has  increased 
enormously  of  late  years,  and  a  corresponding  increase  is  noticeable 
in  the  number  of  odora  taken.  Further  confirmatory  evidence 
might  be  found  in  the  food  habits  of  the  odora  larvae  if  these  were 
better  known. 

A  somewhat  parallel  case  is  the  occurrence  of  the  large  southern 
grasshopper,  Dictyophorus  reticulatus  Thunb. ,  near  Rochester, 
N.  Y. ,  from  whence  I  have  received,  through  the  kindness  of 
Mr.  A.  E.  Romer  of  this  city,  a  full  grown  example.  When 
captured  it  was  in  company  with  several  others  of  its  kind  near 
one  of  the  large  nurseries  for  which  that  city  is  famous.  In  this 
case  it  seems  reasonable  to  presume  a  cluster  of  eggs  had  been 
introduced  with  southern  nursery  stock,  probably  imbedded  in 
the  earth  attached  to  the  roots,  and  the  prolonged  warm  weather 
had  enabled  them  to  perfect  their  growth.  As  it  is  not  included 
in  Prof.  Smith's  Catalogue  of  the  Insects  of  New  Jersey  it  is  very 
unlikely  that  it  could  survive  our  severe  Winters  and  become  a 
member  of  our  fauna. 

o 

A  NEW  SPECIES  OF  NYSSONID>£. 

BY  WILLIAM  J.  FOX. 

Bothynostethus  distinctus  n.  sp. 

?. — Black,  shining;  clypeus,  sides  of  face,  space  between  antennae, 
posterior  orbits  and  sides  of  metathorax,  with  silvery  pubescence;  tubercles, 
post-scutellum,  line  on  anterior  tibiae,  spot  on  intermediate  and  posterior 
tibiae  yellowish  white;  head  finely  punctured,  clothed  with  moderately  long, 
pale  brown  pubescence;  face  with  a  well  marked,  longitudinal  central  im- 
pressed line,  which  extends  from  between  the  base  of  the  antennas  almost 
to  the  lower  ocellus,  the  front  presents  before  the  anterior  ocellus  and  at 
the  sides  of  the  posterior  ones,  a  deep  slit  or  furrow,  the  lateral  furrows  ob- 
lique, anterior  margin  of  clypeus,  in  the  middle,  with  two  large,  separated 
teeth;  between  the  teeth  and  the  lateral  angles  of  the  clypeus  are  situated 
two  much  smaller  teeth;  third  joint  of  antennae  shorter  than  either  the 
fourth  or  fifth,  the  fourth  is  slightly  longer  than  the  fifth;  joints  8-10  are 
about  equal;  eyes  diverging  toward  the  vertex,  the  inner  margin  slightly 
bent  inward  above  the  centre  of  the  face;  prothorax  emarginate  above  in 
the  middle,  with  a  yellowish  white,  narrow  line,  interrupted  at  the  emar- 
gination;  beginning  behind  the  emargination  of  the  prothorax  are  two 
parallel,  strongly  marked  lines,  extending  to  the  centre  of  the  dorsulum; 
scutellum  sparsely  punctured,  with  a  median  impression,  which  is  m<  in- 
distinct posteriorly;  the  suture  between  the  dorsulum  and  scutellum  deep 
and  broad,  the  sides  denticulate;  post-scutellum  divided  by  a  median  im- 


32  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [February, 

pressed  line;  metathorax  with  a  broad  and  deep  longitudinal  channel,  the 
channel  broadening  at  the  base  of  the  posterior  surface  of  metathorax 
into  a  somewhat  cordate  pit,  base  of  metathorax  smooth,  a  little  beyond 
a  curved,  deeply  foveolate  furrow  extends  from  the  central  channel  to  the 
anterior-lateral  angles  of  the  metathorax;  between  these  furrows  and  the 
sides,  which  are  rugose,  is  a  finely  punctured  space,  posterior  face  before 
apex  marked  with  deep  pits.  Wings  hyaline  at  base,  the  apical  half  fu- 
liginous; nervure  and  stigma  black;  costal  and  subcostal  nervures  con- 
fluent; tegulae  rufo-piceous,  tibiae  and  tarsi  covered  with  whitish  pile. 
Abdomen  finely  punctured,  clothed  with  pale  brown  pile,  which  is  more 
dense  laterally,  and  on  the  fifth  and  sixth  segments  above,  and  on  the 
posterior  margins  of  the  segments  beneath,  the  posterior  margins  of  the 
segments  above  smooth,  rufo-piceous;  pygidium  large,  rounded  at  tip, 
covered  with  appressed  pale  hair,  venter  reddish  beneath.  Length  .35 
inch. 

cf- — More  slender  than  the  9,  the  anterior  margin  of  the  clypeus  sub- 
truncate,  or  slightly  sinuate;  the  anterior  tibae  in  front  and  the  tarsi  are 
rufous;  pygidium  short,  obtuse  at  tip,  with  appressed  pubescence,  other- 
wise as  in  the  9-  Length  .30  inch. 

Three  specimens,  Camden  County  N.  J.,  July  22d,  and  Aug. 
10,  1890. 

In  this,  we  add  to  our  fauna  a  genus  that  seems  to  be  inter- 
mediate between  the  Nyssonid<z  and  Larridce,  which  is  well  de- 
fined by  the  unarmed  metathorax,  the  intermediate  tibiee  having 
but  one  spur  at  apex  and  the  mandibles  being  notched  on  their 
outer  margin  as  in  Larra. 

Notes  and.  News. 

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See  change  of  wording  in  notice  of  Identification  of  Insects. 

IN  Mr.  Liebeck's  article  on  the  Cicindelidae  of  a  Season,  published  in 
the  December  number  (vol.  i)  of  the  NEWS  he  states  that  he  knew  of  but 
two  specimens  of  Cicindela  torhiosa  ever  taken  in  New  Jersey.  I  would 
like  to  place  on  record  the  capture  of  a  third  specimen,  which  was  taken 
alive,  and  was  found  in  company  with  C.  hirticollis;  the  specimen  was 
captured  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.  It  seems  strange  that  Mr.  Liebeck  should 
remember  but  two  specimens  of  this  species  ever  taken  in  New  Jersey, 
when  it  was  at  Mr.  Liebeck's  own  suggestion  that  the  specimen  in  ques- 
tion received  a  bath  of  benzine  to  bring  out  the  markings  more  clearly. 

PHILIP  LAURENT. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  33 

THE  following  description  of  a  variety  of  Papilio  turnus  may  be  of 
interest  to  the  readers  of  the  NEWS:  The  specimen,  which  is  a  ^,  was 
taken  on  the  6th  of  July,  1890,  at  Mt.  Airy,  Pa.  The  specimen  differs 
from  the  normal  rf  in  the  almost  entire  absence  of  the  row  of  yellow 
markings  in  the  black  border  of  the  anterior  wings,  only  the  two  yellow 
markings  in  the  extreme  apical  portion  of  the  wings  being  present,  while 
the  row  of  yellow  markings  in  the  border  of  the  posterior  wings  is  nar- 
rowed down  to  a  mere  dash,  the  yellow  of  which  is  thickly  interspread 
with  many  gray  scales.  Of  the  many  descriptions  and  figures  of  the  va- 
rieties of  P.  turnus  that  have  been  published  from  time  to  time,  none 
describe  the  above  variation. — PHILIP  LAURENT. 

RETINIA  COMSTOCKIANA  Fernald,  occurs  abundantly  in  yellow  pines  at 
Sugar  Grove,  near  Lancaster,  Ohio.  Serious  damage  results  in  conse- 
quence, as  the  infested  twigs  and  branches  invariably  die.  At  present, 
October,  the  larvae  are  lining  their  mines  preparatory  to  hibernation.  The 
habits  of  the  insect  here  agree  well  with  those  given  by  Prof.  Comstock 
(Report  Dept.  of  Agriculture,  1879),  whose  observations  were  made  at 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.  I  have  found  that  weevil  follows  the  moth's  larva  as  a  borer 
in  the  dead  twigs. — Prof.  D.  S.  KELLICOTT. 

PLATYCERURA  FURCILLA  Packard.  At  the  above-mentioned  station, 
late  in  September,  I  took  several  larvae,  apparently  of  P.fnrcilla.  They 
were  all  found  concealed  among  the  yellow  pine  needles;  in  confinement 
they  were  rarely  seen  feeding.  Dr.  Lintner  has  described,  with  his  usual 
accuracy,  the  larva  and  its  habits  in  "  Entomological  Contributions,"  No. 
3,  p  131. — Prof.  D.  S.  KELLICOTT. 

THE  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  AS  AN  INSECTICIDE.— Anyone  taking  the  trouble 
to  examine  the  contents  of  the  globe  surrounding  an  arc  light,  in  the  morn- 
ing, will  be  astonished  at  the  immense  number  of  insect  remains,  consist- 
ing of  all  orders.  By  far  the  greater  number  are  small  lepidopterous 
forms,  and,  according  to  my  experience,  the  Tortricidss  outnumbering  all 
the  rest.  Many  Neuroptera  fall  victims  to  the  light,  among  them  large 
numbers  of  the  "  aphis  lions,"  whose  larvae  feed  on  the  aphides,  or  plant 
lice;  thus  we  lose  one  of  the  agriculturist's  best  friends.  Many  species 
quite  rare  in  collections  may  be  taken  in  this  way,  though  very  few  perfect 
specimens  are  to  be  had,  owing  to  the  intense  heat  of  the  carbons,  the 
slightest  touch  of  which  burns  the  wings.  Prof.  Lintner  made  a  micro- 
scopical examination  of  the  contents  of  a  single  globe,  and  estimates  that 
the  debris  he  inspected  represented  33,000  insects,  and  he  believes  the 
average  number  destroyed  in  a  night  by  a  single  lamp  at  nearly  100,000. 
On  one  occasion  I  saw  nearly  three  pints  of  bodies,  legs  and  wings  emptied 
from  a  single  globe  by  a  man  who  replaced  the  carbon  in  the  morning. 

C.  A.  B. 

HUMORS  OF  COLLECTING. — Like  all  other  things,  entomology  has  its 
ludicrous  side,  as  some  such  squibs  as  the  following  will  verify:  A  few 
years  ago  while  out  collecting  with  a  fellow-entomologist,  not  far  from 


34  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [February, 

Gloucester,  N.  J.,  we  got  in  the  neighborhood  of  some  tumble-down 
shanties;  at  the  back  gate  of  one  that  opened  on  a  lot  covered  with  weeds 
stood  a  woman,  with  arms  akimbo,  intently  watching  our  manoeuvres, 
when  my  friend  captured  a  specimen  of  Limenitis  ursula,  at  which  the 
curiosity  of  the  aforesaid  female  was  sufficiently  aroused  to  ask  the  ques- 
tion, "What  do  you  do  with  them  things?"  "  Oh,"  said  he,  "  we  preserve 
.them."  Lifting  up  her  hands  in  apparent  disgust,  she  said,  "  Sakes 
alive,  what'll  people  eat  next!"  On  another  occasion,  while  collecting 
along  the  Camden  and  Atlantic  Railroad,  I  saw,  in  a  narrow  gully  that 
ran  parallel  to  the  track,  a  portion  of  a  dead  snake,  which  I  saw  move, 
and,  concluding  there  was  a  "  bug"  at  work,  I  turned  it  over  and  found  a 
male  Necrophorus  americana;  while  looking  for  the  female,  which  I 
presently  found,  a  countryman,  walking  along  the  track,  stopped  and 
looked  down  at  me  just  as  I  dropped  it  in  my  bottle  and  said,  "  What  do 
you  do  with  them  air  things?"  but  before  I  had  time  to  frame  an  answer 
he  continued,  "do  you  make  medsin  of  'em?"  I  said  "yes;"  he  then 
said,  "yaas,  I've  heern  tell  of  that  afore."— C.  A.  B. 

IT  may  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of  the  NEWS  to  know  that  here  in 
Oregon  we  are  sympathizers  and  sufferers  with  our  eastern  friends  from 
that  dread  pest  of  hop  growers  the  hop  louse  (Phorodan  huniitli],  being 
the  same  as  has  been  doing  so  much  damage  heretofore  in  the  Eastern 
States.  It  has  been  described  and  written  about  extensively  by  the  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  a  further  description 
would  be  out  of  place  here.  The  hop  crop  of  Washington  for  the  year 
1890  has  been  estimated  at  38,000  bales,  that  of  Oregon  some  18,000  less, 
making  a  total  of  58,000  bales,  which  may  be  figured  at  least  within  a  very 
reasonable  limit  at  200  pounds  to  the  bale  and  30  cents  per  pound,  or 
$60  per  bale,  or  $3,480,000  for  the  crop.  The  loss  from  the  hop  louse, 
where  I  have  been  able  to  observe,  was  at  least  one-fourth  of  what  was 
gathered,  or  one-fifth  of  the  entire  crop,  and  from  the  best  I  have  been 
able  to  learn  the  loss  was  about  the  same  in  other  places;  those  exposed 
to  the  morning  sun  and  sheltered  from  the  wind  by  woods,  etc.,  suffered 
most,  the  upper  river  bottoms  in  general  next,  while  some  places  were 
almost  free  from  them.  By  taking  one-fourth  of  those  saved,  the  larger 
amount  of  which  was  more  or  less  damaged,  it  shows  the  remarkable  loss 
of  $870,000  from  those  little  insects  alone,  so  inconspicuous,  yet  in  num- 
bers so  formidable.  In  some  localities  they  came  too  late  to  do  much 
damage,  but  where  they  came  early  they  carried  destruction  with  them. 
From  the  above  figures  we  conclude  it  would  be  well  for  hop  growers  to 
avail  themselves  of  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  the  painstaking  re- 
searches of  our  government  and  let  it  guide  them  to  the  avoidance,  if 
possible,  of  a  similar  visitation  next  year. — AURELIUS  TODD. 

A  FOREST  PLAGUE  IN  BAVARIA. — The  current  Kew  Bulletin  contains 
several  documents  describing  a  terrible  pest  which  has  attacked  the  Ba- 
varian pine  forests.  It  is  known  as  the  Nonnen,  and  is  caused  by  the 
caterpillar  of  the  moth  Liparis  monacha,  which  has  regularly  attacked 


1890.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  35 

forests  on  the  Continent  for  the  last  200  years  or  more.  The  pest  appears 
at  long  intervals,  but  each  appearance  has  been  calamitous.  In  Bavaria 
alone  the  loss  in  State  forest  revenue  next  year  is  estimated  at  ,£40,000. 
According  to  the  report  of  Mr.  Victor  Drummond,  the  Minister  at  Munich, 
the  Winter  frosts  alone  can  now  rid  the  forests  of  the  caterpillars,  and 
then  it  is  feared  that  the  bark  beetle  will  follow  and  attack  the  diseased 
wood.  Cuckoos,  swallows  and  other  birds,  as  well  as  wasps  and  other 
insects,  have  helped  to  get  rid  of  the  "  nuns;"  torches  and  bonfires  have 
also  been  used  with  success;  and  the  electric  light,  with  a  specially  con- 
structed exhauster,  has  been  used  with  some  success.  Munich  has  been 
invaded  by  the  "nuns"  in  immense  numbers,  and  in  some  places  the 
people  were  obliged  to  retreat  before  them.  The  Bavarian  Forest  Ad- 
ministration fears  that  no  measures  of  destruction  are  of  any  avail.  "  We 
stand  powerless  before  the  immensity  of  the  pest."  It  attacks  by  prefer- 
ence the  pine  and  fir,  but,  failing  these,  it  does  not  despise  the  beech,  oak, 
.and  other  forest  trees;  but  it  never  attacks  corn  or  wheat,  and  will  never 
touch  the  horse  chestnut.  The  only  efficient  general  measure  seems  to 
be  cutting  down  the  whole  forest  infected,  which  makes  the  remedy  worse 
than  the  disease.  The  electric  light  already  referred  to  works  by  attract- 
ing the  insects  in  swarms  to  the  mouth  of  a  large  funnel,  through  which  a 
rapid  exhaust  current  of  air  is  forced,  sucking  the  insects  into  a  hole  under 
the  ground,  where  they  are  buried.  From  a  list  of  the  various  appear- 
ances of  the  pest,  it  seems  that  the  first  was  in  1449.  In  1853  an  attack 
was  made  on  East  Prussia,  but  a  storm  drove  the  moths  into  the  sea, 
whence  they  were  thrown  up  by  the  waves  in  a  huge  bank,  30  German 
miles  long,  7  feet  wide,  and  6  inches  thick. 

A  DRAGONFLY  WITH  AN  ABNORMAL  WING. — A  female  of  Libellnla 
pnlchclla  Drury,  which  I  have  lately  examined,  has  the  left  front  wing 
imperfectly  developed.  This  wing  is  but  three-fifths  of  the  length  of  the 
right  front  wing  (which  is  normal).  The  shortening  has  taken  place 
throughout  the  entire  length  of  the  wing,  but  chiefly  in  the  space  between 
the  nodus  and  the  pterostigma.  The  median  sector  separates  from  the 
principal  sector  at  about  the  usual  place — half  way  between  the  triangle 
and  the  nodus — but  it  is  very  short,  as  it  curves  and  joins  the  subnoclal 
sector  at  about  the  same  distance  from  the  origin  of  the  subnodal,  as  that 
between  the  origin  of  the  subnodal  and  the  point  of  separation  of  the 
median  and  principal  sectors.  The  subnodal  sector  lias  its  origin  and 
position  much  as  normal,  but  under  the  pterostigma  it  bifurcates.  The 
short  sector  is  bifurcated  near  its  extremity,  but  is  otherwise  normal. 
The  nodal  sector  is  absent,  unless  it  be  represented  by  a  short  curved  vein 
in  the  costal  space  between  the  nodus  and  the  pterostigma,  extending 
from  the  nodus  to  the  median  nervule.  The  discoidal  areolets  are  entirely 
irregular.  The  two  sectors  of  the  triangle  are  broken  and  very  irregular. 
The  pterostigma  is  a  little  broader  than  normal,  the  apical  spot  is  not  as 
large;  the  nodal  spot  is  represented  by  a  streak  with  the  same  oblique 
trend  as  the  normal  spot. 


36  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [February, 

The  measurements  of  this  wing  as  compared  with  the  right  front  wing 
are  as  follows:  in  all  cases  the  first  figure  is  that  of  the  (normal)  right 
wing.  Length  39.5  mm.,  24  mm.;  greatest  breadth  8.5  mm.,  8  mm. 
Length  of  pterostigma  5  mm.,  5  mm.  Distance  from  base  to  nodus  20 
mm.,  14  mm.  Distance  from  nodus  to  inner  side  of  pterostigma  12  mm., 
3  mm.  Antecubitals  17,  9.  Postcubitals  12,  2  (the  second  very  short, 
running  from  the  short  curved  vein  =  nodal  sector?,  see  ante,  to  the  costa). 
Discoidal  triangle  long  and  narrow,  with  3  cross- veins;  shorter  and  broader, 
with  i  cross-vein.  Internal  triangle  6  cells,  2  cells.  Hypertrigonals  2,  o. 
Basal  streak  extends  to  level  of  8th  antecubital,  about  n  mm.;  to  level 
of  half  way  between  4th  and  5th  antecubitals,  about  8  mm. 

The  relative  positions  of  the  unmentioned  veins  are  as  nearly  normal 
as  the  shortness  of  the  wing  will  allow.  Both  hind  wings  and  the  rest  of 
the  body  are  normal. 

This  female  (an  adult)  was  taken  in  the  upper  part  of  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia, in  1890,  by  Mr.  Charles  Yung,  who  presented  it  to  Mr.  Charles 
\V.  Johnson  of  the  Wagner  Institute.  To  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Johnson  I 
am  indebted  for  the  opportunity  of  examining  and  describing  it. 

PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 


Identification  of  Insects  dmagos)  for  Subscribers. 


Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions  :  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Twelve  names,  if  possible,  will  appear  in  each  issue  of  NEWS, 
according  to  number.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


GEORGE  MILLER. — 2,  Cacoecia  fervid  ana;  5,  Therina  seminudaria;  7, 

Thclcteria  pupula;  9,  Mesographe  stramentalis;  12,  Pamphila  campestris. 

V 

F.  H.  HILLMAN. — i,  Pjlyphylla  decemlineata;  2,  Aphodins granarius; 
3,  Cotalpa  granicollis;  4,  Cremastochilus  pilosicollis;  5,  Silpha  ratnosa; 
6,  Silpha  lapponica;  7,   L/ennestes  marmoratus;    8,   Hippodaniia  ameri- 
cana;  9,  Hippodaniia  Lecontei;  10,   Hippodaniia  spuria;  n,    Coccinella 
transversoguttata;  12,  Hippodaniia  convergens. 

G.  D.  BRADFORD — i,  Galeruca  decora?;  2,  Dibolia  borealis;  3,  Gas- 
troidea  cyanea;   4,   Ainara  inipuncticollis;  5,    Melanotus  coninuniis;    6, 
Platynus  placidus;    7,    Platydema   ruficorne;    8,   Oedionychis  vians;    9, 
Agonoderus  pallipes;    10,   By  turns  unicolor,  var.;   ir,    Telephorus  caro- 
linus;  12,  Platydema  americanum. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  37 

Entomological   Literature. 


THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  December,  1890. — Editorial  notes  on  Rhopalocera 
of  West  Norfolk,  by  A.  Smith.  Collecting  in  Wales,  by  J.  Arkle.  A 
preliminary  list  of  the  insect  fauna  of  Middlesex,  by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell. 
Contributions  to  the  chemistry  of  insect  colors,  by  F.  H.  Perry  Cos'te. 
Lists  of  insects  taken  in  the  Faroe  and  Westmann  Isles,  and  in  Iceland, 
by  Dr.  F.  A.  Walker.  Entomological  notes,  captures,  etc.  Doings  of 
Societies. 

THE  ANNALS  AND  MAGAZINE  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  December,  1890. 
On  new  Longicorn  Coleoptera  from  Madagascar,  by  C.  J.  Gahan.  De- 
scriptions of  new  genera  of  Pyralidse,  by  W.  Warren.  Aspidiotus  bicari- 
natns,  a  lepidopterous  larva,  by  E.  E.  Green. 

THE  JOURNAL  OF  THE  BOMBAY  NATURAL  HISTORY  SOCIETY,  vol.  v. 
No.  3. — On  new  and  little-known  butterflies  from  the  Indian  region,  with 
descriptions  of  three  new  genera  of  Hesperidae,  by  Lionel  De  NiceVille 
(with  two  plates).  On  new  and  little-known  Hymenoptera  from  India, 
Burma  and  Ceylon,  by  Major  C.  T.  Bingham  (with  two  plates).  Notes 
on  the  larvae  and  pupae  of  some  of  the  butterflies  of  the  Bombay  Presi- 
dency, by  J.  H.  Davidson  and  E.  H.  Aitken  (three  plates).  Butterflies 
of  the  Central  Provinces,  by  J.  A.  Betham,  pt.  3.  List  of  Chin-Lushai 
butterfl:es,  by  Lionel  De  Nice"ville.  The  protective  coloring  of  chrysalids, 
by  A.  W.  Morris. 

THE  CANADIAN  RECORD  OF  SCIENCE,  vol.  iv,  No.  4. — A  new  Canadian 
Platyniis-ly.  hornii,  by  T.  Hansen,  fig.  on  p.  236. 

MATHKMATISCHE  UND  NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE  BERICHTE  AUS  UN- 
GARN,  vii  (June,  i888-October,  1889),  1890. — A.  Mocsary  prints  (in  Ger- 
man) the  introduction  to  his  Monographia  Chrysididarum  Orbis  Terrarum 
Universi. 

L'AuxiLiAiRE  (Amiens),  October,  1890. — The  wax  of  the  cochineal 
insect,  by  E.  Andre". 

COMPTE-RKXDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  Nov.  8,  1890. 
-Three  unpublished  Psychids  from  southeastern  Africa,®  by  F.  J.  M.  Hey- 
laerts.  Megalodon  Blanchardi*  n.  sp.,  by  C.  Brongniart.  Description 
of  a  new  species  of  Elaterid  of  the  genus  Chalcolepidius,  by  E.  Candeze; 
C.  pisforius,  Honduras.  Description  of  a  new  species  of  Elaterid  of  the 
genus  Adiaphorus  (Candeze),*  by  G.  Dumont.  Note  on  the  Hydrocan- 
thares  of  Chota-Nagpore, *  by  G.  Severin.  Diagnoses  of  some  new  Co- 
leoptera from  the  Congo,*  by  A.  Duvivier;  Bangalaia,  n.  gen.  of  Proso- 
poceridae. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


38  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [February, 

DEUTSCHE  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT,  1890,  heft  2. — Some  new 
Coccinellidae,*  by  J.  Weise;  Niteta  n.  gen.  Tenthredinidae  of  Europe, 
by  F.  W.  Konow;  an  analytical  table  of  genera  and  a  catalogue  of  species; 
Amauronematus,  Holcocneme,  Pachynematus,  Lyga-onematus,  Microne- 
inatus,  Eriocampoides,  Scolioneura,  Loderus,  Encarsioneura,  n.  gen. 
Description  of  new  Snout  Beetles  from  China,*  and  The  habitat  of  the 
genus  Endaliscus  Kirsch,  and  a  new  representative  thereof,*  by  J.  Faust. 
On  the  varieties  of  some  species  of  Goliathidae,  by  Dr.  G.  Kraatz.  New 
species  of  Glycyphana*  by  Dr.  K.  Flach.  CirrftospUa  and  Melinospila, 
two  new  genera  of  Macronotidae  (Cetonidae),  by  Dr.  G.  Kraatz;  i  plate. 
On  the  genus  Granida  Motsch.,  id.  On  varieties  of  Cicindela  [several 
species];  id.  On  species  of  Melee*  by  K.  Escherich.  Analytical  review 
of  the  known  species  of  Lethrus*  by  E.  Reitter.  List  of  the  Wasp 
Guests  collected  by  Dr.  A.  Forel  in  South  Tunis  and  East  Algeria,*  by 
E.  Wasmann.  New  Myrmecophilous  Staphylinse  from  Brazil,*  by  E. 
Wasmann;  figs.;  Ecitophi/a,  Mesotrochus  n.  gen.  Snout  Beetles  from 
the  Mediterranean  countries,*  by  J.  Faust.  Mylabridae  or  Bruchidae,  ad- 
ditional notes,*  by  F.  Baudi.  Malthodes  Liegeli*  n.  sp.,  byj.  Weise. 
Two  new  North  African  genera  of  Melolonthidae,  by  Dr.  G.  Kraatz;  Mi- 
crophylla,  Sphodroxia,  n.  gen.  Thirteenth  contribution  to  the  Coleop- 
terous Fauna  of  Turkestan,*  by  Dr.  L.  von  Heyden,  E.  Reitter  and  J. 
Weise.  Contribution  to  the  Coleopterous  Fauna  of  Amasia  and  Samsoun 
in  northern  Asia  Minor,  by  Dr.  L.  von  Heyden  and  E.  Reitter.  Revision 
of  the  species  of  the  Palaearctic  Fauna  of  the  Coleopterous  genus  Hoplia 
III.*  by  E.  Reitter.  New  Coleoptera  from  Europe,  the  bordering  coun- 
tries and  Siberia,  with  remarks  on  known  species,*  eleventh  part,  by  E. 
Reitter.  On  varieties  of  Pachnoda  (two  species)  and  Brae  ha  genius,  new 
genus  of  Trichiadse,*  by  Dr.  G.  Kraatz;  figures. 

VERHANDLUNGEN  DBS  NATURHISTORISCHES  VEREINS  DER  PREUS- 
SICHEN  RHEINLANDE,  WTESTFALENS  UND  DES  REG.  BEZIRKS  OSNABRUCK, 
5th  series,  vii,  ist  half,  1890. — The  Coleopterous  Fauna  of  Soest,  by  C. 
Verhoeff.  The  Gall-flies  and  Galls  of  Siegerland,*  by  E.  H.  Riibsaamen; 
with  two  plates. 

I.    BlDRAG    TIL    KlINDSKABEN    OM    NORGES    HEMIPTEROG   ORTHOPTER- 

FAUNA. .    2.  SUPPLEMENT  TIL  H.  SIEBKE'S  ENUMERATIO  INSECTORUM 
NORVEGICORUM,  Fasc.  iv  (Diptera),  Christiana,    1889.     Both  by  W.  M. 
*  Schoyen. 

NOVA  ACTA  DER  KSL.  LEOP.-CAROL.  DEUTSCHEN  AKADEMIE  DER 

NATURFORSCHER,  liv,  No.  4,  5.  Halle,  1890. — Systema  Geometrarum  zonae 
temperatioris  septentrionalis,  by  C.  F.  von  Gumppenberg,  Parts  3  and  4; 
Cartographa,  Liinonophila,  Epicaste,  new  genera. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvi,  No.  22,  November,  1890.— 
Synopsis  of  the  species  of  the  coleopterous  genus  Acmaeodera  Eschsch. 


*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  39 

known  to  me  from  Europe  and  the  neighboring  countries,*  E.  Reitter. 
For  preparing  Hymenoptera,  by  Dr.  H.  von  Jhering.  Ichneumonid 
studies,*  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer,  Ischnidinm,  n.  gen.  for  Ischnogaster 
preoccupied. 

ZEITSCHRIFT  FUR  WISSENSCHAFTLICHE  ZOOLOGIE,  li,  No.  i. — On  the 
Halteres  of  Diptera,  by  E.  Weinland.  A  paper  of  112  pages,  illustrated 
by  five  plates  and  two  woodcuts. 

ARCHIV  FUR  NATURGESCHICHTE,  Ivi,  i  Bd.(  No.  3. — The  claw  joint  on 
the  Insect  Foot :  A  contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  its  structure  and 
function,  by  A.  Ockler;  two  plates. 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE  36  Annee,  No.  3. — Notes 
on  the  Acarocecidae,*  by  Dr.  H.  Fockeu. 

IL  NATURAI.ISTA  SICILIANO,  ix,  No.  u. — Some  remarks  on  the  work 
of  Prof.  B.  Grassi  and  Dr.  G.  Rovelli.  "  II  sistema  dei  Tisanuri"  [Thy- 
sanura,]  by  Dr.  J.  T.  Oudemans.  No.  12.  Lepidopterological  notes  (con- 
tinued'), by  E.  Ragusa;  on  Sicilian  species. 

SlTZUNGSBERICHTE  DER  K()NIGL.  BOHMISCHEN  GESELLSCHAFT  DER 
VVlSSENSCHAFTEN.  MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE  CLASSF, 

1890,  I. — Preliminary  list  of  the  Bohemian  Trichoptera,  by  F.  Klapalek. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvi,  No.  23. — List  of  Locustodeae 
of  the  families  Phaneropteridae,  Mekonemidae  and  Gryllakridas,  collected 
by  Dr.  Paul  Preuss  at  Barombi  Station,  German  West  Africa,  in  1890,* 
by  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  Dithela,  Drepanophyllum,  Catoptropteryx,  Preiissia, 
new  genera. 

CoMPTE'RENou.  L'ACADEMIE  DES  SCIENCES,  Dec.  8,  1890. — Note  on  a 
new  genus  of  jumping  Acarina  from  the  coast  of  the  Channel,  by  MM. 
Topsent  and  Dr.  Trouessart;  Nanorchestes  amphibins,  gen.  and  sp.  new. 

TIJDSCHRIFT  VOOR  ENTOMOLOGiE,  xxxiii,  Deel,  i  and  2,  Aflevering. 
[The  Hague,]  1890.  The  Macrolepidoptera  of  Breda  and  its  environs, 
supplementary  list  No.  9,  by  F.  J.  M.  Heylaerts.  Tabular  review  of  the 
Bembidioni  taken  in  the  Netherlands,  by  Dr.  E.  Everts.  Papilio  van  de 
Polli  nov.  sp.,*  by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen.  Comparative  studies  on  Wasp 
Guests  and  Termite  Guests,  by  E.  Wasmann,  one  plate.  Euplcea  Gelderii 
nov.  spec.,*  by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen.  System-Schema  of  the  Pselaplmke,  by 
Dr.  L.  W.  Schaufuss;  an  analytical  table  of  the  family  with  descriptions 
of  new  fossil  genera  and  species  from  the  Baltic  amber;  four  plates  illus- 
trate both  living  and  fossil  species.  On  two  native  and  three  Javan 
species  of  the  genus  Hypenodes  Guen.,*  by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen;  one  plate. 
Proceedings,  etc. 


*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


40  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [February, 

ENTOMOL.OGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvi,  No.  24,  December,  1890. — List 
of  the  Locustodeae  of  the  families  Phaneropteridae,  Mekonemidae  and 
Gryllakridae,  collected  by  Dr.  Paul  Preuss  at  Barombi  in  German  West 
Africa  in  1890  (concluded),  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch.  On  Gomphidae,*  ibid.; 
Neurogomphus,  Podogomphus,  n.  gen.  Additions  to  the  Hymenoptera 
described  in  No.  21,*  by  C.  Verhoeff.  Notes.  Literature.  As  if  in  con- 
firmation of  certain  remarks  of  the  reviewer  in  the  January  number  (pp. 
17,  18),  Dr.  Karsch  says,  in  a  foot-note  to  his  article  on  the  Gomphidae, 
"  Since  not  names  alone,  but  only  clear  ideas  advance  science,  I  here  follow 
the  well-weighed  works  of  the  monographer  Selys  and  not  Kirby,  whose 
Synonymic  Catalogue  of  the  Neuroptera  Odonata  has  already  suffered  an 
unfavorable  criticism  from  Selys.  .  .  .'.  The  use  of  a  generic  name 
Aeshna  F.  (for  Gomphus  Leach)  alongside  of  Aeschna  Illig.  should 
hardly  find  observance." 

REVUE  D'ENTOMOLOGIE  (Caen),  ix,  No.  10,  October,  1890. — Habits  and 
metamorphoses  of  insects  (concluded),  by  Capt.  Xambeu  (Coleoptera). 
To  the  knowledge  of  the  Nabidae,*  by  O.  M.  Renter;  Hoplistoscelis  (for 
N.  sericans  Reut.  and  other  species  from  N.  America,  etc.),  Halorabis, 
Lasiomerus,  Acanthonabis,  Stenonabis,  new  subgen.  Necrology — E.  T. 
Atkinson,  E.  Bergroth.  Materials  for  the  myrmecological  fauna  of  Sierra 
Leone  (West  Africa),*  by  Ernest  Andre";  Psalidomynnex ,  n.  gen. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


OBITUARY. 

OWEN  S.  WILSON   died  at  Cwmffrwd,  Carmarthen,   on  August 
last.     He  was  the  author  of  a  work  on  the  Larvae  of  British  Lepidoptera, 
367  pp.,  40  colored  plates;  published  in  1880. 

E.  T.  ATKINSON,  Accountant  General  of  Bengal,  and  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Indian  Museum,  died  at  Calcutta,  September 
i5th.  His  entomological  writings  are  important  and  well  known,  one  of 
the  latest  being  a  Catalogue  of  the  Capsidae  of  the  World. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  December  was  mailed  December  i,  iSgo. 
"       for  January  was  mailed  January  3,  1891. 


ENT.NEWS. 


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THE  GEIVTURY  Lin.  Co.  PHILA. 


Fig,  L  PHRAGMATOBIA  AS  SIMILARS, -WALKER. 
Fi£,  2,  PHRAGMATOBIA  VAR.FRAWCONIA-SLOSSON, 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 


VOL.  ii. 


MARCH,   1891. 


No.  3. 


CONTENTS: 


Slosson — Phragmatobia  assimilans 41 

Fox — Hymenoptera  from  East  Africa...  42 
Rowley — Observations  on  Paphia  trog. 

lodita 43 

P.  P.  C.— Elementary  Entomology 46 


Dyar — Composia  fidelissima 49 

Harvey— Odonata  of  Maine 50 

Notes  and  News 51 

Entomological  Literature 56 

Doings  of  Societies 60 


Phragmatobia  assimilans  n.  var.  franconia,  PI.  in,  fig.  2. 

BY    ANNIE    TRUMBULL    SLOSSON. 
^ee  Vol.  II,  No.  i,  p.  2.) 

Red.  Abdomen  conical,  short  and  stout,  with  darker  dorsal 
and  lateral  lines;  pilose.  Thorax  darker  and  still  more  pilose. 
Primaries  rather  thinly  clothed  with  scales,  the  ground  color  red, 
thickly  sprinkled  with  dark  brown,  but  with  color  of  under  ground 
showing  through,  so  as  to  make  the  general  tint  a  reddish  choco- 
late; two  discal  dots  connected  by  line,  and  two  diffuse  transverse 
lines,  all  of  leaden  black.  The  anterior  line  is  arcuate,  the  pos- 
terior runs  obliquely  to  median  vein,  then  curves  and  takes  a 
sinuously  oblique  course  to  inner  margin.  Secondaries  pale  red 
with  two  small  discal  dots,  and  a  submarginal  band  somewhat 
irregular  and  interrupted,  of  leaden  black.  Antenna-  simple, 
whitish.  Underside  of  primaries  and  secondaries  an  almost  even 
tint'.of  bright  red;  the  submarginal  band  on  secondaries  and  discal 
(.lots  of  both  sets  of  wings  showing  through  faintly. 

Described  from  one  female,  taken  at  light,  May  24,  1890,  at 
Franconia,  N.  H. 

3 


42  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [March, 

On  three  species  of  Hymenoptera  from  East  Africa. 

BY  WILLIAM  J.  FOX. 

The  three  species  of  Hymenoptera  mentioned  herein  represent 
a  portion  of  a  small  collection  of  insects  collected  by  Dr.  Wm. 
L.  Abbott,  on  Mt.  Kilima  Njaro,  E.  Africa,  at  an  elevation  of 
4000  feet,  and  presented  by  him  to  the  American  Entomological 
Society. 

Sphex  Abbotii  n.  sp. —  $.  Black;  head  and  thorax  clothed  with  long 
black  pubescence,  which  is  short  and  rather  bristly  on  the  dorsulum,  and 
intermingled  with  griseous  on  cheeks  and  sides  of  the  thorax;  clypeus 
feebly  and  sparsely  punctured,  with  a  shallow  depression  centrally,  before 
the  anterior  margin  with  a  strong  transverse  impression,  the  anterior  mar- 
gin, medially  incurved,  with  a  slight  tooth  or  process  on  each  side  of  the 
incurvation  of  inner  eye;  margin  not  altogether  parallel  as  they  begin  to 
converge  at  a  point  opposite  the  ocelli;  labrum  acutely  carinated  on  its 
anterior  portion,  the  carina  projecting  sharply  over  its  margin;  a  distinct 
impression  extends  from  lower  ocellus  to  between  the  base  of  antenna;; 
the  ocelli  placed  in  a  V-shaped  furrow;  thorax  on  the  sides  shining,  finely 
punctured,  the  dorsulum  very  finely  rugose;  scutellum  with  a  strong  me- 
dial impression;  metathorax  above  coriaceous,  impunctate,  with  a  distinct 
longitudinal  furrow,  which  is  broader  and  deeper  at  apex,  on  the  sides  the 
metathorax  is  finely  punctured;  stigma  furrow  curved,  foveolate;  wings 
brownish  black,  with  a  strong  violaceous  reflection,  first  recurrent  nervure 
received  by  the  second  submarginal  cell  before  its  apex,  the  second  being 
received  by  the  third  submarginal  cell  between  its  base  and  middle,  and 
is  strongly  bent  towards  the  apex  of  the  wing,  third  submarginal  cell  much 
narrower  above  than  beneath;  the  anterior  tarsi  with  a  row  of  long  spines 
posteriorly,  the  first  joint  with  three  spines  in  the  middle  of  its  anterior 
margin;  abdomen  shining,  the  venter  with  a  few  long  black  hairs.  Length 
30  mm. 

One  specimen. 

Belonogaster  rufipennis  De  Geer. 
One  specimen. 

Xylocopa  nigrita?  Fab. 

One  specimen,  which  agrees  tolerably  well  with  the  short  diag- 
nosis given  by  Smith  (Tr.  Ent.  Soc.  Lond.,  1874,  p.  261),  but 
it  has  the  anterior  and  posterior  femora  entirely  black,  and  is  12 
mm.  longer.  Not  having  specimens  of  nigrita,  I  am  in  some 
doubt  as  to  the  identity  of  this  specimen.  The  length  is  40  mm. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  43 

Observations  on  Ihe  butterfly,  Paphia  troglodita. 

BY   PROF.    R.    R.    ROWLEY. 

I  have  studied  this  species  through  the  last  six  or  seven  sum- 
mers, in  the  field,  on  its  food-plant  and  in  my  rearing  jars,  and 
am  quite  well  acquainted  with  its  habits.  Perhaps  some  of  my 
observations  will  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
NEWS. 

The  imago  is  one  of  our  hardiest  butterflies,  appearing  early 
in  the  Spring  and  lingering  late  in  the  Autumn.  I  have  seen  it 
on  pleasant  days  in  late  March  and  early  April  at  sunny  spots  in 
the  woods  darting  from  the  trees  to  the  dry  leaves  that  cover  the 
ground,  and  away  again  at  the  slightest  noise.  At  that  season  it 
also  frequents  sunny  south  hillsides,  and  is  always  very  active, 
being  at  all  times  a  difficult  butterfly  to  take  in  the  net. 

The  last  brood  of  images  appears  in  early  October  and  often 
flies  till  November,  appearing  in  the  Spring  as  a  very  ragged  and 
anything  but  handsome  insect. 

As  its  food-plant,  Croton  capitatnm,  is  an  annual,  slow  to  ger- 
minate, and  tardy  in  its  growth,  the  eggs  for  the  first  brood  are 
not  laid  till  May.  It  hardly  seems  possible  that  these  torn  and 
faded  butterflies  of  March  should  linger  till  May  to  fulfil  the 
mission  of  nature,  but  they  are  fitted  by  that  same  nature  to  sur- 
vive the  frosts  of  Winter,  and  why  should  they  not  adapt  them- 
selves to  their  surroundings  and  accommodate  themselves  to 
circumstances  ? 

The  eggs  hatch  in  from  four  to  six  days.  They  are  round, 
apparently  smooth,  and,  when  first  laid,  of  a  pale  sky-blue, 
almost  transparent  appearance,  growing  yellowish  and  opaque  in 
two  or  three  days. 

There  are,  perhaps,  three  broods  of  butterflies  in  a  season,  but 
this  is  a  hard  question  to  determine,  as  there  is  a  constant  inter- 
mingling of  the  broods,  the  same  plant  often  supporting  eggs, 
freshly  hatched  larvae,  half  grown  and  full  grown  caterpillars  at 
the  same  time. 

Although  Croton  capitatum  is  an  abundant  plant  ht-re,  the  9 
Troglodita  seems  to  be  rather  choice  of  a  place  for  her  eggs  and 
out  of  a  cluster  of  weeds  will  select  one  or  two  to  the  neglect  of 
the  others,  even  depositing  as  many  as  four  or  five  and  often  two 
eggs  on  the  underside  of  one  leaf. 


44  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [March, 

Again,  in  neglected  fields  or  pastures,  you  may  wade  through 
thousands  of  crowded  plants  with  rarely  a  sight  of  a  larva,  or 
examine  closely  the  great  patches  of  Croton  in  the  woods  with 
little  reward  for  your  trouble. 

It  is  by  the  roadside,  in  the  cultivated  fields,  or  along  the  sandy 
or  gravelly  beds  of  streams  that  the  plants  seem  especially  in- 
viting to  the  females,  and  thrifty  isolated  weeds  are  often  com- 
pletely defoliated  by  the  larvae  in  late  Summer. 

Where  the  larvae  are  abundant  an  occasional  pupa  is  found 
suspended  beneath  a  shelter  made  by  fastening  two  or  three 
leaves  together  by  their  edges  with  an  underlining  of  silk,  but 
search  among  neighboring  stones  and  chunks  fails  to  disclose 
chrysalids,  a  fact  that  sets  one  to  wondering  if  the  larvae  ever 
leaves  its  food-plant  to  suspend  for  pupation.  I  have  never  seen 
a  larva  on  the  ground,  yet  they  must  sometimes  travel  from  plant 
to  plant,  as  a  few  caterpillars  soon  defoliate  a  young  Croton  plant, 
and  such  leafless  weeds  are  often  seen  without  even  a  place  for 
the  suspension  of  a  pupa. 

In  the  rearing  jars  more  than  half  of  the  larvae,  just  prior  to 
suspension,  manifest  no  more  activity  than  they  have  during  their 
sluggish  larva-hood,  but  commence  at  once  to  construct  a  shelter, 
while  a  much  smaller  number  spin  ladders  of  silk  up  the  glass 
sides  and  suspend  from  the  underside  of  the  cover  at  the  top. 

The  young  larva,  as  soon  as  it  begins  to  eat,  commences  the 
construction  of  a  perch  much  as  the  larva  of  Limenitis  is  known 
to  make,  by  using  waste  bits  of  leaf  and  excrement,  fastened  and 
stiffened  with  silk.  This  perch  is  usually  at  the  apex  of  the  leaf, 
but  once  I  found  two  perches  on  the  same  leaf,  and  one  was 
lateral.  The  little  caterpillar  rests  on  thi§  perch  when  not  feed- 
ing, and  it  serves,  undoubtedly,  for  protection  to  the  delicate 
creature  against  its  keen-eyed  enemies  whatever  they  may  be. 

At  the  second  molt  the  larva  has  developed  a  new  building  in- 
stinct. After  selecting  a  suitable  leaf  it  draws  the  edges  together, 
securing  them  with  silk,  and  takes  refuge  in  this  retreat.  In 
feeding,  the  larva  usually  crawls  out  upon  the  stem  to  an  adjoin- 
ing leaf,  but  quite  often,  in  its  sluggishness,  it  attacks  the  base 
of  its  shelter,  literally  devouring  its  own  home. 

A  young  caterpillar  seems  to  have  no  idea  of  the  fitness  of 
things,  and  constructs  an  abode  large  enough  for  a  full  grown 
"worm,"  secreting  itself  in  the  smaller  end  of  its  house,  which. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  45 

upon  a  hasty  examination,  might  be  mistaken  for  an  abandoned 
retreat  of  a  mature  larva. 

The  larva  is  a  dirty  white  or  soiled  green  color,  of  a  granular 
appearance,  with  a  large  head,  the  body  tapering  slightly  back- 
ward. Before  suspension  it  has  become  a  watery  green,  and  after 
attaching  itself  to  the  silk  button,  it  rests  in  a  circular  or  loop- 
like  position,  the  head  bent  forward  till  it  quite  reaches  the  button. 

The  pupa  is  usually  of  a  beautiful  green  color,  but  sometimes 
is  speckled  with  brown,  and  occasionally  of  a  brown  tint  alto- 
gether, while  rarely  it  is  almost  black.  The  abbreviated  abdo- 
men, the  green  color  and  appearance  of  the  pupa  in  suspension 
reminds  the  observer  of  the  pupa  of  Archippus,  but  the  resem- 
blance is  not  striking. 

The  pupal  period  is  seven  or  eight  days.  For  twelve  hours 
before  giving  the  imago  the  color  and  markings  of  the  wings  in 
miniature,  beneath  the  pupal  sheath,  may  be  distinctly  seen,  and 
it  is  as  easy  to  distinguish  the  females  from  the  males  by  the  wing 
band  as  it  is  among  the  imagos. 

The  fresh  imagos  will  hang  in  the  cage  for  some  time  unless 
crowded,  without  fluttering,  and  often  when  taken  between  the 
thumb  and  finger  after  having  been  out  four  or  five  hours  they 
will  fain  death,  sometimes  dropping  to  the  bottom  of  the  cage 
when  an  attempt  is  being  made  to  remove  them.  This  is  oftener 
the  case,  however,  when  they  are  fresh  from  the  pupa  and  with 
no  strength  of  wing.  I  have  noticed  the  same  thing  in  Vanessa 
antiopa,  and  perhaps  this  "  'possum  policy"  is  common  to  many 
diurnals. 

The  male  imagos  differ  little  in  color  or  markings,  being  a 
uniform  reddish  brown  with  a  darker  border  to  the  wings.  An 
occasional  $  ,  however,  displays  a  faint  cross  band  on  the  forward 
wings,  or,  more  properly,  the  broken  boundary  lines  of  a  band- 
like  field,  and  the  same  more  rarely  on  the  hind  wings. 

The  females  differ  much  in  color  and  the  appearance  of  the 
band.  The  unclerwings  of  the  9  vary  from  a  reddish  brown  to 
a  yellowish  brown. 

The  females  of  the  earlier  broods  have  nearly  a  uniform  color 
over  the  entire  wings,  the  band  being  merely  outlined  by  bound- 
ing lines,  or  if  the  band  differ  in  color  from  the  rest  of  the  wing 
it  is  not  a  noticeable  difference.  Moreover,  the  ground  color  of 
these  earlier  females  is  a  brownish  red,  but  paler  than  in  the  males. 


46  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [March, 

The  females  of  the  later  broods  are  usually  lighter  in  color, 
and  in  most  cases  with  more  pronounced  bands  on  the  wings. 

The  band  is  sometimes  almost  yellow  in  contrast  with  a  brown- 
ish red  wing,  making  a  very  attractive  cabinet  specimen. 

Often  the  hind  wings  are  a  shade  lighter  in  color  than  the  for- 
ward ones,  and  occasionally  there  is  a  row  of  yellow  points  or 
small  spots  beyond  the  band  on  this  wing,  and  very  rarely  so  on 
the  front  wing.  The  more  distinct  band  distinguishes  the  later 
from  the  earlier  female. 

This  butterfly  may  be  seen  by  the  roadside,  near  its  food-plant, 
in  sunny  places,  or  about  streams  of  water.  The  9  is  rarely  met 
with  away  from  Croton,  while  the  £  wanders  broadly.  At  some 
damp  place  he  may  be  found  sipping,  but  it  takes  a  clever  hand 
to  capture  him.  At  the  slightest  jar  he  darts  into  the  neighbor- 
ing tree  tops  with  the  rapidity  of  an  arrow,  and  it  takes  a  quick 
eye  even  to  follow  him.  He  may  come  back,  but  his  coming  is 
as  sudden  as  his  going,  and  before  you  have  collected  yourself 
for  a  forward  movement  he  is  off  again,  and  he  rarely  settles  in 
the  same  place  twice.  With  his  wings  folded,  he  defies  detection 
among  the  brown  leaves  or  stones,  and  you  must  flush  him  before 
you  take  him,  and  once  flushed  nothing  but  skillful  manceuvreing 
can  outwit  him. 

The  larva  of  Paphia  troglodita  feeds  on  both  Croton  capitatum 
and  C.  monanthogynum,  both  of  which  grow  here,  often  together. 
The  former,  however,  seems  to  be  the  preferred  food-plant.  In 
one  plant  last  August  I  counted  twenty-five  larvae  of  all  sizes, 
from  those  just  hatched  to  those  full  grown.  On  another  plant 
sixteen. 

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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Ninth  Paper. — CLASSIFICATION  OF  INSECTS. 


The  number  of  kinds  of  insects  is  very  great,  so  that  no  one 
can  hope  to  study  minutely  the  structure,  habits  and  transforma- 
tions of  but  very  few  of  them.  But  enough  can  easily  be  learned 
about  the  various  kinds  in  a  general  way,  to  know  that  the  whole 
great  group  of  insects  can  be  successively  subdivided  into  smaller 
and  smaller  groups. 

What  we  may  call  the  unit  in  this  subdivision  or  classification, 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  47 

is  the  species*  By  a  species  of  plants,  animals,  or  insects,  we 
mean  a  group  of  individual  plants,  animals,  or  insects  (i)  alike 
in  appearance  and  (2)  capable  of  producing  fertile  offspring 
among  themselves. f  The  first  part  (i)  of  this  definition  is  mor- 
phological, that  is,  it  has  to  do  with  form,  structure,  etc. ;  the 
second  part  (2)  is  physiological,  or  has  to  do  with  functions  or 
actions. 

The  morphological  part  of  the  definition,  "alike  in  appear- 
ance," admits  of  variations.  It  is  well  known  that  of  very  many 
animals  and  plants  there  are  varieties,  differing  more  or  less  in 
appearance,  and  that  individuals  of  two  different  varieties,  inter- 
breeding, will  produce  fertile  offspring.  For  this  reason  we  must 
consider  these  two  varieties  to  belong  to  one  and  the  same  spe- 
cies. On  the  other  hand,  two  animals  or  plants,  differing  more 
or  less  in  appearance,  which  will  not  produce  fertile  offspring 
between  each  other,  must  be  considered  to  belong  to  different 
species. 

Practically,  in  the  study  of  insects,  we  can  very  rarely  apply 
the  second  or  physiological  part  of  our  definition.  We  must, 
therefore,  rely  to  a  very  great  extent  on  the  morphological  part.' 
If  we  meet  with  two  insects  differing  in  structure,  form,  color, 
etc.,  or  any  or  all  of  these  characteristics,  we  must  consider  them 
as  of  different  species,  either  until  we  learn  of  other  insects  in- 
termediate between  these  two,  and  which  "  quite  bridge  over  the 
difference  previously  supposed  to  exist"  between  them,  or  until 
we  learn  that  these  two  insects,  interbreeding,  will  produce  fertile 
offspring.  But  in  applying  these  principles  in  our  study,  we 
must  be  cautious  about  two  things:  in  affirming  the  existence  of 
"new,"  that  is,  undescribed  species,  based  on  the  existence  of 
single,  more  or  less  doubtful  specimens;  -  -  and  in  regarding 
as  of  different  species,  the  two  dissimilar  sexes  of  one  and  the 
same  species. 

But  after  having  attempted  thus  much  in  explanation  of  what 
a  species  is,  it  cannot  be  too  strongly  insisted  that  no  hard  and 
fast  lines  exist  in  nature  to  separate  species.  Indeed,  the  desig- 
nation of  certain  groups  as  "species,"  "genera,"  "orders," 

*  Experience  has  shown  that  it  is  well  to  point  out  that  the  singular  and  the  plural  o 
this  word  are  spelled  alike — species. 

t  In  the  preparation  of  this  paper  the  writer  is  partly  indebted  to  Prof.  St.  George 
Mivart's  work  on  "  The  Cat,"  chap.  xii.  iSSi. 


4$  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [March, 

etc.,  is  rather  for  purposes  of  convenience  than  as  statements  of 
absolute  differences. 

Groups  of  species  form  genera.  A  genus  cannot  be  easily  de- 
fined, even  in  the  imperfect  way  in.  which  we  have  denned  a  spe- 
cies. All  the  species  belonging  to  the  same  genus  possess  certain 
structural  characters  in  common. 

Groups  of  genera  form  families;  groups  of  families  form  or- 
ders; groups  of  orders  form  classes.  Two  classes  differ  from 
each  other  by  characters  more  widely  different  than  those  which 
divide  two  orders,  and  so  on  down  the  scale.  Intermediate 
groups,  such  as  subclasses,  between  classes  and  orders;  suborders, 
between  orders  and  families;  subfamilies,  between  families  and 
genera  ;  and  subgenera,  between  genera  and  species,  are  also 
employed  in  classification.  A  tribe  is  a  division  sometimes  placed 
between  a  family  and  a  subfamily;  sometimes  between  a  family 
and  an  order. 

The  scientific  nomenclature  employed  for  insects  (as  for  all 
animals  and  plants)  is  to  give  to  each  species  two  names  of  either 
Greek  or  Latin  form.  Thus,  the  name  of  the  Honey  Bee  is  Apis 
mellifica.  The  first  name  is  generic,  the  second  specific.  A  fa- 
miliar comparison  is  that  which  likens  the  generic  name  to  a  per- 
son's surname,  the  specific  name  to  his  individual,  or  Christian 
name.  This  binomial  nomenclature  is  dated  from  the  time  of 
Carl  von  Linne  (Linnaeus,  b.  1707,  d.  1778),  the  great  Swedish 
systematise  Linne' s  genera,  in  very  many  cases,  correspond  to 
our  present  families,  or  even  suborders.  The  constant  discovery 
of  species  unknown  to  Linne,  rendered  his  genera  large  and  un- 
wieldy, and  revealed  characters  for  the  subdivision  of  his  genera 
into  smaller  genera.  The  abbreviated  name  of  the  author  who 
first  proposed  the  name  of  the  insect  in  question,  usually  follows 
the  specific  name.  Although  usage  in  this  respect  varies,  it  is 
best  that  the  author's  name  should  be  that  of  him  who  first  gave 
the  specific  name,  regardless  of  the  genus  in  which  he  placed  it. 

It  has  frequently  happened  that  the  same  species  of  insect  has 
received  several  specific  names  from  different  authors,  due  to  such 
causes  as  the  insufficiency  of  previous  descriptions,  describing 
two  dissimilar  sexes  of  the  same  species  as  different  species,  ig- 
norance of  the  existence  of  previous  descriptions,  insufficiency 
of  the  characters  given  as  separating  two  species  at  one  time 
presumed  to  be  distinct,  etc.  In  such  cases  the  name  of  the  spe- 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  49 

cies  is  to  be  the  one  first  given  to  it,  or  in  some  fewer  cases,  that 
one  which  has  been  most  commonly  used.  The  other  names  are 
synonyms.  To  determine  the  correct  name  of  a  species  and  its 
synonymy  is  very  frequently  a  most  difficult  task,  and  in  some 
cases  can  only  be  decided  by  a  comparison  of  the  types  of  the 
descriptions  concerned. 

Family  names  are  usually  formed  from  the  name  of  the  prin- 
cipal genus  with  the  termination  idee  added.  To  a  less  extent 
subfamily  names  end  in  inez,  also  formed  from  generic  names. 

The  type  of  a  genus  is  that  species  which  best  represents  the 
characters  of  that  genus;  the  typical  genus  or  family,  is  the  most 
representative  genus  or  family  of  the  larger  group  to  which  it 
belongs.  The  type  or  types  of  a  species  are  the  individual  speci- 
mens from  which  the  species  was  described.  P.  P.  C. 

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COMPOSIA  FIDELISSIMA  versus  C.  OLYMPIA. 

BY  HARRISON  G.    DYAR. 

On  opening  the  December  number  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 
I  was  pleased  to  see  Prof.  French's  excellent  figure  of  Composia 
olympia  Butl.,  but  I  wish  to  state  that  it  does  not  differ  in  any 
particular  from  my  examples  of  C.  fidelissima  H.  S.,  and  that 
there  is  only  one  species  of  Composia  now  known  from  Florida. 

The  question  resolves  itself  into  one  of  the  correct  determina- 
tion of  the  species,  and  I  append  Herrich-Schaeffer's  description: 
that  of  Mr.  Butler  I  have  not  been  able  to  see.  Further  than 
this  I  have  seen  in  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  by 
the  kindness  of  Mr.  Beutenmiiller,  two  specimens  of  this  species, 
which,  I  am  informed,  are  the  ones  that  were  before  Mr.  Grote 
at  the  time  of  his  writing  on  the  Zygaenidae  of  Cuba,*  where  they 
are  referred  to  as  fidelissima.  It  is  possible  that  Mr.  Butler  has 
redescribed  this  species  under  the  name  olympia,  but  this  point 
I  am  not  now  in  a  position  to  decide. 

Composia  fidelissima  Her.-Sch. 

1866— Her.-Sch.,  Cor.  Bl.  Reg.  No.  9,  p.  132. 
1867 — Grote,  Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Phil,  vi,  303. 

".  .  .  .  Nigra,  cyaneonitida,  punctis  acpitis,  thoracis  et  baseos  alarum 
anter.  niveis;  maculis  niveis  ante  linibum  alarum  omnium,  praeterea  serie- 
bus  duabus  costalibus  anteriorutn,  maculisque  tribus  purpureis  versus 
basin  costae." 

*  Proc.  Eut.  Soc.  Phil. 


5O  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [March, 

Unless  there  are  two  closely-allied  species  of  Composia  in  Cuba 
the  above  description  applies  well  to  the  present  form,  except 
that  the  underside  is  not  described. 


NOTE  ON  THE  HABIT  OF  COMPOSIA  FiDELissiMA  H.-S. — Ex- 
amples of  this  species  were  taken  by  me  on  the  east  shore  of 
Lake  Worth,  Florida,  as  already  noted  in  these  pages,  and  they 
exhibited  a  means  of  defence  which  I  have  not  observed  in  any 
other  moth.  When  captured,  so  that  it  was  unable  to  fly,  the 
insect,  by  expanding  and  contracting  its  abdomen,  forced  a  col- 
umn of  yellowish  froth  out  of  the  centre  of  its  thorax  above. 
The  froth  was  of  about  the  consistency  of  soap-suds,  and  the 
little  bubbles,  of  which  it  was  composed,  "  went  out"  after  a  time 
leaving  a  yellow  stain.  All  that  were  taken,  including  individuals 
of  both  sexes,  behaved  in  this  manner,  with  the  exception  of  two, 
in  one  of  which  the  froth  exuded  from  a  point  in  the  underside 
of  the  abdomen,  and  in  the  other  from  the  end  of  a  broken  vein 
of  one  hind  wing.  It  would  appear  as  if  this  froth  was  formed 
from  the  blood  of  the  insect,  which  was  forced  out  by  the  pres- 
sure of  contracting  the  abdomen  from  the  point  of  least  resist- 
ance, usually  the  centre  of  the  thorax,  where  there  is  probably  a 
small  aperture.  HARRISON  G.  DYAR. 

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A  CONTRIBUTION  TO  THE  ODONATA  OF  MAINE. 

Specimens  in  the  Maine  State  College  Collection,  or  taken  near 
Orono,  Penobscot  County,  Me.,  in  1890. 

BY   F.    L.    HARVEY. 

Tribe  I.— AGRIONINA. 

Subfamily  i. — CALOPTERYGINA. 

i.  Calopteryx  metadata  Beauvois. — Common  over  running 
water.  Chemo  Stream,  Bradley,  July.  Several  pairs  taken 
mating.  The  female  usually,  when  followed  by  the  male,  comes 
to  rest  on  the  alder  bushes.  The  male  flies  over  her  and  seizes 
her  by  the  neck;  she  then  turns  her  abdomen  under  to  the  second 
segment  of  the  male. 

2.    Calopteryx  cequabilis  Say. — Scarce;    only  one  pair  taken 
July.      Flying  over  water  with  the  above. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  51 

Subfamily  2. — AGRIONINA. 

3.  Argia  violacea  Hag-en. — Chemo  Stream,  July  i5th;    Otter 
Creek,  August  30th;  over  bogs  and  ponds.     Common. 

4.  Argia putrida  Hagen. — August  8th;  over  dry  road.    Rather 
common. 

5.  Argia  apicalis  Say. — August  8th;  over  dry  road  with  above. 
A  single  9  • 

6.  Ischnura  verticalis  Say. — Chemo  bog,   July;    Frog  Pond, 
Orono,  September  3d;  several  pairs  mating.     This  species  had 
the  habit  of  lighting  on  the  surface  of  confervae,  and  flying  so 
close  to  the  water  they  were  hard  to  take  with  a  net. 

9  orange  form.*     Not  rare  over  Chemo  bog.     July. 

(To  be  continued.) 


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KS"  See  change  of  wording  in  notice  of  Identification  of  Insects. 

FROM  A  FORMER  SUBSCRIBER. — I  have  no  intention  of  taking  the  NEWS 
another  year.  It  is  too  advanced  for  me;  it  shoots  over  my  head  and 
seldom  hits  me. 

QUERY. — Has  any  entomologist  noticed  the  effect  of  thunder  storms 
upon  larva?  It  has  been  a  source  of  considerable  thought  to  me  that  this 
may  be  one  of  the  causes  of  the  scarcity  of  certain  common  species  of 
our  fauna.  I  base  the  idea  on  the  following  experience:  sometime  ago  I 
received  a  quill  of  Saturnia  perneyi  eggs,  which  in  due  time  produced 
larva,  but  very  early,  and  I  had  quite  a  task  to  discover  the  food-plant. 
I  had  received  information  with  the  eggs  "  that  they  fed  on  oak."  I  tried 
all  the  oaks  I  could  think  of,  and  nearly  lost  all  my  larva;  at  last  I  tried 

*  Following  my  identifications  of  Miss  Wadsworth's  Odonata,  Prof.  Harvey  had  re- 
ferred the  orange  females  to  fiam6uriiSe\ys.  1  am  now  satisfied  that  the  specimens  quoted 
in  Miss  Wadsworth's  list  as  "  /.  Ramburii  female  orange  var."  (ENT.  NEWS,  I,  p.  36,  No.  4) 
are  really  the  orange  females  of  verticalis.  With  Prof.  Harvey's  permission  I  have  made 
a  similar  change  in  his  MS.  The  orange  females  of  verlicalis  have  a  narrow  humeral 
black  stripe  on  each  side  of  the  dorsum  of  the  thorax,  and  the  ist,  2d  and  basal  part  of 
the  3d  abdominal  segment  are  orange  on  the  dorsum.  The  orange  females  of  Ramturii 
have  no  humeral  thoracic  stripe,  and  the  orange  at  the  base  of  the  abdominal  dorsum  is 
confined  to  the  first  and  the  base  of  the  second  segment.— PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 


52  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [March, 

Pin  Oak,  which  they  fed  on  readily,  and  I  succeeded  in  getting  several 
imagos.  From  a  pair  of  these  I  started  the  second  brood,  now  knowing 
the  food-plant  I  lost  none  by  starvation.  During  the  latter  part  of  July  I 
had  133  larva  between  the  second  and  third  moults;  my  breeding-box  was 
covered  with  wire,  such  as  is  used  for  window-screens,  etc.,  and  was 
placed  near  an  open  window,  on  the  second  floor,  facing  West.  During 
the  afternoon  a  terrific  thunder  storm  raged,  the  lightning  vivid  and  close. 
During  the  storm  I  went  to  close  the  window  when  I  found  a  number  of 
the  larva  hanging  limp  and  dead  over  the  boughs  of  the  food.  After  the 
storm  I  took  from  the  cage  71  dead  larva.  The  rest  appeared  all  right, 
but  somewhat  sluggish  for  a  day  or  so;  during  the  early  part  of  August, 
and  between  the  third  and  fourth  moult,  we  had  a  similar  storm,  with  the 
same  effect  on  the  larva,  for,  on  the  next  day,  I  found  all  dead  but  13, 
which  I  succeeded  in  raising  to  imagines.  Two  years  ago  I  was  raising  a 
brood  of  Telea  polyphemus,  which  you  notice  is  closely  allied  to  the  for- 
mer, when  the  same  phenomena  took  place,  and  I  lost  nearly  all  the 
brood.  Was  it  the  electricity,  the  heavy  thunder  claps,  or  natural  causes? 
Has  any  entomologist  had  similar  experience  with  other  species? 

JAMES  S.  JOHNSON. 

THE  larvae  of  the  Papilio  anchisiades  live  on  the  lime  or  orange  trees, 
which  they  do  a  good  deal  of  harm  to.  When  young  they  are  of  a  dirty 
yellowish  red  color,  glossy  and  quasi-transparent;  when  full  grown  they 
are  about  two  inches  long,  of  a  dark  brown  color  with  irregular  markings 
of  cream  color.  I  captured  a  group  of  ten  on  the  iSth  of  July,  1889,  on 
the  leaves  of  a  'lime  tree,  the  branch  having  over  100  leaves.  I  cut  this 
branch  from  the  trunk  of  the  tree,  placed  it  in  my  breeding  cages  at  six 
P.M.;  revisited  it  on  the  next  day  and  found  only  the  bare  stalks  of  the 
branch,  all  of  the  leaves  having  been  consumed.  The  larvse  feed  at  night, 
and  in  the  day  are  seen  grouped  together  in  various  numbers  one  over 
the  other;  when  disturbed,  like  all  caterpillars  of  the  genus  Papilio,  they 
emit  two  horns  from  the  ring  immediately  preceding  the  head,  which  is 
the  thoracic  portion  of  the  future  adult,  giving  off  at  the  same  time  a  most 
infectious  smell.  I  always  thought  that  this  smell  emanated  from  the 
protrusion  of  the  horns,  but  I  noticed  that  at  that  moment  of  throwing 
them  off,  they  discharged  a  greenish  liquid  from  their  mouths  which  I  as- 
certained to  be  the  substance  that  smelled.  I  fed  them  up  to  the  i6th  of 
August,  when  they  were  transformed  into  chrysalids.  In  this  stage  they 
are  very  much,  both  in  color  and  shape,  like  a  piece  of  decayed  wood. 
The  caterpillar  before  completing  its  transformation  spends  about  24  hours 
motionless  on  the  spot  where  it  is  to  effect  the  change,  fixes  itself  tightly 
with  a  gummy  substance  by  the  anus;  then  provides  two  strings  which 
are  passed  higher  up,  and,  as  soon  as  ready,  lets  go  the  place  where  it 
held  with  its  legs,  and  the  wonderful  motionless,  though  living  insect,  lays 
there  at  an  angle  of  45  for  17  days,  for  on  the  2d  of  September  I  contem- 
plated the  marvellous  metamorphosis.  There  was  the  Papilio  anchisiades 
weak  and  almost  helpless  for  about  three  hours,  but  soon  to  be  seen  flit- 
ting about  the  lime  tree. — H.  CARACCIOLO,  Trinidad. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  53 

VANESSA  URTIO/E. — From  Oakland,  Cal.,  I  received  two  specimens  of 
a  year  ago.  They  were  taken  in  suburbs  of  Oakland  by  the  children  of  a 
friend  of  mine  in  the  Summer  or  Autumn  of  1889.  They  arrived  with  a 
lot  of  diurnals  containing  a  number  of  V.  californica  in  the  Spring  of 
1890,  and,  inasmuch  as  the  most  of  those  Vanessa  were  oily,  I  did  not 
relax  specimens  until  I  had  time  to  de-oil  them,  and  when  I  discovered 
/ '.  urtioce  among  the  lot,  was  puzzled  to  know  what  they  were.  I  had  no 
European  specimens  in  my  collection.  It  is  fully  forty  years  ago  since  I 
took  any  in  my  native  land,  and  had  forgotten  what  little  I  then  knew  of 
this  species.  I  possess  Emmons'  "  Agricult.  Nat.  History  of  New  York," 
in  which  an  illustration  is  given,  which  agrees  perfectly  with  my  V.  urtioce. 

In  referring  to  Dr.  H.  Strecker's  "  Synonymical  Catalogue  of  Macro- 
lepidoptera"  1878,  I  find  under  genus  Vanessa,  page  133,  the  following 
foot-note:  "Emmons,  in  '  Agr.  Nat.  Hist.'  N.  Y.,  v,  p.  209,  t.  46  (1854), 
describes  and  figures  V.  urtiocz,  stating  that  it  occurred  in  New  York,— 
of  course  erroneously,  as  no  authenticated  instance  of  its  capture  in  this 
country  is  known."  Italics  are  mine. 

My  entomological  literature  is  very  limited,  and  I  have  no  knowledge 
whether  its  capture  in  this  country  is  reported  or  not.  I  took  a  specimen 
to  the  assistant  of  Mr.  B.  Neumoegen,  Mr.  J.  Doll,  and  the  latter  con- 
firmed that  it  was  V.  urtiocz,  but  doubted  its  occurrence  in  this  country 
until  I  assured  him  that  it  was  taken  in  California. 

My  friend  or  his  children  are  not  entomologists,  and  I  had  to  instruct 
them  by  letter  where  and  how  to  capture  Lepidoptera,  and  many  of  those 
first  received  were  anything  but  perfect  specimens.  In  coloring,  V.  urtiocz 
are  good,  but  devoid  of  antennae.  One  of  those  children  had  a  fondness 
for  studying  insects,  and  I  have  succeeded  in  keeping  him,  a  eleven-year 
old  boy,  busy  taking  many  nice  specimens  for  me,  inasmuch  as  he  now 
understands  better  how  to  handle  Lepidoptera. 

RICHARD  E.  KUXZE,  M.D. 

MR.  A.  SIDNEY  OLLIFF,  late  assistant  in  the  museum,  Sidney,  Australia, 
has  been  appointed  to  the  newly-instituted  office  of  Government  Ento- 
mologist in  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  New  South  Wales.  His  duties 
will  be  chiefly  the  study  of  insects  affecting  fruits  and  crops,  whether  in- 
jurious or  beneficial,  and  publishing  reports  on  the  results  of  the  informa-^ 
tion  of  farmers  and  horticulturists.  According  to  the  latest  news  as  to 
the  new  insect  pest,  Mr.  Olhff  will  not  lack  employment. 

EGG  PARASITES. — From  a  group  of  eggs  similar  to  those  sent  to  the 
Academy,  there  escaped  a  number  of  flies  kindly  identified  by  Mr.  L.  O. 
Howard  as  a  new  species  of  Hadronotus,  a  proctotrupid  of  the  subfamily 
Scelioninse.  The  present  group,  apparently  alike,  though  lighter  in  color, 
being  found  upon  a  green  stem,  was  placed  in  a  bottle  with  a  little  water 
to  maintain  the  vegetable  growth.  The  eggs  are  of  a  light  bronxe  color, 
oval,  with  a  network  of  surface  markings  and  a  crown  of  spines  near  the 
upper  end.  From  them  hatched  an  equal  number  of  hemipterous  larvae 
that  at  first  gathered  upon  the  underside  of  a  leaf.  Desiring  to  learn  what 


54  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [March, 

the  mature  insect  was  to  which  the  Hadronotus  had  acted  as  an  egg  para- 
site, an  attempt  was  made  to  raise  these  larvae,  but  they  evidently  were 
not  vegetable  feeders,  for  after  shedding  their  first  skins  they  died  one 
after  another,  never  having  attached  themselves  to  the  stem.  Subse- 
quently we  were  informed  by  Mr.  Howard  that  the  eggs  from  which  the 
Hadronotus  issued  are  those  of  the  common  Podisits  spinosus,  and  that 
he  finds  that  Prof.  Riley  has  in  the  National  Museum  collection  the  same 
parasite  reared  from  the  eggs  of  the  same  species  by  Mr.  Schwarz  at 
Selma,  Ala.,  in  September,  1880. — EDWARD  POTTS. 

HABITS  OF  BEES. — On  the  north  side  of  a  depressed  roadway  at  Wawa, 
Pa.,  for  some  hundreds  of  feet,  the  perpendicular  bank  of  rotten  rock 
through  a  depth  of  about  two  feet  below  the  sod,  was  found  to  be  covered 
with  small  perforations  resembling  shot  marks.  These  were  occupied  by 
a  small,  solitary  bee,  identified  as  Halictus  confusus  Smith,  that  during 
the  months  of  July  and  August,  and  most  abundantly  during  the  latter 
month,  hovered  along  the  bank,  sometimes  laden  with  pollen  dust,  each 
seeking  its  own  proper  opening.  Frequently,  on  alighting,  one  would  be 
met  at  the  door  of  a  hole  by  a  janitor  who  stood  on  the  watch,  its  cervical 
head  just  visible  at  the  entrance.  The  bee  never  tried  to  force  its  way  in, 
but  at  once  sought  another  hole.  To  ascertain  the  depth  of  these  exca- 
vations, we  probed  a  large  number  with  slender  grass  stems,  and  in  many 
cases  could  only  penetrate  four  or  five  inches.  In  others,  however,  a  foot 
was  reached  easily,  and  in  one  instance  eighteen  inches.  The  bees  were 
most  active  in  the  hot  sunlight. — EDWARD  POTTS. 

A  DISPLACEMENT. — Phyllotretra  vittata,  always  a  common  species  in 
the  vicinity  of  Philadelphia,  especially  below  the  city,  on  both  sides  of  the 
Delaware  River,  seemed  to  be  completely  displaced  last  season  by  P. 
simtata.  To  the  best  of  the  writer's  knowledge  P.  sinuata  was  previously 
unknown  to  this  section,  but  appeared  in  great  numbers  during  June  and 
July.  But  a  few  isolated  specimens  of  P.  vittata  were  noted  during  the 
season,  it  being  almost  as  unusual  to  find  as  P.  bipustulata. — C.  LIEBECK. 

Limnichus  punctatus  and  Heterocerus  pusillus  were  taken  somewhat 
abundantly  in  an  abandoned  iron-ore  pit  in  Montgomery  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, during  June.  Small  pools  of  water  at  the  bottom  furnished  the 
means  to  drench  the  sloping  sides  of  the  pit  and  washing  out  quite  a  num- 
ber of  each  species.  H.  pusillus  has  not  heretofore  been  recorded  from 
points  east  of  Allegheny,  Pa.  All  the  specimens  of  L.  punctatus,  upwards 
of  forty  in  number,  were  taken  from  a  space  not  more  than  three  feet 
square.  Although  the  pit  was  a  large  one,  none  were  taken  outside  of 
this  limited  space.  H.  pusillus,  however,  was  scattered  over  the  entire 
place. — CHAS.  LIEBECK. 

THE  inclosed  slip  is  from  one  of  our  papers.  To  some  inquirers  about 
this  bug  I  stated  I  thought  it  a  real  lightning  bug,  but  some  are  disposed 
to  think  it  a  Humbug,  but  I  objected,  that  such  a  bug  was  unknown  in 
Philadelphia. — JOHN  HAMILTON. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  55 

INOCULATED  WITH  ELECTRICITY. — Philadelphia,  Dec.  30.  Physicians 
and  medical  students  have  been  studying  with  great  interest  a  case  with- 
out a  parallel,  so  far  as  known.  Little  Mamie  Lurker,  walking  on  Girard 
Avenue  a  few  days  ago  with  her  aunt,  suddenly  stopped,  and,  putting  up 
her  hands  to  her  face,  screamed,  "I  am  shot."  The  aunt  seized  the 
child's  hands,  and  immediately  staggered  back  as  if  she  had  received  an 
electric  shock.  A  crowd  speedily  gathered,  and  a  man  crushed  with  his 
foot  a  peculiar  bright-hued  bug,  bottle-shaped  and  hard-shelled,  which, 
falling  from  a  wire  overhead,  had  dropped  on  the  girl's  face  and  stung  her. 

A  bright  crimson  spot  on  Mamie's  cheek  showed  where  the  bug  had 
made  the  wound,  and  evidently  inoculated  her  with  the  electricity  with 
which  it  was  charged  by  being  in  contact  with  the  wire.  Little  would 
have  been  thought  of  the  accident  had  it  not  been  for  the  peculiar  symp- 
toms of  the  girl,  who  was  nervous  and  uneasy,  and  whose  grasp  sent  an 
indefinable  tingling  sensation  to  the  hands  of  everybody  who  touched  her. 

Dr.  De  Beust  diagnosed  the  case  as  bullia,  or  vascular  poisoning,  and 
administered  the  remedies  usual  in  cases  of  that  kind.  To  his  astonish- 
ment, however,  the  bright-hued  sore  on  the  cheek  was  followed  by  other 
bright-hued  eruptions  on  every  part  of  the  body,  each  one  emitting  the 
same  peculiar  tingling  sensation  when  touched.  In  his  opinion  the  bug 
was  of  a  Brazilian  species  brought  to  this  country  in  the  year  of  the  cen- 
tennial. The  insect  in  itself  is  not  known  to  be  poisonous,  and  is  distin- 
guished for  its  peculiar  bottle-shaped  appearance. 

The  patient  is  now  considered  out  of  danger,  after  unremitting  attention 
on  the  part  of  the  physician,  but  still  suffers  from  the  inoculated  electric 
bite. 

OUR  collector  (NEWS)  spent  a  week  under  the  electric  lights  before  he 
succeeded  in  getting  a  specimen.  This  was  sent  to  the  Determiner  who 
has  charge  of  the  Department  of  Identification  of  Insects;  he  recognized 
the  species  as  Electricia  tomfoolery  ensis  De  Bust. 

Identification  of  Insects  (Jmagos)  for  Siibscribers. 

Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions:  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Twelve  names,  if  possible,  will  appear  in  each  issue  of  NEWS, 
according  to  number.  Address  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ^/ 

V 

A.  G.  WEEKS. — i,  Junonia  orithya;  2,  Byblia  ilithyia;  3,  Ergolis  art- 
adne;  4,  Ixias  marianne  9  ;  5,  Junonia  lemonias}  7,  Diadema  misippus 
9;  8,  Eupiaea  core;  9,  Pyrrhogyra  tif>Iia;  n,  Eunica  moninia;  12,  Da- 
nais  gi/ippnx,  var.  cleophile;  13,  Danais  archippus;  14,  Papilio  aristolo-  \J 
chice;  15,  Callidryas  pomona;  16,  Callidryas  pomona;  17,  Callidryas 
pomona;  18,  Callidryas  pomona;  19,  Idniais  sp.  $\  20,  Diadem  a  misip- 
pus  $\  21,  Callidryas  pyranthe;  22,  Idmais  sp.  $;  23,  Junonia  tr/ione, 
•var.  hierta;  24,  Pieris  mesentina;  26,  Diadema  misippus  9- 


56  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [March, 

RALPH  HOPLIXG. — i,  Bradycellus  rupestris;  2,  Cratacanthus  dubhis; 
3,  Platynus  nutans;  4,  Pterostichus  mutus;  5,  Harpalus  viridiceneus ;  6, 
Mclanophila  longipes;  7,  lost;  8,  Melanotus  commiinis;  9,  Elaphidion 
villosum;  10,  Elaphidion  parallelnm;  u,  Tenebrionellus  molitor;  12, 
Tenebrionellus  obscurus, 

G.  D.  B.  Lot  2. — :,  Sericasericea;  2,  Doryphora  clivicollis;  3,  Staphy- 
linus  cinnamopterus;  4,  Cardiophorns  convexus;  5,  Odontota  nervosa; 
6,  Paria  6-notata;  7,  Corymbites  tarsalis;  8,  Podabrus  modestus;  9, 
ostichns  lucnblandiis;  10,  Liinonius  griseiis;  n,  Lucidota  atra;  12, 
lanotus  fissilis. 

F.  H.  HILLMAN. — i,  Dendroctonns  terebrans;  2,  Nemognatha  apicalis; 
3,  Cyclocephala  longnla;  4,  Megilla  vittigera;  5,  Aphodius  nevadensis; 
6,  Lin  a  scripta  var. ;  7,  Saprinus  higens;  8,  Coniontis  obesa;  9,  Nitidula 
ziczac;  10,  Notoxns  calcaratus;  u,  Tomicus  pini;  12,  Calospasta  mira- 
bilis. 

W.  j\I.  HILL. — i,  Clinidium  sculptile;  2,  Mcgalodacnc  heros;  3,  Brontes 
dnbius;  4,  Onthophagus  hccate;  5,  Stenolophus  conjunctus;  6,  Boletothe- 
rusbifurcus;  7,  Coptocycla  guttata;  8,  Anthonomus  sp.;  9,  At&nius  cog- 
iiatus. 

W.  C.  WOOD. — i,  Apristus  subsnlcatus;  2,  Amara  musculus;  3,  Amara 
chalcea;  4,  Atraiins  piibesceus;  5,  Bembidium  contractum;  6,  Tachvs 
.\-anthopus?;  7,  Amara  sp. ;  8,  Platynus  punctiformis;  10,  Platydema 
aincricaninn;  u,  Pterostichus  hicublandus ;  12,  Phaleria  testacea. 

D.  B.  YOUNG. — i,  Tetraopes  tetraophthalmus;  2,  Typocerus  velutinus; 
3,  Elaphrus  ruscarins;  4,  Phellopsis  obcordata;  5,  Hister  interruptus;  6, 
Chrvsomela  philadclphica;  7,  Chrysomela  similis;  S,  Geotrupes  Balyi; 
9,  Dicerca  divaricata. 

F.  C.  HARVEY. — i,  Ptiniis  brunneus. 


En. to rno logical   Liter atuire. 

NOTES  ON  THE  HABITS  AND  EARLIER  STAGES  OF  Cryptophasia  nnipunc- 
tata,  by  Henry  Edwards  (from  the  Proceedings  Linnean  Society  of  New 
South  Wales,  vol.  v). 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  January,  1891. — The  sexes  of  Lepidoptera,  by  W. 
F.  de  Vismes  Kane.  Notes  on  the  Lepidoptera  of  Chiltern  Hills,  by  A. 
J.  Spiller.  A  Preliminary  List  of  the  Insect  Fauna  of  Middlesex,  by  T. 
D.  A.  Cockerell.  Contributions  to  the  Chemistry  of  Insect  Colors,  by  F. 
H.  Perry  Coste. — For  February,  1891. — Remarks  on  Meana  strigi/is,  M. 
fasciuncula,  and  a  probable  new  species  of  the  genus,  by  Richard  South. 
The  Habits  and  Life-history  of  the  New  Zealand  glow-worm,  by  G.  V. 
Hudson.  A  Preliminary  List  of  the  Insects  of  the  Insect  Fauna  of  Mid- 
dlesex, by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell.  Notes  on  British  Lepidoptera;  extracted 
from  Continental  journals,  by  W.  Warren.  Contributions  to  the  Chem- 
istry of  Insect  Colors,  by  F.  H.  Perry  Coste.  Coleoptera  from  Kulu,  in 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  57 

N.  W.  India,  by  VV.  H.  Bates.  New  species  of  Rhopalocera  from  N.  W. 
China,  by  J.  H.  Leech.  Descriptions  of  some  new  Phytophagous  Cole- 
optera  from  India,  by  Martin  Jacoby. 

ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  January,  1891. — On  certain 
British  Species  of  Conchy  Us,  by  Lord  Walsingham.  Can  Deilephila  galii 
be  found  in  the  larval  state  every  year  in  England?  by  W.  H.  Tugvvell. 
Gelechia  sparsiciliella  n.  sp  ,  by  C.  G.  Barrett.  Symmoca  signatella,  H.-S., 
a  recent  addition  to  the  British  fauna,  by  A.  F.  Griffith.  A  Fortnight  in 
Algeria,  with  descriptions  of  new  Lepidoptera,  by  E.  Meyrick.  Occur- 
rence at  Portland  of  Tenia  subtile/la,  a  species  new  to  the  British  fauna, 
by  N.  M.  Richardson.  On  the  British  species  of  the  genus  Pityophthorus, 
by  W.  F.  Blandford.  On  the  Oviposition  of  Metcecus  paradoxus,  by 
Algernon  Chapman.  Note  on  a  new  Cicindela  from  North  Japan,  by  G. 
Lewis.  On  the  British  species  of  the  genus  Cicadula,  by  James  Edwards. 

PENNSYLVANIA  AND  NEW  JERSEY  SPIDERS  OF  THE  FAMILY  LYCOSID^E, 
by  Witmer  Stone  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  1890,  p.  420).  A  table  of  the 
genera  and  species  by  which  they  may  be  determined  is  given,  and  the 
species  described  in  full.  Three  new  species  are  described:  Pirata  ele- 
gans,  P.  marxi  and  Pardosa  nigra. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  CATALOGUE  of  the  described  transformations  of  N. 
American  Coleoptera,  by  Wm.  Beutenmuller  (Jour.  N.  Y.  Microscopical 
Society,  vol.  vii,  No.  i).  Those  interested  in  the  subject  owe  thanks  to 
Mr.  Beutenmuller  for  a  very  useful  work,  and  one  that  has  cost  him  much 
time  and  labor. 

LIST  OF  THE  DIURNAL  LEPIDOPTERA  taken  by  Mr.  Wm.  Doherty,  of 
Cincinnati,  in  Celebes,  June  and  July,  1887,  with  descriptions  of  some  ap- 
parently new  forms,  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Holland  (Proc.  Bost.  Nat.  Hist.  Soc. 
1890,  pages  52  to  79). 

SIXTH  REPORT  OF  THE  INJURIOUS  AND  OTHER  INSECTS  OF  THE  STATE 
OF  NEW  YORK,  by  J.  A.  Lintner,  Ph.D.,  State  Entomologist.  This  con- 
tains the  usual  amount  of  interesting  subjects  in  economic  entomology, 
with  a  very  useful  and  complete  index. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  NEVADA  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION,  Bull. 
No.  8,  by  F.  H.  Hillman.  The  Codling  moth  (Carpocapsa.ponione/la), 
its  life-history,  and  remedies  for  its  extermination.  Bulletin  No.  9. — A 
Serious  Rose  Pest  (Lithophane  antennata).  Bulletin  No.  10. — Plant-lice 
infesting  the  Apple  (illustrated).  Bulletin  No.  n. — The  Pear  and  Cherry 
Slug  (tselandria  cerasi). 

PURDUE  UNIVERSITY  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION,  Bulletin 
No.  33,  vol.  ii,  Lafayette,  Ind. — Entomological  Notes,  by  T.  M.  Webster. 
Experiments  with  the  Plum  Curculio.  Notes  on  Strawberry  Insects,  Ty- 
lodermafragaritz.  The  field  cricket,  Haltica  ignita.  Some  hitherto  un- 
recorded Enemies  of  Raspberries  and  Blackberries,  Solenopsis  fugax, 
Litnoniis  auripilus,  Carpophilus  brachypterus,  Inlus  impressus,  Cosmo- 
pep  la  carnifex. 


58  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [March, 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMERICANA,  Part  39,  November,  1890. — Vol.  iii, 
part  i,  by  G.  H.  Horn  (pp.  193-257,  pi.  x);  vol.  iv,  part  2,  by  G.  C.  Cham- 
pion (pi.  x);  vol.  iv,  part  3,  by  D.  Sharp  (41-56);  vol.  vi,  part  i,  Supple- 
ment, by  M.  Jacoby  (pp.  217-224).  Hymenoptera:  vol.  ii,  by  C.  Cameron 
(pi.  7).  Lepidoptera  Rhopalocera:  vol.  ii,  by  F.  D.  Godman  and  O. 
Salvin  (plates  68,  69).  Diptera:  vol.  ii,  by  F.  M.  Van  der  Wulp  (pp.  201- 
208). 

NAT.  HIST.  OF  VICTORIA. — Prodromus  of  the  Zoology  of  Victoria, 
Decade  20,  by  Fred.  McCoy.  Life-history  of  Chelepteryx  collesi  with 
colored  figures  of  imago,  larva,  chrysalis,  cocoon,  etc.;  also  of  Pyrameis 
ite a  and  P.  kershawi. 

THE  ANNALS  AND  MAGAZINE  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  vol.  vii,  No.  37. 
—Notes  on  Longicorn  Coleoptera  of  the  Group  Cerambycinae,  with  de- 
scriptions of  new  genera  and  species,  by  Charles  J.  Gahan.  List  of  Le- 
pidoptera in  a  collection  made  by  Emin  Pasha  in  Central  Africa,  by 
Arthur  G.  Butler.  Descriptions  of  ten  new  species  of  butterflies  from 
the  northwest  coast  of  Madagascar,  by  H.  Grose  Smith.  Description  of 
two  new  Scarabaeida?  of  the  genus  Phanczus,  by  C.  O.  Waterhouse.  De- 
scriptions of  new  species  of  Lepidoptera  collected  by  Mr.  Herbert  Ward 
at  Bangala,  on  the  Congo,  by  Emily  Mary  Sliarpe.  Descriptions  of  eight 
new  species  of  Chalcosiidre,  by  Herbert  Druce.  A  few  remarks  on  Prof. 
Packard's  papers  entitled,  "Life-history  of  Drepana  arcuata,"  and 
"  Hints  on  the  Evolution  of  the  Bristles,  Spines  and  Tubercles  of  certain 
Caterpillars,"  by  A.  G.  Butler.  Description  of  a  new  genus  and  species 
of  Rhyncophorus  Coleoptera,  by  D.  Sharp. 

THE  TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 
Part  4,  1890.* — A  Catalogue  of  the  Pyralidina  of  Sikkim,  collected  by  H. 

J.  Elwes  and  the  late  Otto  Moller,  by  Pieter  C.  T.  Snellen,  with  notes  by 
H.  J.  Elwes.  On  a  species  of  Aphideous  insects  infesting  the  bread-fruit 
trees  in  Ceylon,  by  Prof.  John  O.  Westwood.  Further  notes  on  the  syn- 
onymy of  the  genera  of  Noctuites,  by  A.  G.  Butler. 

RECORDS  OF  THE  AUSTRALIAN  MUSEUM,  vol.  i,  No.  5,  Sydney. — Cole- 
optera: Cicindelidae,  Carabidae  and  Bupre>tidae,  by  Thomas  G.  Sloane, 
with  descriptions  of  new  species. 

ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCES,  vol.  v,  Nos.  9  to 
12. — Coleopterol.jgical  Notices,  by  Thomas  L.  Casey,  mostly  devoted  to 
Tenebrionidae,  with  descriptions  of  new  species,  etc. 

ARCHIVES  DE  ZOOLOGIE  EXPERIMENTALE  ET  GENERALS,  2e  serie,  v 
suppl.,  1887-1890. — Contribution  to  the  Study  of  the  Brain  in  thetracheate 
Arthropods,  by  G.  Saint  Remy;  14  plates,  274  pages.  The  present  paper 
treats  of  the  Myriapoda.  Arachnida  and  Onychophora. 

ZOOLOGICAL  RECORD  for  1889. — Insecta,  by  Dr.  David  Sharp. 


*  Three  plates  ;  two  colored. 


1 891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  59 

COMPTE-RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  Dec.  6,  '90. 
—Note  on  the  Buprestidae  of  Chota-Nagpore,*  by  C.  Kerremans.  Note 
on  some  Coleoptera  Heteromera  of  Belgium,  by  L.  Coucke.  Note  on 
the  Trictenotomidae,  Prionidae  and  Cerambycidae  of  Chota-Nagpore,*  by 
A.  Lameere;  Kunbir,  Saknntala,  n.  gen.  Annotations  to  the  lists  of  in- 
digenous carnivorous  Coleoptera,  by  A.  P.  de  Borre. 

SPECIES  DES  HYMENOPTERES  D'EUROPE  ET  D'ALGERIE,  by  Ed.  Andre, 
376  Fascicule,  Nov.  i,  1890,  4  plates. 

ARCHIV  FUR  MIKROSCOPISCHE  ANATOMIE,  xxxvii,  belt  4,  1890.  The 
malodoriferous  glands  of  the  Forficulidce,  by  Dr.  J.  Vosseler;  i  plate. 

BERLINER  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT,  xxxv,  heft  2,  1890.  The 
group  of  the  Hymenopterous  genera  Leucospis  Fab.,  Polistomorpha 
Westw.,  and  Marres  Walk. :  Monograph,*  by  A.  Schletter;  2  plates,  L. 
Kileyi,  Mex.,  n  sp.  Hilarimorpha  Schin.  is  a  Leptid,  C.  R.  OstenSacken. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  Jan.  5,  1891. — On  the  embryology  of  Pha- 
laugiitm,  \ .  Faussek. 

LE  NATURALISTE,  Jan.  15,  1891.— Diagnoses  of  new  Acarina,*  by  Dr. 
E.  Trouessart.  Entomological  Recreation  [on  the  larva  of  Teresias 
serra  Steph.],  by  M.  Decaux. 

MVRIAPODA  REGNI  HUNGARI/E  E  COMMISSIONE  REGIME  SOCIETATIS 
HuNGARic^E  SCIENTIARUM  NATUR A.LIUM,*  by  Dr.  Eugenius  Daday  <k- 
Dees.  Budapest,  1889,  126  pp.,  3  plates.  A  synopsis  of  the  Myriapoda 
of  Hungary,  printed  in  Magyar,  but  with  the  specific,  generic  and  other 
characters  in  Latin. 

MlTTHEILUNGEN    DER    SECTION   FUR    NATURKUNDE    DES    OSTERREICH- 

ISCHEN  TOURISTEN-CLUB.  II.  Jahrgang,  Wien,  1890. — List  of  the  Arthro- 
poda  hitherto  found  in  caves  in  Europe,  by  E.  Simon,  L.  Bedel  and  L. 
Ganglbauer;  comprises  Crustacea,  Arachnida,  Myriapoda,  Coleoptera, 
Orthoptera,  Thysanura  and  Diptera. 

SCHRIFTEN  DER  NATURFORSCHENDEN  GESELLSCHAFT  IN  DANZIG;  NeUC 

Folge,  VII  Bd.,  3  heft,  1890. — Life-history  of  two  snout  beetles  and  In- 
sects on  ferns,  by  C.  G.  A.  Brischke.  Butterflies  caught  by  Drosera  an- 
gelica Huds.,  by  Dr.  H.  von  Klinggraeff.  Addition  to  Bachman's  con- 
tributions to  the  Dipterous  fauna  of  the  provinces  of  West  and  East  Prussia, 
and  Some  Ichneumonidse  and  Saw-flies  entirely  new,  or  new  to  West 
Prussia,  by  C.  G.  A.  Brischke. 

IL  NATURALISTA  SICILIANO,  November-December,  1890. — Contribu- 
tions to  the  Lepidopterological  Fauna  of. Sicily,  descriptions  of  IK-W 
species,*  by  L.  Failla-Tedaldi.  Studies  in  Sicilian  entomology  [Oti  >r- 
rhynclmhi1],  by  F.  Vitale.  The  light  produced  by  insects,  by  E  Arculeo. 


*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


60  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [March, 

JENAISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT  FUR  NATURWISSENSCHAFT,  xxv,  heft  i  and  2, 
Jena,  1890. — Hemidiptera  Haeckelii,  by  Dr.  N.  Leon,  i  plate.  The  poison 
apparatus  of  Formica  rufa,  a  reduced  organ,  by  Dr.  O.  W.  Beyer,  2  pis. 

JAHRBUCHER  DES  NASSAUISCHEN  VERKINS  FUR  NATURKUNDE,  Jahrgang 
43,  Wiesbaden,  1890. — Contributions  to  the  Lepidopterous  Fauna  of  the 
Malay  Archipelago,  vi.  On  the  Butterflies  of  East  Java,*  by  Dr.  A. 
Pagenstecher. 


Doings  of   Societies. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION  OF  THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES. — 
A  regular  meeting  was  held  Jan.  22,  1891,  Director  Dr.  Horn  in  the  chair. 
Members  present:  E.  T.  Cresson,  Martindale,  Ridings,  G.  B.  Cresson  and 
Skinner.  Associates:  Calvert,  Westcott,  Fox,  E.  Seeber,  Liebeck  and 
Dr.  Skinner.  Mr.  Neel  visitor.  Dr.  Horn  stated  that  he  had  been  study- 
ing the  species  of  Agrilus,  and  found  them  more  numerous  and  more 
difficult  than  he  had  imagined,  but  he  hoped  to  get  them  in  such  shape 
that  students  could  do  more  with  them.  The  characters  of  the  claws  were 
discussed,  and  the  speaker  said  it  was  necessary  to  see  the  claws  of  both 
sexes  and  the  front  and  hind  claws  also.  He  proposed  to  divide  them  into 
groups  separated  by  different  types  of  claws.  The  difficulties  of  the  sub- 
ject were  illustrated  by  drawings  on  the  blackboard,  and  characters  of 
more  or  less  value  were  mentioned  and  considered  at  length.  Mr.  Calvert 
spoke  on  the  genus  Ischnura,  stating  that  there  were  two  local  species: 
verticalis  Say  and  Ramburii  Selys.  Partly  owing  to  the  imperfect  de- 
scription in  Dr.  Hagen's  Synopsis  of  1861,  he  had  hitherto  mistaken  the 
orange  females  of  both  verticalis  and  Ramburii  as  belonging  to  Ramburii. 
He  believed  that  the  orange  females  of  verticalis  could  be  distinguished 
from  those  of  Ramburii  by  having  a  black  lateral  dorsal  thoracic  stripe 
wanting  in  Ramburii.  Mr.  Martindale  mentioned  that  in  the  January 
number  of  NEWS  was  an  article  by  Mrs.  Slosson  on  P.  assimilans,  which 
showed  how  species  could  be  lost  for  even  a  great  number  of  years  and 
then  refound.  The  only  specimens  known  until  Mrs.  Slosson's  redis- 
covery were  the  two  worn  and  damaged  specimens  in  the  British  Museum. 
He  exhibited  colored  figures  of  these  interesting  moths  intended  for  EN- 
TOMOLOGICAL NEWS.  He  also  mentioned  here  rediscovery  of  Seirarctia 
echo.  Dr.  Horn  called  attention  to  the  fact  that,  in  1850,  on  Dr.  LeConte'e 
return  from  California,  he  described  a  species — Acrepis  maculata.  The 
type  of  this  went  to  the  bottom  on  its  way  to  Europe.  It  was  recently 
rediscovered  by  the  speaker  in  a  collection  made  by  the  late  H.  K.  Mor- 
rison, and  none  have  been  found  since. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 

• 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  February  was  mailed  February  2,  1891. 


Eut.  News,  Vol.  II. 


PI.  IV. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 


VOL.    II. 


APRIL,   1891. 


No.  4. 


CONTENTS: 


Dyar — A  Revision  of  the  species  of  Eu- 

clea,  Parasa  and  Packardia,  etc 61 

Johnson — Hunting  Catocalae 62 

P.  P.  C. — Elementary  Entomology 66 

Edwards— Inguromorpha  Slossonii 71 


Harvey — Odonata  of  Maine 73 

Notes  and  News 76 

Entomological  Literature 78 

Doings  of  Societies 80 


A  Revision  of  the  Species  of  Euclea,  Parasa  and 

Packardia,  with  Notes  on  Adoneta,  Mono- 

leuca  and  Varina  ornata  Neum. 

BY  HARRISON   G.    DYAR. 

(This  paper  will  appear  in  its  entirety  in  the  Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.  1891.) 

After  studying  a  series  of  specimens  kindly  loaned  to  me  by 
Mr.  E.  L.  Graef,  as  well  as  those  in  my  own  collection,  I  have 
reached  the  conclusion  that  the  species  Euclea  cippus  Cram,  in- 
cludes the  considerable  range  in  variation  represented  by  figs, 
i  to  ii  on  Plate  IV. 

Euclea  cippus  var.  interjecta  n.  \ar.  (PI.  iv,  figs.  7  and  8.) 

A  row  of  green  dots,  sometimes  partly  confluent,  connects  the 
sub-apical  spot  with  the  outer  part  of  the  sub-basal  spot. 

Euclea  nana  n.  sp.  (PI.  iv,  fig.  15.) 

Purplish  brown,  the  secondaries  a  little  paler.  On  the  prima- 
ries a  small,  round,  cliscal  dot,  and  two  rounded  pea-green 
patches,  the  sub-apical  nearly  circular,  the  sub-basal  large,  not 
deeply  excavated  externally,  and  both  succeeded  by  orange  ferru- 
ginous spots,  broken  on  the  veins. 


62  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

Parasa  viridus  Reak.  (PI.  iv,  fig.  18.) 

My  reasons  for  naming  the  species  of  Parasa,  as  above,  will 
appear  in  the  full  article  in  Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc. 

Monoleuca  subdentosa  n.  sp.  (PI.  iv,  fig.  21.) 

Allied  to  semifascia,  but  perhaps  a  little  smaller.  Upright  band 
silvery-white,  narrow,  twice  regularly  angulated,  not  crossing 
median  vein  nor  extending  onto  fringe.  The  space  between  this 
and  the  base  of  the  wing  is  filled  in  with  an  ocherous  brown 
shading,  paler  than  the  rest  of  the  wing. 

EXPLANATION  OF  PLATE  IV. 


" 
" 


Figs,  i,  2  and  3,  Euclea  cippiis,  var.  delphinii  Boisd. 
"     4,  5  and  6,  Euclea  tippus,  var.  querceti  Her.-Sch. 
"      7  and  8,  Euclea  cippus,  var.  interjecta  Dyar. 
"     9,  10  and  u,  Euclea  cippus,  var.  monitor  Pack. 
"      12,  Euclea  elliotii  Pearsall  <j\ 

11  13,  "  ?• 

"  14,  Euc  lea  ptenulata  Clem.  <^\ 

"  15,  Euclea  nana  Dyar  <3\ 

"  16,  Euclea  incisa  Harv.  $. 

"     17,  "  "     9. 

"      1  8,  Parasa  viridus  Reak.  $. 
"      19,  Parasa  chloris  Her.-Sch.  $. 
"      20,  Monoleuca  semifascia  Walk.  9- 
"     21,  Monoleuca  subdentosa  Dyar  9- 

22,  Packardia  elegans  Pack.  $. 

23,  Packardia  geminata  Pack.  $. 

"      24,  Packardia  albipunctata  Pack.  9- 
"     25,  "  '  "      tf. 

-  o  - 

HUNTING  CATOCALJE. 

BY  JAS.  S.  JOHNSON. 

I  have  been  frequently  asked,  where  do  you  find  so  many 
Catocalae?  And  my  answer  invariably  is,  in  the  wood.  Yes, 
but  how  and  when  ?  To  these  questions  I  write  this  answer.  To 
the  young  collector  in  entomology  his  first  care  is  to  be  a  close 
observer  of  the  habits  of  insects;  I  think  I  can  safely  say  that 
almost  every  butterfly  and  moth  has  its  own  peculiarity  of  flight 
or  resting,  or  something  that  distinguishes  it  from  its  companions 
of  another  species.  In  hunting  for  Catocalae  during  the  day-time, 
it  is  well  known  that  when  disturbed  they  will  fly  generally  only 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  63 

a  short  distance  to  another  tree,  or  perhaps  not  leave  the  tree  on 
which  disturbed,  only  alight  a  few  feet  lower,  higher  or  around 
on  the  other  side.  It  is  also  well  known  that  after  being  dis- 
turbed they  are  more  alert  and  quicker  to  take  flight,  whether 
it  be  from  sound,  sight  or  shadow  of  the  hunter,  I  leave  for  con- 
jecture. The  next  thing  the  student  must  learn  is  the  bark  of 
the  trees;  all  barks  are  not  alike,  neither  in  color,  shape,  or  mark- 
ings; I  mention  this  for  Catocalae  resemble  the  barks  so  nearly 
that  one  must  become  practiced  to  anything  out  of  the  line  of  the 
usual  markings  of  the  tree  to  detect  them. 

Now,  with  this  brief  introduction,  we  will  go  to  some  piece  of 
wood-land;  a  good  place  would  be  where  there  is  a  fair  quantity 
of  large  trees,  some  young  beech,  plenty  of  underbrush,  and 
better  still  where  the  owner  does  not  turn  his  cattle  in.  On  ar- 
riving we  arrange  our  tools  and  collecting-box;  the  collecting-box 
should  be  made  of  as  light  material  as  possible,  book-shaped, 
cork-lined,  and  in  depth  to  pin  on  each  side,  hang  by  a  strap  over 
the  shoulder,  and  a  little  in  front  of  the  body  on  the  left  side,  this 
will  give  the  collector  ample  play  with  both  arms  and  hands.  The 
collecting-bottle  can  be  made  either  of  tin  or  a  wide-mouthed  glass 
jar,  and  charged  with  cyanide  of  potassium  or  ether;  should  I 
be  going  a  long  distance  I  take  the  former,  if  near  by  the  latter. 
To  make  the  former  I  get  from  the  druggist  a  glass  jar,  some 
four  or  five  inches  high,  with  a  mouth  not  under  two  inches  in 
diameter,  take  one  ounce  or  so  of  cyanide  of  potassium,  break  it 
into  small  pieces,  and  put  into  your  jar,  then  pour  on  dry  plaster 
of  Paris  to  nearly  cover  the  cyanide,  next  mix  some  plaster  of 
Paris  with  water  about  the  consistency  of  thick  cream,  pour  this 
over  the  r'est,  about  a  quarter  of  an  inch  thick;  when  dry  your 
bottle  is  ready  for  work.  If  you  use  ether,  place  a  wad  of  raw 
cotton,  say  one-half  an  inch  thick  at  the  bottom  of  the  jar  and 
make  a  tight  fitting  piece  of  perforated  card  board  or  cork  to 
cover  it,  charge  it  by  pouring  the  ether  in,  about  a  tablespoonful; 
keep  this  well  corked,  and  always  take  a  small  vial  of  ether  with 
you  to  recharge  when  necessary.  The  next  instrument,  and  the 
most  important  to  me,  I  call  a  gig  or  stabber,  made  from  a  me- 
tallic pen-holder,  or  even  a  smooth  stick  would  do,  by  fastening 
on  the  end  three  needles,  triangular  shaped,  thus  '. '  ;  this  instru- 
ment I  find  extremely  useful  in  capturing  any  moths  at  rest,  by 
piercing  them  through  the  thorax,  they  adhering  to  the  instru- 


64  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

ment.  In  places  where  you  cannot  get  your  collecting-bottle  you 
can  readily  take  them  by  this  means.  Do  not  take  a  net  for  any 
moth,  it  spoils  all  the  beauty.  Your  next  and  last  article  is  a 
sapling  about  four  or  five  feet  long,  which  you  can  cut  in  the 
wood  from  a  bough  of  a  tree  or  undergrowth;  trim  it  clear  of 
leaves  and  switches;  this  is  for  rubbing  or  beating  the  trees  to 
disturb  any  you  have  overlooked. 

Place  your  collecting-bottle  in  your  right  hand  coat  pocket,  the 
gig  over  your  ear  as  a  clerk  would  a  pen,  the  sapling  in  your 
right  hand,  and  start  through  the  wood.  First  we  come  to  some 
undergrowth  or  brushy  beech  tree,  rattle  among  the  leaves  with 
your  rod  and  watch  results;  should  you  disturb  any  watch  where 
they  alight  and  go  for  them,  if  not  move  on  and  try  again.  We 
now  come  to  a  large  tree,  examine  carefully  the  bark  as  far  as  the 
eye  can  reach  to  the  ground,  note  the  layers  and  fissures  of  the 
bark;  should  you  see  any  V-shaped  marking  or  inverted  /\  ex- 
amine closely,  the  chances  are  a  Catocala;  use  your  bottle  or 
stabber;  after  taking  off  all  you  see,  or  if  none,  then  take  the  rod 
and  go  around  the  tree  rubbing  it  up  and  down  the  bark,  or  beat 
it  a  few  sharp  raps;  if  any  they  will  fly  to  a  near  by  tree,  watch 
and  go  for  them,  step  lightly,  move  cautiously,  steady  your  hand, 
you  have  it.  The  best  time  to  hunt  for  them  is  on  a  close,  hot 
afternoon  b'etween  two  and  five  o'clock,  more  particularly  if  there 
has  been  three  or  more  successive  hot  days.  Yet  you  can  find 
some  at  any  time  of  day,  I  have  taken  some  as  early  as  five 
o'clock  A.M.,  and  all  along  until  sun  down,  but  as  the  day  grows 
on  towards  night,  the  wood  becoming  dusk,  they  are  prepared 
for  flight  and  on  the  alert,  and  it  becomes  hard  to  follow  their 
flight.  It  is  almost  useless  to  go  hunting  for  Catocalae  after  a 
heavy  rain  or  a  thunder  gust;  you  may  capture  a  few,  but  nearly 
all  are  battered  and  torn.  I  was  never  successful  in  this  locality 
by  baiting,  sugaring  or  night  hunting,  having  tried  several  for- 
mulae, perhaps,  however,  it  was  because  I  could  not  give  it  the 
time  for  a  successful  issue.  My  esteemed  friend,  Dr.  James  S. 
Baily  (now  deceased),  was  exceedingly  fortunate  at  baiting,  near 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  capturing  hundreds  of  fine  specimens.  The  bait 
he  used  was  composed  of  sour  beer,  molasses  and  brown  sugar; 
he  would  paint  the  trees  with  this  mixture  during  the  afternoon 
and  make  the  captures  between  8  o'clock  and  midnight;  some- 
times it  would  be  nearly  a  week  before  they  would  take  to  the  bait. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


Dr.  Hammond  and  I  tried  this  formula  during  last  Summer, 
but  with  little  or  no  success,  we  also  soaked  strings  of  dried 
apples  in  the  mixture  and  placed  them  on  the  trees  with  the  same 
result,  I  then  plastered  some  decayed  bananas  on  the  bark  of  the 
trees,  from  which  we  captured  a  few  Catocalae  and  numbers  of 
small  Noctuae.  I  have  no  doubt  but  the  decayed  fruit  if  fairly 
tested  and  tried  would  be  a  success,  either  bananas  or  pears.  To 
collect  at  night  you  need  only  your  collecting-box,  bottle,  and  a 
lantern;  I  painted  or  baited  the  trees  about  waist  high  and  a  few 
inches  square,  then  with  a  leather  belt  around  the  waist,  with  a 
dark  lantern  fastened  thereto,  I  could  walk  up  to  the  trees  with 
my  hands  free  and  plenty  of  light.  I  noticed  on  nights  during 
an  electrical  storm,  i.e.,  plenty  of  flashes  of  heat  lightning  with 
no  thunder,  there  were  few  or  no  specimens  of  any  kind. 

The  following  table  will  give  the  time  of  appearance  of  the 
different  species  in  the  vicinity  of  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  com- 
piled from  my  diary  of  several  years.  I  might  remark  that 
north  or  south  of  here  would  make  a  few  days  difference  either 
way,  and  again  after  a  dry  hot  Spring  would  make  ten  or  twelve 
days  difference. 


First 
Capture. 

Last 
Capture. 

First 
Capture. 

Last 
Capture. 

C    ilia   

June  24 

July  23 
June  24 
July  23 
June  25 
July  29 
June  27 
"     27 
"      28 
"     28 
"      28 
July     4 
June  28 
July     8 
8 
9 

10 

16 

10 
IO 

II 

14 
14 
'     14 
'     16 

'     19 

'9 

Sept.    8 
Aug.    4 
July    26 
Aug.  13 
Sept.    8 
18 

7 
s 
8 
5 
27 

July    21 
Aug.   13 
Sept.    J 
Aug.  16 
Sept.  27 

10 

"      27 
Aug.  28 
Sept.  21 
Aug.  22 
July     21 

"          2.S 

Sept.    8 

"        10 

Aug.  10 

C    parta  

July  21 

25 

26 

'4 
Aug.   6 
8 
8 
9 
9 

10 
IO 
10 

14 
I 
IS 
16 
20 
i 
28 
Sept.  6 
Aug.  28 

'       20 

;  25 
30 

Oct.  10 
Sept.  27 

"      27 
July  16 
Sept.  13 

"          10 

2 

"        i 
Oct.  8 
Sept.  27 

Aug.  31 
Oct.  6 
Aug.  28 

23 
16 
28 
28 
Sept.  21 
6 

12 

21 

I 

3° 

insolabilis  

cara  

Angus!  

var.  carissima.. 
cerogama.. 

amica  

var.  linella  
ilia  var   

amatrix  

ilia,  var   

flebilis  

piatrix  

cordeiia  

innubens  
var.  hinda  
var.  flavidalis  .. 
var.  scintillans. 
antinympha  
concumbens  

ultronia  

var.  mopsa  
JudithtLevettii).. 
obscura  (residua) 
var.  simulatilis. 

tnarmorata  

palaeogama  

lacrvmosa  .... 

var.  phalanga... 
subnata  

lacrymosa  var.. 
relicta         

atnasia  

Total,  51  species  and  varieties. 

66  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 

Tenth  Paper. — THE  ORDERS  OF  INSECTS. 


In  the  first  paper  of  this  series  (ENT.  NEWS,  Vol.  I,  pp.  72,  73) 
was  indicated  the  division  of  the  Arthropoda  into  classes.  Of 
these,  the  Insecta  (Hexapoda)  formed  the  fifth  class.  The  class 
of  insects  is  divided  into  orders.  Entomologists  differ  in  the 
classifications  which  they  employ.  In  this  paper  will  be  pre- 
sented the  chief  classifications  used  in  this  country,  without  at- 
tempting to  designate  any  one  classification  as  the  best. 

The  oldest  and  the  simplest  classification  is  that  used  in  Dr. 
Packard's  "  Guide"  in  the  editions  previous  to  the  sixth.  The 
class  Insecta  is  divided  into  three  orders:  Hexapoda,  Arachnida 
and  Myriapoda.  The  order  Hexapoda  is  divided  into  the  follow- 
ing suborders: 

1.  Hymenoptera  (membrane  wings*).      Head  large.      Mouth-parts  de- 
veloped both  for  biting  and  sucking.     Wings  small,  powerful,  with  com- 
paratively few  and  irregularly  branched  veins.    Transformations  complete. 
In  the  higherf  and  more  typical  forms,  the  first  abdominal  segment  is 
intimately  united  with  the  thorax.     Examples:  Bees,  Wasps,  Ants,  Saw- 
flies. 

2.  Lepidoptera  (scale  wings).     Body  cylindrical,  compact.     Head  small, 
clypeus    large   (in    proportion).       Mouth-parts   developed   for    sucking. 
Maxillae  prolonged  into  a  tubular  "tongue."    Mandibles  obsolete.    Wings 
broad,   regularly  veined,  covered  with  minute  scales.     Transformations 
complete.     Butterflies,  Moths. 

3.  Diptera  (two  wings).     Only  two  wings,  the  hind  pair  represented  by 
halteres.     Thorax  greatly  centralized,  more  or  less  globular.      Mouth- 
parts  developed  for  sucking.    Labrum,  and  the  bristle-like  mandibles  and 
maxillae  ensheathed  partially  within  the  labium  to  form  a  beak.     Maxil- 
lary palpi  present.     Transformations  complete.     Mosquitos,  House-flies. 

4.  Goleoptera  (sheath  wings).     Front  wings  developed  as  elytra  which 
cover  the  folded  hind  wings,  and  also  the  two  posterior  thoracic  segments 
and  the  abdomen.     Mouth-parts  developed  for  biting,     Transformations 
complete.     Beetles. 

5.  Hemiptera  (half  wings).     Mouth-parts  developed  for  sucking.     The 
style-like  mandibles  and  maxillae  ensheathed  by  the  labium  to  form  a  beak. 
Labrum  small,  short.     Maxillary  palpi  absent.      Prothorax  free,   large. 
Front  wings  often  half  horny,  half  membranous  (hemelytra).     Transfor- 

*  As  each  ordinal  name  is  used  for  the  first  time  in  this  paper,  it  will  be  followed  by  a 
literal  translation  of  the  Greek  words  from  which  it  is  formed, 
t  I.e.,  more  specialized. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  67 

mations  incomplete.     Plant-lice,  Scale-insects,  Cicadas,  Chinch-,  Squash- 
and  Bed-bugs,  Lice. 

6.  Orthoptera   (straight   wings).       Mouth-parts   developed    for    biting. 
Front  wings  developed  as  tegmina  to  cover  the  folded  hind  wings.    Hind 
legs  large,  adapted  for  leaping.      Transformations  incomplete.      Grass- 
hoppers, Crickets,  Cockroaches,  Earwigs. 

7.  Neuroptera  (nerve  wings).     Wings  large,  broad,  net-veined,  mem- 
branous.    Mouth-parts  developed  for  biting.     Transformations  complete 
and  incomplete.     White  Ants,  Stone-,  May-  and  Dragonflies,  Ant  Lions, 
Fish  Moths  and  Spring  Tails. 

In  the  sixth  and  following  editions  the  Fish  Moths  and  Spring  Tails  are 
considered  as  a  distinct  order,  8.  Thysamira  (fringe  tails)  whose  characters 
are  wingless,  no  transformations. 

A  second  classification  is  that  used  by  Prof.  Comstock  in  his 
"  Introduction  to  Entomology,"  1888,  pp.  48,  49  : 

I.  Wingless  insects  which  show  no  evidences  of  having  descended  from 
winged  ancestors  (i.e.,  in  which  the  thorax  is  simple  in  structure),  and 
which  undergo  no  metamorphosis  (Synaptera).     Order  i.  Thysanura. 

II.  Winged  insects;  or  wingless  insects  in  which  this  condition  is  the 
result  of  a  retrograde  development,  indicated  by  the  complicated  struc- 
ture of  the  thorax,  or  by  the  presence  of  wings  in  closely  allied  forms 
( Pterygogenea ) . 

1.  Metamorphosis  incomplete,  Anietabola  (without  change). 

A.  Mouth-parts  formed  for  biting,  i.e.,  with  the  mandibles  and  maxillae  in 

the  form  of  jaws. 

a.  The  two  pairs  of  wings  similar  in  structure,  membranous. 

Order  2.  Pseudoneuroptera  (false  Neuroptera). 

b.  The  first  pair  of  wings  parchment  like  (tegmina);  the  second 

pair  membranous,  and  folded  in  plaits  longitudinally. 

Order  3.  Orthoptera. 

B.  Mouth-parts  intermediate  in  structure  between  those  of  the  biting  in- 

sects and  those  of  the  sucking  insects,  viz  ,  with  bristle-like 
mandibles,  and  with  flat  triangular  maxillae. 

Order  4.  Physopoda  (swelled  feet). 

C.  Mouth-parts  formed  for  sucking,  viz.,  with  the  mandibles  and  maxillae 

bristle  like.     Order  5.  Hemiptera. 

2.  Metamorphosis  complete.     Aletabola  (change). 
A.  Mouth-parts  formed  for  biting. 

a.  The  two  pairs  of  wings  similar  in  structure,  membranous,  with 

many  veins  and  cells.     Order  6.  Neuroptera. 

b.  The  first  pair  of  wings  (elytra)  much  thickened,  horny  through- 

out their  entire  length,  and  meeting  in  a  straight  line  down 
the  back;  the  second  pair  membranous.    Order  9.  Coleoptera. 


68  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

B.  Mouth-parts  formed  for  both  biting  and  sucking,  viz.,  with  the  mandi- 

bles in  the  form  of  jaws;  and  with  the  maxillae  and  labium 
fitted  for  taking  liquid  food.  Both  pairs  of  wings  membra- 
nous, with  few  veins  and  cells.  Order  10.  Hymenoptera. 

C.  Mouth- parts  formed  for  sucking. 

a.  With  four  wings  clothed  with  minute,  imbricated  scales;  mandi- 

bles rudimentary;  maxillae  developed  into  a  sucking  tube. 

Order  7.  Lepidoptera. 

b.  With  only  two  wings;    hind  wings  represented  by  a  pair  of 

knobbed,  thread-like  organs  (halteres);  mandibles  and  max- 
illae bristle  like.  Order  8.  Diptera. 

In  this  classification,  Orders  i,  3,  7,  8,  9  and  10  correspond  to  the  simi- 
larly named  suborders  of  the  "  Guide;"  2  (White  Ants,  Stone-,  May-  and 
Dragonflies)  and  6  (Ant  Lions)  correspond  to  the  Neuroptera,  and  4 
(  Thrips*}  and  5  to  the  Hemiptera  of  the  "  Guide." 

The  classification  used  by  Dr.  Packard  in  his  ll  Entomology 
for  Beginners,"  second  edition,  1889,  and  which  he  saysf  will 
probably  be  introduced  into  the  next  edition  of  his  "Guide," 
follows.  After  the  statement  of  the  characters  of  each  order,  is 
placed  the  common  and  the  generic  names  of  some  of  the  rep- 
resentative insects  thereof. 

Series  I.  AMETABOLA.. — Metamorphosis  incomplete. 

Order  i.  Thysanura. — Wingless,  minute,  with  a  spring,  or  abdomen 
ending  in  a  pair  of  caudal  stylets;  usually  no  compound  eyes;  no  meta- 
morphoses. Fish  moth,  Lepisma;  Spring  tail,  Poditra. 

2.  Dermaptera  (skin  wings). — Body  flat;  abdomen  ending  in  a  forceps; 
fore  wings  small,  elytra-like;  hind  wings  ample,  folded  under  first  pair. 
Earwig,  Forficula. 

3.  Orthoptera. — Wings  net-veined;  fore  wings  narrow,  straight,  not  often 
used  in  flight;  hind  wings  large  and  folded  when  at  rest  under  the  first 
pair.     Cockroach,  Blatta;  True  Locust,  Acridium;  Cricket,  Gry/lus, 

4.  Platyptera  (broad  wings). — Body  usually  flattened.    Pronotum  usually 
large  and  square;  often  wingless.     Bird  lice,  fam.  Mallophaga;  Stone-fly, 
Per/a;  Book  louse,  Psocus;  White 'Ant,  Termes. 

5.  Odonata  (toothed,  referring  to  the  mandibles  and  maxillae). — Protho- 
rax  small;  remainder  of  thorax  spherical;  both  pairs  of  wings  of  nearly 
the  same  size,  net-veined.     Larvae  and  pupas  aquatic;    labium  of  larva 
forming  a  mask.     Dragonfly,  Libelhda. 

*  "  It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  insect  commonly  called  The  Thrips,  that  infests 
the  leaves  of  grape,  is  not  a  member  of  this  order  [Physopoda,]  but  one  of  the  Leaf-hop- 
pers \_Erythroneura]  (family  Jassidse,  of  the  order  Hemiptera).  The  misapplication  of  the 
name  Thrips  to  this  insect  is  often  the  cause  of  confusion." — Comstock,  Intro,  p.  124. 

t  Guide,  ninth  edition,  1889.     Preface. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  69 

6.  Plectoptera  (plaited  wings). — Mouth-parts  nearly  obsolete.     Wings 
net-veined;  hind  pair  small,  sometimes  wanting.      Abdomen  ending  in 
three  filaments.     Larvae  aquatic,  witli  large  jaws  and  with  gills  on  the 
sides  of  the  hind  body.     Mayfly,  Ephemera. 

7.  Thysanoptera  (fringe  wings). — Mouth-parts  forming  a  short  conical 
sucker;  palpi  present;  wings  narrow,  net-veined,  fringed;  feet  bulbous  at 
the  end,  without  claws.      Thrips. 

8.  Hemiptera. — Mouth-parts  forming  a  sucking  beak.    Prothorax  usually 
large;  fore  wings  often  thickened  at  base..  Louse,  Pediculus;  Scale  insect, 
Coccus;    Plant  louse,  Aphis;    Cicada;  Chinchbug,  Blissus;   Squashbug, 
Anasa;  Bedbug,  (Cimex),  Acanthia. 

Series  II.  METABOLA. — Metamorphosis  complete. 

9.  Neuroptera. — Wings  net-veined;  mouth-parts  free,  adapted  for  biting; 
ligula  large,  rounded;   pronotum  large,  square.      Larvae  often  aquatic. 
Corydalis.     Lacewing  fly,  Chrysopa;  Ant  lion,  Myrmeleon. 

10.  Mecoptera  (length  wings). — Wings  somewhat  net-veined  or  absent; 
head  lengthened  into  a  beak-like  projection.     Larvae  like  caterpillars. 
Scorpion  fly,  Panorpa. 

n.  Trichoptera  (hair  wings). — Wings  and  body  like  those  of  Tineid 
moths  [clothed  with  hairs];  mandibles  obsolete  in  the  imago.  Larvae 
usually  aquatic,  living  in  cases.  Caddis  fly,  Phryganea. 

12.  Coleoptera. — Fore  wings  thick,  ensheathing  the  hinder  pair,  which 
are  alone  used  in  flight;  mouth-parts  free,  adapted  for  biting.     Beetles, 
Carabus,    Cicindela,  Scarabczus;  Weevil,   Curculio;   Chrysomela;    Lady- 
bird, Coccinella. 

13.  Siphonaptera  'tube,  without  wings). — Wingless;  mouth-parts  adapted 
for  sucking.     Larvae  maggot-like,  but  with  a  well  developed  head  and 
mouth-parts.     Flea,  Pulex. 

J4.  Diptera. — Only  two  wings;  mouth-parts  adapted  for  lapping  and 
sucking.  Mosquito,  Culex;  Housefly,  Musca;  Horsefly,  Tabanns. 

15.  Lepidoptera. — Body  and  wings  covered  with  scales;  maxillae  length- 
ened into  a  very  long  tongue.     Larvae  (caterpillars)  with  abdominal  legs. 
Butterfly,  Papilio;  Moths,  Sphinx,  Bombyx,  Noctua,  Phala:na,   Tinea. 

16.  Hymenoptera. — Wings  clear,  with  few  veins;  mouth-parts  with  a  va- 
riety of  functions,  i.e.,  biting,  lapping  liquids,  etc.     In  the  higher  families 
the  thorax  consists  of  four  segments,  the  first  abdominal  segment  of  the 
larva  being  transferred  to  the  thorax  in  the  pupa  and  imago.    Honey  Bee, 
Apis;  Wasp,   Vespa;  Ant,  Formica;  Ichneumonfly,  Ichneumon;  Gallfly, 
Cynips;  Sawfly,  Tenthredo. 

The  correspondence  of  these  orders  to  those  of  Prof.  Comstock  is  as 
follows;  i,  8,  12,  15  and  16  to  the  similarly  named  orders;  2  and  3  to  the 
Orthoptera;  4,  5  and  6  to  the  Pseudoneuroptera;  7  to  the  Physopoda;  9, 
10  and  ii  to  the  Neuroptera;  13  and  14  to  the  Diptera. 


70  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

In  the  Standard  Natural  History,  edited  by  J.  S.  Kingsley,  vol. 
ii,  1884,  the  orders  are: 

i ,  Thysanura ;  2,  Dermatoptera ;  3,  Pseudoneuroptera ;  4,  Neuroptera ;  5, 
Orthoptera;  6,  Hemiptera ;  7,  Coleoptera;  8,  Diptera;  9,  Aphaniptera  (un- 
seen wings);  10,  Lepidoptera;  u,  Hymenoptera. 

Here  2  and  9  correspond  to  the  Dermaptera  and  Siphonaptera  of  the 
"Entomology  for  Beginners;"  otherwise  the  orders  correspond  to  the 
similarly  named  orders  of  Prof.  Comstock,  except  that  No.  6  includes  both 
his  Hemiptera  and  Physopoda. 

In  Claus  and  Sedgewick's  Text  Book  of  Zoology,  vol.  i,  1885, 
the  orders  stand: 

i,  Thysanura;  2,  Orthoptera;  3,  Neuroptera;  4,  Strepsiptera  (twisted 
wings) ;  5,  Rhynchota  (beaked) ;  6,  Diptera ;  7,  Lepidoptera ;  8,  Goleoptera ; 
9,  Hymenoptera. 

Here  the  Orthoptera  includes  orders  2,  3  and  4  of  Prof.  Comstock;  the 
Rhynchota  are  his  Hemiptera;  the  Strepsiptera  (which  includes  a  single 
family  of  beetles,  Stylopidae,  having  only  the  hind  wings  developed,  the 
front  wings  represented  by  pseudo-halteres)  and  the  Coleoptera  are  equiv- 
alent to  his  Coleoptera;  the  other  orders  are  the  same  as  his. 

Other  names  sometimes  used  as  ordinal  are  Plecoptera  (folded  wings) 
for  the  family  Perlidae,  Stone  flies;  Corrodentia  (gnawers)  for  the  Mallo- 
phaga,  Psocidae  and  Termites;  Homoptera  (same  wings)  and  Heteroptera 
(diverse  wings)  for  two  divisions  of  the  Hemiptera,  the  one  having  wings 
of  the  same  thickness  throughout,  the  other  with  the  front  wings  as  hem- 
elytra;  Euplexoptera  (well-folded  wings)  for  Dermaptera. 

On  comparing  the  classification  from  the  "Entomology  for 
Beginners"  with  the  others  here  quoted,  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
differences  between  them  depend  very  largely  on  the  answers 
given  to  such  questions  as  this:  Are  the  groups  Platyptera, 
Odonata  and  Plectoptera,  for  instance,  of  the  same  value,  i.e. ,  as 
distinct  from  each  other,  as  the  Lepidoptera  are  from  the  Hymen- 
optera? Ever-widening  knowledge  alone  will  settle  such  questions. 

Two  things  must  be  remembered  in  dealing  with  classification. 
The  first  is  that  very  maViy  ordinal,  family  and  generic  characters 
admit  of  exceptions  in  the  shape  of  intermediate  forms.  As  Dr. 
Leidy  has  said:  "  Our  divisions  in  nature  [are,]  to  a  great  extent, 
matters  of  convenience."*  Secondly,  the  natural  arrangement 
of  the  orders  and  other  groups  is  not  linear.  It  is  rather  to  be 
compared  to  the  position  of  countries  upon  a  map,  or  to  the 
branches  of  a  tree.  This  latter  comparison  is  especially  useful 
when  taken  into  connection  with  the  evolution  of  species. 

*  Lecture  of  Oct.  10,  iSSS,  at  Biological  Department,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  Phila- 
delphia. See  also  ENT.  NEWS,  vol.  ii,  p.  47,  at  bottom. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  ~]l 

With  this  the  papers  on  Insects  in  general  conclude.  Imper- 
fect as  they  are,  the  writer  will  be  repaid  for  his  labor — almost 
wholly  of  compilation — if  they  shall  be  helpful  to  any  students 
of  Entomology.  P.  P.  C. 


The  first  of  a  series  of  elementary  papers  on  Lepidoptera  will 
appear  in  the  May  number  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


-o- 


INGUROMORPHA  SLOSSONII  Hy.  Edw. 

BY  HENRY  EDWARDS. 

On  page  183,  vol.  iii,  of  "  Entomologica  Americana,"  I  pub- 
lished, under  the  above  name,  a  description  of  a  curious  Cossid 
taken  by  Mrs.  A.  T.  Slosson,  in  Florida,  early  in  1887.  The 
species  was  so  unlike  anything  with  which  I  was  familiar,  that  I 
concluded  it  to  be  new,  but  before  describing  it  I  submitted  it  to 
Dr.  Packard  and  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  to  both  of  whom  it  was  un- 
known. I  therefore  placed  it  on  record.  Sometime  afterwards 
I  forwarded  to  Mr.  A.  G.  Butler,  of  the  British  Museum,  a  draw- 
ing of  the  insect  made  by  Mrs.  Slosson,  and  was  astonished  to 
find  from  him  that  the  species  was  =  -  Cossus  basalts  Walk. .  which 
is  given  in  theCatal.  B.  M.  p.  1523,  with  the  "  country  unknown." 
In  this  connection  I  think  it  advisable  to  give  Walker's  descrip- 
tion in  full,  which  is  as  follows: 

"  Male. — Whitish,  moderately  stout.  Head,  palpi  and  antennae  black- 
ish. Palpi  extending  as  far  as  the  head;  third  joint  acute,  conical.  An- 
tennas slightly  pectinated,  a  little  longer  than  the  thorax.  Abdomen  ex- 
tending for  more  than  half  its  length  beyond  the  hind  wings.  Wings 
narrow,  slightly  reticulated  with  minute  transverse  black  marks.  Fore 
wings  with  a  black  band  near  the  base,  and  with  a  black  curved  subapical 
band.  Length  of  the  body  6  lines;  of  the  wings  14  lines." 

In  May,  1888,  I  visited  England,  and  saw  the  type  in  the  British 
Museum,  without  any  record  of  locality,  or  other  label  by  which 
it  could  be  recognized.  It  seems  to  me  now  highly  probable  that 
it  might  be  among  the  specimens  taken  by  Mr.  Edward  Double- 
day  during  his  visit  to  the  United  States. 

There  was  no  doubt,  whatever,  of  the  identity  of  Walker's 
type  with  Mrs.  Slosson' s  specimens.  But  a  greater  surprise  than 


72  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

this  was  in  store  for  me.  Early  in  1889,  business  led  me  to  Bos. 
ton,  and,  as  usual,  I  visited  my  friend,  Mr.  Samuel  Henshaw,  of 
the  Boston  Natural  History  Society.  He  showed  me  the  volume 
of  original  drawings  by  Abbot,  presented  to  the  Museum  by  the 
late  Dr.  Asa  Gray,  and  on  plate  108  of  the  series  I  found  excel- 
lent figures  of  both  $  and  9  of  the  Cossid,  with  colored  figures 
also  of  the  larva  and  pupa.  But  the  9  is  no  other  than  the 
beautiful  moth  described  by  the  late  Dr.  James  Bailey  as  Cossula 
magnified,  ("Papilio,"  vol.  ii,  p.  93,  1882).  Dr.  Bailey's  de- 
scription, with  a  colored  figure  of  £  and  9  and  of  the  pupa, 
was  republished  in  Bulletin  No.  3,  Division  of  Entomology  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture,  1883,  but  Dr.  Bailey  has  undoubtedly 
fallen  into  an  error  in  figuring  what  he  calls  the  $  ,  as  the  speci- 
mens in  his  cabinet  were  both  females,  and  in  fact  none  but  fe- 
males have  been  known  until  the  discovery  of  the  identity  of  the 
species  with  C.  basalts,  while  so  accurate  an  observer  as  Abbot 
would  not  be  likely  to  be  confounded  in  the  species.  He  gives 
it  as  one  especially  familiar  to  him,  as  evidenced  by  his  draw- 
ings of  the  early  stages.  The  antennas  are  heavily  pectinated  in 
both  sexes  and  the  neuration  would  appear  to  give  the  species 
generic  rank,  so  that  Dr.  Bailey  was  undoubtedly  right  in  form- 
ing a  new  genus  for  its  reception.  The  synonymy  will,  thereiore, 
stand  thus: 

Genus  COSSULA  Bailey. 

Cossits  Walk. 
Inguromorpha  Hy.  Ed\v. 

C.  basalis  Walk.  $  B.  M.  Cat.  p.  1523,  1856. 

Cossula  magnified  9  Bailey,  Papilio,  vol.  ii,  p.  93,  1882. 
Inguromorpha  S/ossonii  Hy.  Edvv.  Ent.  Am.  vol.  iii,  p.  183,  1888. 

The  females  have  been  taken  by  Mr.  A.  Koebele,  near  Tala- 
hassee,  and  by  Dr.  Wittfeld  at  Indian  River,  while  Mrs.. Slosson's 
%  specimen  was  obtained  at  Jacksonville  at  the  electric  light. 
The  £  bears  a  somewhat  superficial  resemblance  to  the  same  sex 
of  C.  querciperda.  I  should  like  to  add  that  I  am  convinced 
that  the  9  type  specimen  of  C.  plagiata  in  the  British  Museum 
is  nothing  more  than  Robinicz  9  ,  but  that  C.  populi  Walk,  is  a 
very  distinct  species,  differing  from  any  I  have  seen  elsewhere. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  73 

A  CONTRIBUTION  TO  THE  ODONATA  OF  MAINE. 

Specimens  in  the  Maine  State  College  Collection,  or  taken  near 
Orono,  Penobscot  County,  Me.,  in  1890. 

BY    F.    L.    HARVEY. 

(Continued  from  p.  51,  Vol.  II,  No.  3.) 

7.  Enallagma  civile  Hag. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

8.  Enallagma  /&£v?wz  Walsh. — Common  over  Chemo  bog. 

9.  Nehalennia  irene  Hag. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

10.  Lestes  haniata  Hag.  (L.  forcipata  Hag.  Syn.  1861). — Sep- 
tember 3d,  Frog  Pond,  Orono.      Common. 

n.  Lestes  forcipata  Ramb.  (L.  hamata  Hag.  Syn.  1861). — 
Orono,  College  Collection. 

12.  Lestes   rectangularis   Say. — July    I5th,    September    i2th. 
Over  bogs.     Common. 

13.  Lestes  disjunda    Selys. — July  I5th,  August  2Oth,  Septem- 
ber 3d;  over  bogs  and  ponds;  several  pairs  mating.     Abundant. 

14.  Lestes  inequalis  Walsh. — July  i5th;  Chemo  bog.     Several 
males  and  females. 

15.  Lestes  unguiculata  Hag. — September  1 2th.    Over  bog  near 
Penobscot  River. 

Tribe  II.— /ESCHNINA. 
Subfamily  3. — ^EscHNiNA. 

16.  Anax  junius  Drury. — Orono,  State  College  Collection. 

17.  sEschna  Janata  Say  — Orono,  State  College  Collection. 

1 8.  sEschna  constricta  Say. — Orono.       Common   over   small 
brooks  in  meadows,  August  to  October. 

19.  sEsclmaverticalis\\'&'g. — Orono.    Common  over  meadows, 
bogs  and  rivers. 

We  have  one  specimen  that  agrees  with  this  species  in  mark- 
ings, but  the  length  is  78  mm.  Alar  expanse  100  mm.;  ante 
cubitals  23;  post  cubitals  12  on  the  right  wing  and  ant.  cu.  21; 
p.  c.  13  on  the  left  wing.  This  specimen  has  a  cross  vein  in  the 
first  p.  c.  of  right  wing  and  the  seventh  p.  c.  of  same  wing  is 
very  narrow. 

20.  sEschna  eremita  Scudder. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

21.  sEschna  clepsydra?  Say. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

22.  Neiir&schna  vinosa  Say. — Orono,  College  Collection. 


74  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

Subfamily  4. — GOMPHINA. 

23.  Gomphus  exilis  Selys. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

24.  GompJms  spinosus  Selys. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

25.  Gomphiis   ntzvius    Hag. — July    i5th,    single    9  ;    Chemo 
Stream,  over  water.     This  specimen  was  referred  to  Mr.  P.  P. 
Calvert,  who  made  the  following  note: 

' '  This  specimen  agrees  best  with  the  description  of  G.  nccvius 
Hag.  (in  4th  Additions  au  Synopsis  des  Gomphines,  p.  57),  al- 
though there  are  some  slight  color  difference.  G.  nczvius  Hag. 
was  described  from  a  9  from  Pennsylvania.  It  is  stated  to  be 
very  near  G.  albistylus  Hag.  (4th  Additions,  p.  55)  described 
from  a  9  from  Maine,  and  some  doubt  is  expressed  whether  the 
two  may  not  be  one  species.  The  $  of  neither  has  been  de- 
scribed. Until  they  are  proved  to  be  the  same,  this  specimen 
should  stand  for  G.  neevius,  which  it  resembles  more  than  G. 
.albistylus. ' ' 

26.  Hagenius  brevistylus  Selys. — July  I5th,  single  9  •     Over 
Chemo  Stream. 

Tribe  III.— LIBELLULINA. 

Subfamily  5. — CORDULINA. 

27.  Cordulia  libera  Selys. — August.      Single    £  ;    over  small 
lake,  Greenfield. 

28.  Cordulia  Uhleri  Selys. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

29.  Cordulia  cynosura  Say. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

Subfamily  6. — LIBELLULINA. 

30.  Plathemis    trimaculata    De  Geer. — Common    over   small 
brooks  and  ponds;  August  and  September. 

31.  Libellula  ^-maculata  Linn. — Common  over  brooks;    Au- 
gust and  September. 

32.  Libellula  exusta  Say. — July  I5th.     Common  over  Chemo 
Stream. 

33.  Libellula pulchella  Drury. — Orono,  College  Collection. 

34.  Leucorhinia proximo,  (Hagen  MS.)  Calvert. — Orono,  Col- 
lege Collection. 

35.  Leucorhinia   intacta    Hag. — July    i5th,    Chemo    Stream. 
Many  pairs  mating.     The  labium  of  all  our  specimens  black, 
with  the  external  part  of  the  lobes  a  little  white.     The  labrum 
•cream  colored. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  75 

36.  Diplax  rubicundula  Say. — Orono.    Very  common.    Some- 
times fifty  in  sight  at  one  time  over  small  bogs  and  creeks  in 
meadows.     The  males  were  repeatedly  seen  supporting  the  fe- 
males while  they  were  depositing  eggs:     The  female  clasped  the 
male  about  the  middle  of  the  abdomen  with  her  feet,  the  end  of 
her  abdomen  hanging  over  behind.    The  two  flew  over  the  water, 
occasionally  lowering  quickly  until  the  end  of  the  female  abdomen 
touched  the  water  when  the  eggs  were  probably  deposited.     We 
noticed  this  species  feed  upon  the  young  of  Diplax  vicina  Hag. 
This  is  the  most  common  species  here  from  July  to  October; 
quite  abundant  over  grain  fields  in  dry  places.     One  9  laid  67 
spherical  white  eggs  .02  inches  diam.  after  being  caught;  eggs 
laid  rapidly  and  were  dry. 

37.  Diplax  vicina   Hag. — Orono;    quite  common  about  low 
meadows  and  small  creeks.     September. 

38.  Diplax  semicincta  Say. — Orono;  common  over  meadows 
and  grain  fields  with  D.  rubicundula  July  to  October. 

REMARKS. 

The  specimens  in  the  college  collection  are  all  marked  ' '  Orono, ' ' 
but  are  without  date  of  collection,  habitat,  or  collector.  We 
presume  they  were  collected  by  Prof.  C.  H.  Fernald,  formerly  of 
the  Maine  State  College.  The  authority  for  the  determinations 
is  not  known,  but  the  writer  has  compared  the  specimens  with 
the  descriptions,  and  in  most  instances,  is  satisfied  that  they  are 
correctly  named.  The  specimens  of  sEschna  clepsydra  and  ere- 
mita  in  the  college  collection  have  defective  abdominal  appen- 
dages. As  it  is  upon  the  structure  of  these  that  the  above  species 
are  separated,  the  writer  is  unable  to  tell  whether  the  specimens 
are  correctly  named.  From  the  general  characters  it  is  certain 
that  the  specimens  belong  to  one  or  both  of  the  above  species, 
and,  as  they  are  separated  in  the  collection,  both  may  be  included 
in  the  list  provisionally,  awaiting  the  taking  of  fresh  material. 
We  are  under  great  obligations  to  Miss  Mattie  Wadsworth,  Man- 
chester, Me.,  for  the  loan  of  specimens  for  comparison,  and  to 
Mr.  P.  P.  Calvert,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  for  identifying  some  of  the 
troublesome  species.  The  list  does  not  represent  all  the  Odonata 
found  here,  as  several  species  were  seen  that  were  not  taken,  and 
no  great  pains  have  been  taken  to  collect  exhaustively. 


76  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

Notes  and. 


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Prof.  P.  R.  UHLER  has  lately  been  elected  Provost  of  the  Peabody 
Academy  of  Sciences,  Baltimore. 

STRANGERS  TO  THIS  VICINITY.— On  September  8th,  at  the  electric  light, 
I  captured  a  fine,  fresh  Phlegethontius  cingulata,  and  on  the  morning  of 
October  4th  found  a  beautiful  Philampelus  vitis  on  my  veranda,  appar- 
ently just  emerged. — JAS.  S.' JOHNSON. 

DURING  the  past  month  I  have  been  watching  the  electric  lights  in  the 
streets  closely  for  Euglypkia  haroglyphisa,  and  I  discovered  that  our 
chickens  are  quite  abreast  of  the  times  for  smartness.  One  of  our  boys 
lived  near  a  light  on  the  outskirts  of  the  city  that  I  knew  in  former  years 
to  be  a  particularly  good  one,  and  I  carefully  instructed  him  to  be  up  just 
about  daybreak  every  morning  to  get  ahead  of  the  chickens  living  in  the 
neighborhood.  I  may  state  here  that  the  species  does  not  seem  to  fly 
much  before  12  P.M.  He  met  with  very  little  success,  and  I  determined 
to  investigate.  I  went  Saturday  night  and  watched,  and  the  secret  was 
out;  there  was  about  a  dozen  chickens — they  stay  on  the  edge  of  the  side- 
walk all  night — they  seem  to  sleep  a  little  while,  wake  up,  walk  out  to  the 
light,  fill  up  with  the  insects  that  have  fallen,  go  back,  sleep  an  hour  lon- 
ger, then  go  out  and  repeat  it,  keeping  it  up  all  night,  in  fact  never  go  to 
roost  at  all.  How  is  that  for  industry? — J.  T.  MASON. 

I  WAS  interested  in  what  Mr.  E.  P.  Van  Duzee  says  in  the  February 
number  of  the  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  about  "Another  Immigration 
Theory."  I  have  in  my  collection  an  example  of  Efebus  odora  which  was 
caught  by  Wm.  H.  Rice  at  60  Park  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.,  in  1887;  60  Park 
Ave.  is  in  the  centre  of  the  residence  portion  of  the  west  side.  He  noticed 
it  fly  under  his  front  porch,  and,  procuring  a  strawberry-box,  captured  it 
and  brought  it  to  me  alive.  After  submitting  it  to  a  short  stay  in  the  cya- 
nide bottle  I  spread  it  and  found  I  had  a  prize.  It  is  6%  in.  spread,  with 
antennae  \yz  in.  long,  perfect  to  the  very  tip.  The  moth  is  very  perfect, 
much  more  so  than  any  specimen  I  have  seen.  It  was  evidently  lately 
hatched,  and  could  not  have  come  any  great  distance  after  emerging  from 
its  chrysalis. — W.  E.  LONGLEV. 

A  WELL-GROWN  larva  of  Ecpantheria  scribonia  was  mailed  to  me  from 
Charleston,  S.  C.,  Oct.  15,  1890,  arriving  two  days  later.  Fed  for  two 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  77 

weeks  on  cabbage  and  then  refused  food,  retiring  to  the  top  of  the  cage, 
where  it  remained  immovable  till  Jan.  i,  1891,  when  it  spun  a  thin  cocoon. 
Exactly  three  weeks  later,  on  January  2ist,  the  imago  appeared,  a  beau- 
tiful female,  measuring  four  inches.  This  larva  should  have  hibernated, 
but  perhaps  the  heat  of  my  room  hastened  the  transformation.  Those 
who  wish  this  beautiful  insect  should  obtain  the  larva  from  friends  in  the 
South,  where  it  is  not  uncommon,  as  it  is  easy  to  rear,  taking  kindly  to 
cabbage,  which  is  readily  procured  and  kept  fresh.  I,  myself,  would  like 
a  lot  of  the  larva  this  Spring,  and  will  give  good  exchange  or  pay  cash 
for  same. — R.  OTTOLENGUI,  115  Madison  Ave.,  N.  Y. 

THE  recent  notes  in  ENT.  NEWS  concerning  insects  attracted  to  electric 
light  call  to  mind  an  observation  of  my  own  while  in  Washington,  D.  C., 
the  past  Summer.  While  looking  over  the  swarms  of  insects  covering 
the  ground  under  certain  lights,  I  noticed  among  them  a  number  of  Ca- 
rabidse  of  various  species  eagerly  feasting  upon  the  bodies  of  the  fallen 
insects.  Whether  they  were  first  attracted  to  the  light  and  then  turned 
their  attention  to  their  easy  prey,  or  whether  the  abundance  of  food  was 
itself  the  attraction,  it  would  be  interesting  to  determine.  In  either  case 
it  appears  that  these  voracious  creatures  have  readily  adapted  themselves 
to  the  improved  conditions  of  modern  society,  and  are  glad  to  utilize 
electric  lighting  to  their  own  advantage.  Doubtless  the  same  point  has 
often  been  observed  by  other  collectors,  but  I  do  not  recollect  of  its 
mention  in  any  of  the  journals  I  have  read. — HERBERT  OSBORN. 

A  SPIDER  FISHERMAN. — On  the  zoth  of  last  May  Messrs.  Leng,  Beuten- 
mu'ller,  Thompson  and  myself  were  rambling  among  the  innumerable 
little  hills  near  Grasmere  Station,  on  Staten  Island,  and  in  the  late  after- 
noon came  to  a  small,  wood-shaded  pond.  Several  moderately  large 
spiders  were  on  its  surface,  a  few  feet  from  the  shore,  and  it  so  happened 
that  while  I  was  watching  one  of  them,  in  particular,  that  rested  quietly, 
it  suddenly  made  a  rapid  motion  and  seized  a  little  silvery  fish  over  an 
inch  in  length.  It  held  it  firmly  and  remained  as  stationary  as  it  had  been 
before  the  capture.  A  number  of  water-beetles  (Gyrinidae)  now  came 
swimming  about  the  spider,  no  doubt  being  anxious  to  share  in  the  feast, 
but  they  quickly  decamped  upon  the  approach  of  the  water-net  that  cap- 
tured the  Arachnid.  In  the  fifth  volume  of  the  Boston  Journal  of  Natural 
History,  Dolomedes  sexpunctatus  is  described  by  Hentz,  and  the  charac- 
ters given  there  agree  admirably  with  the  specimen  in  question.  The  ac- 
count further  adds  that,  "This  species  dwells  on  ponds,  and  dives  with 
great  agility,  hiding  itself  under  floating  leaves  or  rubbish  when  pursued." 
These  spiders  swim,  or  skate  on  the  surface  of  the  water,  by  using  the 
two  middle  pairs  of  legs  as  oars,  while  the  fore  and  hind  pairs  serve  as 
supports. — WILLIAM  T.  DAVIS. 


78  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

Identification  of  Insects  (Imagos)  for  Subscribers, 


Owing  to  the  space  taken  up  by  this  department  the  names  will  not  be  published  in 
the  future,  but  sent  by  mail  direct  to  those  sending  the  specimens  for  identification. 


WM.  LOWENSTEIN. — i,  Pterostichus  Sayi;  2,  Chariessa  pilosa;  3,  El- 
lychnia  corrusca;  4,  Batyle  suturalis;  5,  Podabrus  brunnicollis;  6,  Po- 
dabrus  tomentosus;  7,  Telephorus  lineola;  8,  Telephorus  pusillus;  9,  Is- 
chyr'us  ^-punctatus;  10,  Stenosphenus  notatus;  n,  Elaphidion  parallelum; 
12,  Dorcashema  alternation. 

W.  M.  HILL. — i,  Aphodius  inquinatus:  2,  Bradycellus  rupestris;  3, 
Agonoderus  pallipes;  4,  Tenebrionellus  tenebrioides;  5,  Chrysomela 
similis;  6,  Stenolophus  conjunctus;  7,  Melanolestes  picipes;  8,  Gastroidea 
polygoni;  9,  Gastroidea  cyanea;  10,  Chi fenius  tricolor;  11,  Brachyacan- 
tha  ursina;  12,  Agonoderus  pallipes. 

D.  B.  YOUNG. — i,  Silvanus  imbelhis;  3,  Corticaria  grossa;  4,  Ceruchus 
piceus;  6,  Ephistemus  apicalis;  7,  Tenebrionellus  tenebrioides. 

F.  H.  HILLMAN. — 13,  Plagiodera  prasinella;  14,  Anthrenus  scrophu- 
Iari<z;  15,  Pristocelis  quadricollis;  16,  Phyllotreta  albionica;  17,  Blap- 
stinus  pulverulentus;  18,  Cicindela  repanda;  19,  Cicindela  oregona;  20, 
Systena  tcsniata;  21,  Agonoderus  lineola;  22,  Co/lops'  bipunctatus;  23, 
Hydrophilus  triangularis;  24,  Rhantusflavogtiseus. 

W.  C.  WOOD.— 13,  Amara  chalcea;  14,  Amara  angustata;  15,  Aniso- 
dactylus  agilis;  16,  Amara  sp. ;  17,  Amara  avida;  18,  Betnbidium  con- 
tractum;  19,  Bembidium  affine;  20,  Philonthus  cyanipennis. 

RALPH  HOPPING. — 13,  Haltica  ignita;  14,  Cercyon  hcemorrhoidale ;  16, 
Podabrus  rugulosus;  17,  Photinus  consanguineus;  18,  Podabrus  brunni- 
collis; 19,  Berosus peregri nus;  21,  Staphylinus  (damaged);  22,  Melanotus 
decumamts;  24,  Platydema  excavatum. 


Entomological   Literatuire. 

TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY,  vol. 
xvii,  1890. — New  species  of  American  Cynipidae,  by  H.  F.  Bassett.  Notes 
on  some  North  American  Odonata,  with  descriptions  of  three  new  species, 
by  P.  P.  Calvert.  Notes  on  the  species  of  Dcndroctonus  of  Boreal  Amer- 
ica, by  Dr.  W.  G.  Dietz.  A  Synopsis  of  the  Odonat  genus  Leucorhinia 
Britt,  by  Dr.  H.  A.  Hagen.  The  species  of  Heterocerus  of  Boreal  Amer- 
ica; Notes  on  the  species  of  Ochthebius  of  Boreal  America;  Notes  on  some 
Hydrobiini  of  Boreal  America;  A  Revision  of  the  Sphaeridiini  inhabiting 
Boreal  America;  Some  notes  on  Arczoschizus;  all  by  G.  H.  Horn,  M.D. 
The  Phycitidae  of  North  America,  by  Geo.  D.  Hulst.  New  North  Amer- 
ican Bees  of  the  genera  Halictus  and  Prosopis,  by  Charles  Robertson. 
Descriptions  of  some  new  species  of  Agrotis  Auct. ;  A  contribution  toward 
a  knowledge  of  the  Mouth-parts  of  the  Diptera,  by  John  B.  Smith. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  79 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  March,  1891. — Note  on  Agrotis  subgothica,  by  ]. 
Jenner  Weir.  Life-history  of  Pachnobia  leucographa,  by  J.  Arkle.  Con- 
tributions to  the  Chemistry  of  Insect  Colors,  by  F.  H.  Perry  Coste.  On 
the  occasional  abundance  of  certain  species  of  Lepidoptera,  by  Robert 
Adkin.  Lepidoptera  found  in  Britain  and  America  (List  of),  by  Richard 
South.  A  Preliminary  List  of  the  Insect  Fauna  of  Middlesex,  by  T.  D. 
A.  Cockerell.  Entomological  notes,  captures,  etc.  Doings  of  Societies 
and  Reviews. 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMERICANA  Part  90,  December,  1890. — Arachnida- 
Araneidae,  by  O.  P.  Cambridge  (pp.  65-72).  Coleoptera:  vol.  iv,  pt.  2, 
by  G.  C.  Chapman  (pp.  249-266);  vol.  iv,  pt.  2,  by  G.  C.  Champion  (pp. 
57-80,  pi.  3;  vol.  vi,  pt.  i,  suppl.  by  M.  Jacoby  (pp.  225-232,  pi.  40.  Hy- 
menoptera:  vol.  ii,  by  P.  Cameron  (pp.  121-128).  Lepidoptera-Rhopalo- 
cera:  vol.  ii,  by  F.  D.  Godman  and  O.  Salvin.  Lepidoptera-Heterocera, 
by  H.  Druce  (pp.  425-440,  pi.  34)- 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  No.  i,  January,  1891. — A  new 
West  African  Fulgorid,*  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch,  fig.  A  new  Stratiomyid,*  by 
C.  Verhoeff.  The  genera  Lasiopsis,  Asceptonycha  and  Lachnota  in  the 
light  of  the  dogma  of  priority,  by  L.  Brenske.  On  the  difference  of  colors 
in  pupae  of  P.  JMachaon,  by  E.  Reuter.  Ichneumonid  studies,*  by  Dr. 
Kriechbaumer.  New  Sphingidae  from  Africa,*  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  Rhad- 
inopasa  n.  gen.  (a  plate  to  follow).  No.  2,  January,  1891. — A  contribution 
to  the  Coleopterous  Fauna  of  the  island  of  Norclerney*  and  Capsus  capil- 
laris  F.,  an  enemy  to  Aphidae,  by  C.  Verhoeff.  On  the  Odonat  genus 
Idionyx  Selys,*  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch. 

ENTOMOLOGISK  TIDSKRIFT,  Arg.  n,  Nos.  i,  2.  [In  Swedish]  Stock- 
holm, 1890.  Scandinavian  Trichoptera  aequipalpina,  by  H.  D.  J.  Wallen- 
gren.  On  Cicadariae,  morphological  and  systematic,  by  Dr.  H.  J.  Han- 
sen,  two  plates.  Contributions  to  the  knowledge  of  the  geographical 
extension  of  the  Swedish  Macrolepidoptera,  by  J.  Andersson.  On  Scan- 
dinavian species  of  Trichocera,  by  S.  Lampa,  etc. — No.  3,  Entomological 
communications  from  Societas  Pro  Fauna  et  Flora  Fennica,  1884-1889, 
by  E.  Reutter.  The  Lepidopterous  Fauna  of  St.  Hans  Haugen,  by  J.  S. 
Schneider — No.  4,  Scandinavian  Microlepidoptera  (continued),  by  H,  D. 
J.  Wallengren.  Contributions  to  the  Norwegian  Lepidopterous  Fauna, 
by  W.  M.  Schoyen.  A  new  Dipter,*  by  O.  Bidenkap.  Abberrations  in 
Lepidoptera,  by  E.  Reuter.  New  Beetles  from  Africa,*  by  C.  Aurivillius, 
etc.— No.  5,  Bibliography  of  Scandinavian  Insects,  by  J.  Spangberg. 

COMPTE-RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  Jan.  10,  '91. 
Description  of  Coleopiera  from  the  interior  of  China,*  by  L.  Fairmaire; 
Toxocerus,  Arrephora,  Hexatccnius,  Colpotinus,  Hexarhopalus,  n.  gen. 
Phytophaga  from  Chota  Nagpore,*  by  A.  Duvivier;  Pseudadimonia  n. 
gen.  Causeries  Odonatologiques,  No.  3.,  Nesobasis  new  subgenus  of 
Agrionina  by  E.  de  Selys-Longchamps. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


80  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [April, 

BIOLOGISCHES  CENTRALBLATT  (Erlangen),  xi,  No.  i,  Feb.  i,  1891.— 
Parthenogenesis  in  Ants  by  artificial  temperature.  The  meaning  of  the 
antennae  in  Myrmedonia.  On  the  question  of  the  hearing  power  of  Ants; 
all  by  E.  Wasman. 

COMPTE-RENDU.  L'ACADEMIE  DES  SCIENCES  (Paris),  Feb.  2,  1891.— 
Locusts  (Acridium  peregrinum  Oliv. )  in  the  extreme  south  of  Algeria 
and  the  locust-eating  population,  by  J.  Kunckel  d'Herculais;  refers  to  the 
devastations  beginning  in  December,  1890. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION  OF  THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES.— 
A  meeting  was  held  Feb.  26,  1891,  Dr.  Horn,  director,  presiding.  Meeting 
called  to  order  at  8.15  P.M.  Members  present:  Martindale,  Ridings  and 
Skinner.  Associates:  Liebeck,  Fox,  Calvert.  Dr.  Horn  exhibited  draw- 
ings to  illustrate  Cryptohypnus,  and  also  some  new  species  intended  for 
the  Transactions.  The  head  in  Epicanta  was  shown,  and  also  a  drawing 
of  an  Elaterid  supposed  to  be  a  Cryptohypnus.  The  species  was  sent  to 
Dr.  Cand£ze,  inquiring  as  to  what  he  thought  its  proper  position.  He  was 
disposed  to  put  it  near  Colymbetes.  Dr.  Horn  considered  it  near  Crypto- 
hypnus. The  characters  of  the  species  were  discussed  and  their  relations 
to  allied  genera  dwelt  on.  An  Eleodes  was  shown  with  curious  modifi- 
cations of  the  hind  tibiae.  Mr.  Philip  Nell  was  proposed  as  an  associate 
of  the  Section.  HENRY  SKINNER. 

Recorder. 


OBITUARY. 

EDWARD  ANDRE,  F.  E.  S. — The  French  publications  announce  the 
death  of  this  well-known  Hymenopterist.  His  principal  work  was  "Spe- 
cies des  Hymenopteres  d' Europe  et  d' Algeria,"  commenced  in  1879  ar>d 
continued  until  his  death. 

The  death  has  been  announced  of  Prof.  PHI  LIFE  POEY,  the  eminent 
Cuban  naturalist  and  director  of  the  Zoological  Museum  in  Havana.  He 
has  done  much  good  work  in  entomology. 

Dr.  S.  S.  RATHVON,  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  on  March  igth,  aged  79  years.  He 
was  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  and 
American  Entomological  Society;  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Linnaean 
Society  of  Lancaster. 


Errata  to  Vol.  II,  No.  3. 

Page  42,  line  14  from  top,  for  incurvation  of  inner  eye,  read  inner  eye 
margin. 

Page  49,  line  5  from  bottom,  for  acpitis,  read  capitis. 

Page  53,  for  urtiose,  read  urticae. 

Page  54,  line  18  from  top,  for  cervical,  read  conical. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  March  was  mailed  February  28,  1891. 


Ent.  News,  Vol.  II. 


PI.  V. 


KALLIMA  PARALEKTA  (DEAD-LEAF  BUTTERFLY.) 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OE  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  OP'  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  ii.  MAY,   1891.  No.  5. 


CONTENTS: 


Skinner — Description  of  Plate  V Si    !    Skinner — Elementary  Entomology 89 

Ashton— Trap  for  capturing  Coleoptera  82        Notes  and  News 91 

Banks — Notes  on  Spiders 84        Entomological  Literature 95 

Braun — Lepisesia  flavofasciata 87        Doings  of  Societies 99 


Description  of  Plate  V. 

Plate  V  represents  the  so  called  protective  mimicry  of  insects. 
The  last  few  years  much  ink  has  been  spilled  in  the  discussion  of 
this  subject;  some  writers  agreeing  that  it  is  undoubtedly  protec- 
tive mimicry  and  others  only  accidental  resemblance.  Drum- 
mond,  ,in  his  work  on  "Tropical  Africa,"  speaks  as  follows: 
"  Carlyle,  in  his  blackest  visions  of  'shams  and  humbugs'  among 
human  kind,  never  saw  anything  so  finished  in  hypocrisy  as  the 
naturalist  now  finds  in  every  tropical  forest.  There  are  to  be  seen 
creatures — not  singly,  but  in  tens  of  thousands — whose  very  ap- 
pearance, down  to  the  minutest  spot  and  wrinkle,  is  an  affront  to 
truth ;  whose  every  attitude  is  a  pose  for  a  purpose,  and  whose 
whole  life  is  a  sustained  lie.  Before  these  masterpieces  of  decep- 
tion the  most  ingenious  human  impositions  are  vulgar  and  trans- 
parent. Fraud  is  not  only  the  great  rule  of  life  in  a  tropical 
forest,  but  the  one  condition  of  it." 

We  are  indebted  for  the  plate  to  the  kindness  of  M.  J.  F. 
Sachse,  editor  of  the  "  American  Journal  of  Photography,"  who 
made  the  original  photograph. 


82  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

This  species  is  mentioned  by  Wallace  in  his  work  on  the  Malay 
Archipelago  in  the  following  language:  "  Its  upper  surface  is  of 
a  rich  purple,  variously  tinged  with  ash  color,  and  across  the 
fore  wings  there  is  a  broad  bar  of  deep  orange,  so  that  when  on 
the  wing  it  is  very  conspicuous.  This  species  was  not  uncom- 
mon in  dry  woods  and  thickets,  and  I  often  endeavored  to  cap- 
ture it  without  success,  for,  after  flying  a  short  distance,  it  would 
enter  a  bush  among  dry  or  dead  leaves  and  however  carefully  I 
crept  up  to  the  spot  I  could  never  discover  it  till  it  would  sud- 
denly start  out  again  and  then  disappear  in  a  similar  place.  At 
length  I  was  fortunate  enough  to  see  the  exact  spot  where  the 
butterfly  settled,  and  though  I  lost  sight  of  it  for  some  time,  I  at 
length  discovered  that  it  was  close  before  my  eyes,  but  that  in  its 
position  of  repose  it  so  closely  resembled  a  dead  leaf  attached  to 
a  twig  as  almost  certainly  to  deceive  the  eye,  even  when  gazing 
full  upon  it."  I  have  noticed  the  following  interesting  quotation: 
"  J.  A.  de  Mandelsloe,  who  made  a  voyage  to  the  East  Indies  in 
1639,  tells  us  that  not  far  from  the  Fort  of  Ternate  grows  a  cer- 
tain shrub  called  by  the  Indians  Catopa,  from  which  falls  a  leaf, 
which,  by  degrees,  is  supposed  to  be  metamorphosed  into  a  but- 
terfly." This  was  one  hundred  and  ninety  years  before  the 
butterfly  was  described  by  Horsfield. — ED. 


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A  TRAP  FOR  CAPTURING  COLEOPTERA. 

By  T.  B.  ASHTON,  Tonganoxie,  Kansas. 

A  good  method  of  capturing  many  valuable  species  of  insects, 
for  the  purpose  of  enriching  the  cabinet  of  entomologists,  is  to 
make  from  builders'  past-board  a  funnel  two  feet  in  diameter  and 
three  feet  high,  with  the  apex  one  and  a  half  inches  in  diameter. 
Eighteen  inches  from  the  top  of  the  funnel  and  one-third  of  its 
circumference  in  front  should  be  cut  out,  leaving  an  opening.  A 
wire  should  be  fastened  around  all  the  rim  to  keep  the  funnel  in 
proper  shape.  Two  loops  should  be  made  in  the  wire  six  inches 
each  side  of  the  centre  of  the  top  oi  the  funnel  to  fasten  it  in 
position  when  in  use.  The  seam  in  front  of  the  funnel  can  be 
lapped  and  held  together  with  glue.  A  coat  of  glue,  or  varnish, 
should  be  spread  over  the  inside  of  the  funnel  so  as  to  render  it 
more  slippery  to  the  feet  of  insects.  The  funnel  may  be  of  any 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


diameter  and  made  of  tin,   or  any  other  suitable  material,  but 
paste-board  answers  the  purpose,  and  is  not  expensive. 

Procure  a  two-quart  glass  fruit-jar  with  an  air-tight  top  and 
fasten  in  it  at  the  bottom  two  ounces  of  Potassium  cyanide, 
and  place  plenty  of  paper  packing  over  it.  Add  a  few  drops  of 

water  to  the  packing  to 
moisten  the  cyanide  and 
then  close  the  jar  till 
wanted  for  use.  With 
proper  care  the  cyanide 
will  retain  its  strength, 
and  can  be  used  during 
the  collecting  season. 

The  next  part  of  the 
trap  is  a  lamp  that  gives 
a  bright  light.  A  wire 
ring  should  clasp  the  lamp 
below  the  oil  bowl.  This 
ring  should  have  three 
small  wires  fastened  to  it, 
equal  distances  apart,  and 
extending  upwards  two 
feet  and  twisted  together 
down  to  near  the  chimney 
and  have  a  loop  on  the 
upper  end  to  hang  the 
lamp  by  when  in  use. 

On  a  dark,  still  evening 
in  the  spring-time,  when 
insects  are  on  the  wing, 
fasten  the  funnel  to  the 
side  of  a  building,  or  some 
other  suitable  object,  with 
its  small  end  resting 
snugly  in  the  mouth  of 

the  cyanide  jar,  and  then  suspend  the  lighted  lamp  in  the  funnel 
to  shine  forth  from  the  front  opening  and  let  it  remain  there  for 
a  few  hours,  then  close  the  jar  till  morning,  and  by  the  light  of 
day  open  and  spread  its  motionless  and  silent  contents  on  some 
white  paper,  then  the  entomologist  will  enjoy  a  treat  such  as  is 


84  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

seldom  seen, — his  eyes  beholding  beauties  in  many  forms  and 
so  gaily  colored,  and  then  in  such  numbers,  that  his  mind  will  be 
filled  with  wonder  and  delight.  There  will  be  many  Lepidoptera 
and  a  few  Neuroptera  that  will  have  all  their  beauty  spoiled  by 
friction  with  each  other  as  they  mix  together  in  the  fumes  of  the 
cyanide.  A  few  Hymenoptera,  Hemiptera  and  Orthoptera  will 
be  found  in  fair  condition  to  claim  attention.  There  will  be  Co- 
leoptera  represented  by  species  in  many  families;  some  are  large, 
others  small,  and  many  that  are  very  minute,  but  all,  with  a  little 
brushing,  fit  for  a  place  and  a  name  in  a  naturalist's  cabinet. 

For  capturing  Coleoptera  that  are  attracted  by  light,  I  consider 
this  the  best  trap  that  I  have  ever  seen,  and,  while  I  claim  to  be 
the  inventor  of  it,  I  do  not  intend  to  get  it  patented,  and  I  invite 
all  coleopterists  to  make  use  of  it  and  do  me  the  kindness  to 
report  their  success  or  failure  to  the  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


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Notes  on  some  Spiders  described  by  Hentz. 

By  NATHAN  BANKS,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Since  Hentz  published  his  papers  on  the  spiders  of  the  United 
States  quite  a  number  of  his  species  have  remained  in  obscurity. 
During  the  past  season  I  have  found  a  few  not  hitherto  recorded, 
and  decided  that  certain  known  species  were  synonymous  with 
some  of  those  described  by  Hentz.  The  following  notes  are  on 
.  the  above  two  classes  of  facts. 

MlCROGNATHID/£. 

Thalamia  parietalis  Hentz. 

Two  specimens  of  this  peculiar  and  interesting  spider  were 
found  in  the  corners  of  a  room  in  Texas.  The  genus  is  close  to 
CEcobias,  but  I  can  find  only  two  tarsal  claws.  It  may  be  related 
to  Omanus. 

DRASSID./E. 
Trachelas  tranquilla  Hentz. 

Clubiona  tranquilla  Hentz  ;   Trachelas  ruber  Keys. 

This  spider  is  common  through  all  the  United  States  east  of 
the  Mississippi  River,  and  I  have  specimens  from  Texas  and 
Missouri  [S.  Van  Ingen].  I  think  that  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  this  spider,  several  times  described  under  the  name  of  T. 
ruber  Keys,  is  the  Clubiona  tranquilla  Hentz. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  85 

AGALENID^E. 
Dictyna  sublata  Hentz. 

Theridion  sublatuin  Hentz  ;  Dictyna  inuraria  Em. 

I  see  no  reason  why  this  synonymy  is  not  perfectly  clear.  The 
species  is  found  in  Mississippi,  and  specimens  vary  to  resemble 
Hentz' s  figure.  D.  arundinaceoid.es  Keys,  is  perhaps  the  same 
species.  As  to  Hentz' s  other  Dictyna  I  am  not  sure  what  they 
are;  T.  foliacewn  is  perhaps  D.frondeum  Em. 

THERIDID^:. 
Linyphia  conferta  Hentz. 
Ithaca  and  Lone  Island. 


s 


Bathyphantes  anglicanum  Hentz. 
Theridion  anglicanum  Hentz. 

T\vo  females  and  two  males  of  this  species  were  taken  in  Texas. 
The  male  is  red  like  the  female. 

EPEIRID^E. 
Epeira  directa  Hentz. 

Brazos  County,  Texas.  They  vary  somewhat  in  markings,  a 
central  light  stripe  is  frequently  present  on  the  abdomen  and  often 
each  side  of  this  a  row  of  six  black  dots.  On  the  venter  there 
are  two  dark  stripes  which  unite  at  the  spinnerets  and  at  the  lung 
slits.  It  shows  some  approach  to  Tetragnatha. 

Epeira  sanguinalis  Hentz. 

This  very  delicate  spider  was  found  in  the  nest  of  a  mud-wasp 
in  Texas  in  September.  The  front  legs  are  very  spiny.  The 
venter  is  white,  except  the  black  epigynum. 

Epeira  scutulata  Hentz. 
E.  punctillata  Keys. 

One  specimen  (  S  )  of  this  species  has  been  recorded  from 
Illinois  by  Keyserling  under  the  name  of  Epeira  punctillata.  I 
have  found  an  adult  9  in  July  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y.  It  was  at 
the  center  of  a  vertical  orb  web  in  an  evergreen  tree,  Young 
specimens  were  found  in  evergreen  trees  in  December. 

THOMISID.E. 
Runcinia  aleatorius  Hentz. 

Thomisus  aleatorius  Hentz  ;  Runcinia  brendelli  Keys. 

Hentz  described  the  &   of  this  species,  and  it  seems  that  some 


86  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [May, 

arachnologists  knew  of  the  identity  of  the  two  species,  yet  the 
synonymy  has  not  previously  been  given.  Mississippi,  Texas, 
Iowa. 

LYCOSID/E. 
Lycosa  erratica  Hentz. 

Tarentula  lepida  Keys. 

This  species  is  quite  easily  recognized  by  the  form  of  the  cen- 
tral dark  stripe  on  the  abdomen. 

Aulonia  ?  funerea  Hentz. 

Lycosa  funerea  Hentz. 

Washington,  D.  C.  Not  uncommon.  The  abdominal  mark- 
ings do  not  quite  agree  with  Hentz' s  figure,  yet  the  specimens 
vary  somewhat.  Its  position  in  Aulonia  is  very  doubtful.  It 
may  form  a  new  genus.  The  cephalothorax  is  full  as  high  be- 
tween the  second  and  third  pairs  of  legs  as  in  the  eye  region. 

Dolomedes  urinator  Hentz. 

D.  lanceolatus  Hentz  is  the  $  of  this  species. 

Dolomedes  scriptus  Hentz. 
D.  scapularis  Koch.  ? 

What  has  been  taken  as  D.  tenebrosus  Hentz  is  this  species. 
What  I  feel  sure  is  D.  scriptus  H.  has  the  epigynum  as  figured 
by  Emerton  for  D.  tenebrosus  and  very  similar  to  that  of  D. 
scapularis  as  figured  by  Keyserling.  D.  tenebrosus  H.  has  a 
much  broader  epigynum  and  a  broad  septum,  which  does  not, 
however,  cover  the  cavity.  It  is  also  quite  different  in  markings. 

Oxyopes  salticus  Hentz. 

O.  astutus  Hentz  is  the  £   of  this  species. 

ATTID.E. 
Dendryphantes  retarius  Hentz. 

Attus  retarius  Hentz  9  ;  Plexippus  puerperus  Peck,  not  Hentz. 
From  D.  C.  southward  to  Texas.      Peckham  has  wrongly  de- 
termined this  species.    I  see  no  reason  why  it  is  not  a  good  Den- 
dryphantes.    Attus  sylvanus    Hentz  is  probably  the  £  ,  as  Peck- 
ham  states,  yet  it  may  be  another  species. 

Dendryphantes  nubilus  Hentz. 

Attus  nubilus  Hentz. 

This  is  perfectly  distinct  from  D.  capitatus.  It  is  very  variable 
in  markings,  some  almost  white;  a  small  darker  specimen  may  be 
distinct.  Mississippi  and  Texas. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  87 

Dendryphantes  octavus  Hentz. 
Atlus  octavus  Hentz. 

Dendryphantes  capitatus  (Hentz)  Peck,  not  Hentz. 

Attus  parvus  (Hentz)  Peck,  not  Hentz;  Attus  crstivalis  Peck. 
The  common  spider  described  and  figured  by  Hentz  as  Attns 
octavus  is  certainly  not  an  Eris,  and  I  have  no  doubt  but  that  it 
is  what  has  been  described  by  Peckham  as  Attus  capitatus,  of 
which  he  makes  Attus  parvus  the  female.  The  latter  is  either  an 
Eris  or  Zygoballus,  probably  the  latter,  and  may  even  be  Z. 
bettinii  Peck.  I  see  no  reason  for  considering  Attus  capitatus 
Hentz  as  the  male  of  what  Peckham  describes  as  such,  the  mark- 
ings of  the  cephalothorax  are  certainly  different,  and  the  differ- 
ence in  size  is  enormous.  Moreover,  Hentz  did  not  give  Attus 
parvus  as  common,  while  he  does  state  so  of  Attiis  octavns. 
Nearly  all  the  specimens  of  this  species  which  I  have  seen  from 
the  South  appear  as  Hentz  figures  Attus  octavus. 


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NOTES  ON  THE  EARLIER  STAGES  OF  LEPISESIA 

FLAVOFASCIATA   Barnst. 
By  CARL  BRAUN,  Bangor,  Me. 

On  Memorial  Day  1888,  at  4  P.M.,  when  returning  from  a  bog 
five  miles  distant  from  this  city,  where  I  had  spent  the  day  col- 
lecting Chionobas  jiitta  and  other  rare  lepidoptera,  by  the  edge 
of  a  clump  of  woods  near  home,  my  attention  was  called  to  a 
bumble-bee-like  creature  which  was  fluttering  among  the  violets 
just  in  blossom  in  order  to  obtain  some  honey  as  I  thought.  Its 
flight  seemed  to  me  peculiar,  and  by  observing  it  closer  I  saw  at 
once  that  it  was  not  a  large  bee,  but  a  small  Macroglossa.  Hav- 
ing my  net  at  hand  I  caught  it  at  once,  and  found,  after  bottling 
it,  that  it  was  a  L.  flavofasciata,  which  species  I  had  often  before 
admired  in  the  collection  of  Prof.  C.  H.  Fernald,  then  at  the 
State  College  in  Orono,  Me.  After  the  Insect  had  become 
quieted  I  took  it  from  the  bottle  immediately  and  examining  it 
closer  found  that  it  was  a  9  •  I'1  the  hope  of  obtaining  ova  from 
this  exceedingly  rare  and  desirable  species,  I  quickly  put  it  into 
a  small  paper-box  with  perforated  bottom  and  glass  top.  These 
boxes  I  always  carry  with  me  on  my  collecting  trips  to  keep  fe- 
males from  which  I  desire  to  obtain  ova.  I  carried  the  box  care- 


88  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

fully  in  my  hand,  and  after  a  few  minutes,  to  my  great  delight, 
it  came  to  life  again.  When  arriving  at  my  home  I  put  it  into  a 
larger  paper  box  with  gauze  top  fitted  up  for  the  purpose  for 
females  to  lay  their  ova  in.  I  at  once  procured  a  few  fresh  leaves 
of  wild  honeysuckle  which,  I  believed  at  the  time,  to  be  the 
food-plant  of  this  species,  and  coated  several  of  them  thinly  with 
maple  honey.  I  have  always  obtained  from  females  of  Sphingidae 
in  this  manner  more  ova  than  \vithout  the  food-plant.  I  change 
the  leaves  twice  a  'day  and  keep  the  boxes  in  my  breeding-house 
in  a  cool  place.  I  have  often  watched  Sphinx  kalmicz  and  drn- 
piferarum  when  in  a  starving  condition  putting  the  proboscis  out 
and  sucking  the  honey  from  these  coated  leaves.  This  of  course 
sustains  life  and  helps  them  to  lay  all  the  eggs.  On  the  other 
hand  if  not  fed,  fresh  females  of  the  flower- visiting  Sphinges  will 
in  most  every  case,  die  of  starvation  before  they  have  laid  half 
their  eggs.  By  examining  the  ovaryafter  death  I  have  generally 
found  this  to  be  the  case.  This  by  way  of  explanation.  But  to 
return  to  my  9  Lep.  flavofasciata,  I  watched  it  closely  for  two 
days,  examining  the  box  most  every  hour,  without  finding  any 
ova.  I  had  almost  given  up  hope  of  obtaining  any;  yet,  to 
my  great  delight  on  Saturday  morning,  June  2d,  I  found  four 
small  grass-green  globular  eggs,  two  of  which  were  attached  to 
the  bottom  of  the  box  and  two  glued  to  the  stem  of  a  leaf.  I 
changed  the  leaves,  putting  the  eggs  carefully  back  into  the  box. 
That  afternoon  I  found  ten  more  eggs  and  next  day  twenty-two 
more.  June  4th  I  counted  fifty-seven  ova.  On  the  morning  of 
June  5th  I  found  the  $  dead  and  no  more  eggs.  I  believed  she 
had  laid  them  all,  and  of  course  must  have  deposited  ova  before 
I  had  captured  her;  this  latter  proved  to  be  a  fact.  The  young 
larvae  hatched  after  five  to  six  days:  they  would  not  eat  the  honey- 
suckle and  I  greatly  feared  losing  them.  In  my  anxiety  I 
went  to  the  place  where  I  had  taken  the  9  and  found  among 
other  plants  a  species  of  Epilobium,  and  by  cleansing  the  leaves 
I  found  to  my  great  astonishment  attached  to  the  underside  of 
one  leaf  two  eggs  of  this  same  species.  The  female  was  evidently 
depositing  eggs  at  the  time  I  caught  her;  I  had  found  the  food- 
plant  without  doubt,  as  the  starving  larvae  readily  took  to  it  and 
seemingly  devoured  with  great  appetite  their  well-known  food. 
I  am  also  quite  sure  I  would  have  lost  the  young  larvae  but  for 
the  honey  on  the  leaves  of  the  honeysuckle,  which  kept  them 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  89 

alive.  Here  and  there  they  had  nipped  a  leaf  on  the  edges  and 
the  light  honey  coating  had  disappeared.  Of  all  the  fifty-seven 
larvae  I  only  succeeded  in  bringing  out  nine  to  the  pupal  state, 
and  the  next  season  only  five,  three  females  and  two  males  to  the 
imago  state,  large  full  grown  images,  of  which  two  pairs  are  in 
my  collection.  The  imago  of  this  insect  has  been  described  by 
Barnst,  but  the  earlier  stages  according  to  Prof.  Smith's  book  on 
the  Sphingidae  are  still  unknown, 

I  have  not  much  time  for  this  work,  and  I  had  almost  my  mind 
made  up  to  turn  over  my  numerous  notes  on  original  work  to 
somebody  better  fitted  to  the  task,  yet  I  will  try  to  do  the  best  I 
can  if  the  editor  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  will  allow  me  the 
space.  The  eggs,  the  four  larval  stages  and  the  pupae  I  will  de- 
scribe next  month.  I  have  given  this  introduction,  as,  I  believe, 
it  will  be  of  interest  to  many  of  the  readers.  Next  I  shall  attempt 
to  describe  the  earlier  stages  of  Platarctia  parthenos  and  Sincr- 
inthus  cerisyi,  of  which  species  I  raise  some  every  year.  I  have 
the  eggs,  the  larvae  in  all  the  stages  in  alcohol,  and  inflated,  of 
these  species. 

o 

ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 


LEPIDOPTERA. 

Butterflies  and  moths,  or  LEPIDOPTERA  (from  the  Greek,  lepis 
a  scale,  and  pteron  wing),  comprises  those  insects  characterized 
by  cylindrical,  compact  bodies,  small  head,  mouth  parts  (in  most 
species)  developed  for  sucking,  maxillae  prolonged  into  a  tongue, 
mandibles  obsolete,  wings  covered  with  minute  scales,  transfor- 
mations complete.  The  word  butterfly  comes  from  the  Anglo- 
saxon  buttor-fleoge,  or  the  resemblance  of  some  common  species 
(Colias)  to  butter  in  color.  In  German  they  are  called  schmet- 
terlinge,  from  schmetten,  cream.  Molken-dieb  (the  whey-thief) 
is  another  name.  The  association  with  milk  in  its  three  forms- 
butter,  cream  and  whey,  is  remarkable. 

The  order  LEPIDOPTERA  is  separated  into  two  grand  divisions: 
RHOPALOCERA  (from  two  Greek  words,  meaning  knob  and  horn), 
butterflies  or  diurnals,  and  HETEROCERA  (variable  and  horn', 
moths  or  nocturnals.  The  butterflies  are  thus  separated  from  the 
moths  bv  the  structure  of  the  antenme  or  feelers.  In  the  former 


90  ENTOMOOLGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

being  thread-like,  with  a  little  swelling  or  knob  on  the  end,  and 
in  the  moths  a  great  variety  of  shapes  other  than  this.  In  the 
Heterocera,  or  moths,  they  are  filiform  (thread-like),  setiform 
(like  a  bristle),  fusiform  (tapering  at  each  end),  serrate  (saw-like), 
pectinate  (comb-like),  filiciform  (fern-like)  and  plumose  (feather- 
like).  There  was  formerly  used  another  division  of  the  moths 
called  Crepuscular  (from  creper  dark,  dusky),  or  those  that  fly 
at  dusk  and  in  the  early  morning.  The  butterflies  are  further 
distinguished  from  the  moths  by  their  relatively  smaller  bodies  in 
comparison  to  expanse  of  wings,  less  hairy  character  of  thorax 
and  abdomen,  and  when  in  repose  they  carry  the  wings  erect  ;  the 
chrysalids  are  naked  and  not  buried  in  the  earth,  and  the  spiral 
tongue  or  haustellum,  is  long  and  well  developed.  Rhopalocera 
(butterflies,  diurnals)  are  found  all  over  the  world  from  the  frozen 
shores  of  the  Arctic  Ocean  to  the  hot  plains  of  Equatoria.  They 
are  always  more  abundant  in  the  vicinity  of  water,  and  are  always 
a  welcome  sight  to  the  thirsty  traveller. 

Linnaeus  included  all  butterflies  in  the  genus  Papilio.  He  was 
acquainted  with  about  760  species  of  moths  and  butterflies;  they 
are  now  divided  into  well-defined  families  and  numerous  genera 
and  species. 

The  food  of  butterflies  consists  principally  of  the  sweet  liquids 
drawn  from  flowers,  which  they  reach  by  means  of  their  long 
tongues. 

The  name  butterfly  suggests  balmy  Summer  days,  bright  sun- 
shine and  green  foliage.  "  On  the  side  of  a  mountain  as  the  sun 
was  setting,  throwing  different  portions  into  the  shadow  from  the 
base  to  the  top,  the  writer  has  seen  the  butterflies  fly  from  cluster 
to  cluster  of  flowers  up  the  acclivity,  going  just  fast  enough  to 
keep  in  the  sunshine."*  While  this  is  true  of  butterflies  as  a 
whole,  there  are  numerous  exceptions.  Some  of  the  Satyridae 
only  fly  in  the  densest  woods,  and  others  only  at  dawn  and  dusk 
of  evening.  "In  Continental  India,  at  Sangor,  Capt.  de  la 
Chaumette  describes  Melanitis  leda  and  an  allied  species  as  flying 
at  sunset  under  the  Neem  trees,  resting  for  a  long  time  motionless 
on  the  ground  and  will  not  move  until  you  almost  tread  upon 
them." 

The  species  belonging  to  the  MORPHINA  have  similar  habits. 
Some  of  the  Indian  species  remain  motionless  in  repose  all  day, 

*  Prof.  G.  H.  French,  in  "  Butterflies  of  Eastern  United  States." 


[1891.  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  9 1 

but  when  the  sun  is  about  to  set  they  are  to  be  seen  everywhere, 
and  are  sometimes  mistaken  for  bats.  Every  species  has  its  own 
peculiar  habits  as  to  flight,  time  of  appearance,  method  of  egg 
deposition,  etc.  Some  kinds  wander  from  place  to  place  and 
flower  to  flower,  and  others  live  their  whole  life  in  a  very  limited 
area.  Butterflies  often  migrate  in  such  numbers  as  to  even  ob- 
scure the  sun.  These  congregations  are  usually  made  up  of  a 
single  species.  "A  migration  of  butterflies  was  observed  in 
Switzerland  on  the  loth  of  June,  1828:  Madame  de  Meuron  Wolff 
and  her  family  established  during  the  Summer  in  the  district  of 
Grandson,  Canton  de  Vaud,  perceived  with  surprise  an  immense 
flight  of  butterflies  traversing  the  garden  with  great  rapidity. 
They  were  all  the  species  called  Belle  Dame  by  the  French,  and 
by  the  English,  Painted  Lady  (  Vanessa  cardui}.  They  were  all 
flying  close  together  in  the  same  direction,  from  South  to  North, 
and  were  so  little  afraid  when  one  approached  that  they  turned 
not  to  the  right  or  left.  The  flight  continued  for  two  hours  without 
interruption,  and  the  column  was  about  ten  or  fifteen  feet  broad." 
Mr.  Charles  J.  Anderson  encountered  in  Southwestern  Africa, 
for  two  consecutive  days,  such  immense  myriads  of  lemon-colored 
butterflies,  that  the  sound  caused  by  their  wings  was  such  as  to 
resemble  "the  distant  murmuring  of  waves  on  the  sea-shore." 
They  always  passed  in  the  same  direction  as  the  wind  blew,  and, 
as  numbers  were  constantly  alighting  on  the  flowers,  their  ap- 
pearance at  such  times  was  not  unlike  "the  falling  of  leaves 
before  a  gentle  autumnal  breeze."  Moufet  says:  "  Wert  thou 
as  strong  as  Milo  or  Hercules,  and  wert  fenced  or  guarded  about 
with  an  host  of  giants  for  force  and  valor,  remember  that  such 
an  army  was  put  to  the  worst  by  an  army  of  butterflies  flying  in 
troops  in  the  air  in  the  year  1104,  and  they  hid  the  light  of  the 
sun  like  a  cloud." — ED. 

(To  be  continued.) 

Notes  and.  Nev^s. 

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IT  SEEMS  foolish  for  a  man  to  enter  into  an  argument  with  a  wasp, 
wasp  always  carries  his  point. — Yonkers  Statesman. 


92  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

WE  have  received  a  photograph  of  the  rare  moth  Erebus  zenobia  caught 
in  a  woods  near  Tiffin,  Ohio,  October  20,  1890,  at  10  P.M.  It  was  taken 
at  sugar  by  Mr.  Lewis  Ullrich.  Mr.  Ullrich  says  in  regard  to  his  capture  : 
"I  collected  in  this  woods  about  three  nights  every  week  after  July  10, 
1890,  in  the  same  place  where  this  was  caught,  but  did  not  see  this  spe- 
cies until  the  night  mentioned  above." — ED. 

I  HAVE  received  through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  |.  T.  Mason,  of  Houston, 
Tex.,  a  moth  probably  not  before  recorded  as  belonging  to  our  fauna. 
We  are  indebted  to  the  industry  of  Mr.  Mason  for  being  able  to  add  such 
a  fine  species  to  our  lists.  The  only  reference  I  can  find  to  the  species  is 
in  Vol.  I.  of  Hiibner's  "  Exotische  Schmetterlinge,"  where  it  is  beauti- 
fully figured  under  the  name  of  Diphthera  f estiva  elegans.  Both  the 
upper  and  undersides  and  both  sexes  are  given.  This  is  probably  the 
moth  Mr.  Mason  refers  to  in  his  note  in  ENT.  NEWS,  Vol.  II.,  p.  76,  under 
the  name  of  Eugtyphia  haroglyphisa, — ED. 

FASHION'S  NEW  FAD. — Not  content  with  her  slaughter  of  the  innocents 
in  the  matter  of  birds,  Dame  Fashion  has  extended  her  murderous  designs 
to  moths  and  butterflies.  The  gorgeous  hues  of  the  wings  of  some  of 
these  are  deemed  effective  for  dress  decorations,  and  we  are  told  that  in 
Paris  exquisite  gauze  ball  toilets  are  "appropriately  and  fancifully  strewn 
with  natural  butterflies."  Fanciful,  it  is  granted,  but  never  appropriate. 
Butterflies  appear  also  on  fans,  but  here  only  the  wings  are  used,  with  the 
body,  antennae  and  legs  sketched  in  afterward  by  an  artist.  Beautiful 
•effects  are  produced,  it  is  said,  by  painting  bunches  of  flowers  on  which 
the  insects  seem  to  hover.  When  it  is  reflected  that  a  single  gauze  fan 
of  the  size  now  in  vogue  may  hold  a  dozen  or  more  butterflies  or  moths, 
it  is  easy  to  estimate  in  what  enormous  quantities  these  creatures  must 
be  taken  to  satisfy  even  a  small  demand.  Truly  a  fashionable  toilet  is 
.becoming  a  composite  thing,  with  dead  birds  and  butterflies,  hair  from 
Indian  beggars,  and  Mexican  bugs  as  jewelry,  held  by  golden  chains. 

ANTS  AS  SURGEONS. — Ants  are  terrible  fighters.  They  have  very  pow- 
erful jaws,  considering  the  size  of  their  bodies,  and,  therefore,  their  method 
of  fighting  is  by  biting.  They  will  bite  one  another,  and  hold  on  with  a 
wonderful  grip  of  the  jaws,  even  after  their,  legs  have  been  bitten  off  by 
other  ants.  Sometimes  six  or  eight  ants  will  be  clinging  with  a  death 
grip  to  another,  making  a  peculiar  spectacle,  some  with  a  leg  gone,  and 
some  with  half  the  body  gone.  One  singular  fact  is  that  the  grip  of  an 
ant's  jaw  is  retained  even  after  the  body  has  been  bitten  off  and  nothing 
but.the  head  remains.  This  knowledge  is  possessed  by  a  certain  tribe  of 
Indians  in  Brazil,  who  put  the  ants  to  a  very  peculiar  use.  When  an 
Indian  gets  a  gash  cut  in  his  hand,  instead  of  having  his  hand  sewed 
together,  as  physicians  do  in  this  country,  he  procures  five  or  six  large, 
black  ants,  and  holding  their  heads  near  the  gash,  they  bring  their  jaws 
together  in  biting  the  flesh,  and  thus  pull  the  two  sides  of  the  gash  to- 
gether. Then  the  Indian  pinches  off  the  bodies  of  the  ants  and  leaves 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  93 

their  heads  clinging  to  the  gash,  which  is  held  together  until  the  gash  is 
perfectly  healed. 

MIMICRY  of  Datiais  archippus  presented  itself  very  strikingly  early  in 
September,  1889,  while  looking  for  Catocala  in  wood  lot  well  cleared  of 
undergrowth.  It  was  in  Astoria,  Long  Island,  late  in  the  afternoon  when 
about  to  return  home  that  I  noticed  many  Danaida?  flying  singly  and  in  a 
restive  way  toward  a  circular  clearing  on  edge  of  woods,  and  would  in- 
variably disappear  in  the  foliage  as  I  supposed  it  to  be.  I  lingered  there 
for  half  an  hour  and  observed  their  coming  in  from  meadows  adjoining, 
and  wondered  why  they  were  flying  so  high  when  they  reached  the  timber 
line,  and  many  passing  out  of  sight  at  a  particular  spot  of  that  circular 
clearing.  I  stationed  myself  closer  and  almost  under  overhanging 
branches  of  a  Swamp  Maple  (Acer  nibnini),  on  which  I  noticed  an  ap- 
parently dead  or  dying  branch,  having  the  red  leaves  of  Autumn  foliage 
thereon.  It  contrasted  strangely  with  the  verdure  of  other  branches  and 
trees  of  vicinity.  I  have  seen  such  branches  in  August  destroyed  by  the 
agency  of  Locusts  (Cicada  septemdecim}  and  much  resembling  that  in 
question.  Presently  I  observed  a  Danaid  circling  overhead  for  a  few 
minutes,  flying  towards  this  branch  and  alighting  on  underside  of  one  of 
its  branchlets,  then  dropping  and  folding  up  its  wings  hurriedly.  One 
more  leaf  had  now  been  added,  and  the  mimicry  revealed  to  my  senses. 
It  was  as  perfect  as  it  could  be.  Every  Danaid  hung  or  rested  there  limp 
and  lifeless  as  it  were,  and  not  in  the  least  disturbed  by  the  jarring  occa- 
sioned by  subsequent  arrivals  of  others.  The  lowest  part  of  this  dead 
limb,  which  it  was,  because  devoid  of  any  leaf,  was  twelve  feet  above 
ground,  so  that  I  could  not  reach  it  with  my  net.  I  calculated  that  from 
six  to  eight  dozen  Danaids  were  thereon.  I  tossed  the  net  upward, 
shaking  the  limb  when  it  came  in  contact  with  it,  and  the  air  seemed  to 
be  brilliant  with  fulvous  tints  of  terrified  butterflies.  I  subsequently  re- 
visited the  spot  twice  during  the  following  week,  but  failed  to  observe 
Danaids  in  same  locality  or  tree. — RICHARD  E.  KUXZE,  M.D.,  New  York. 

NOTES  ON  MT.  DESERT  DRAGONFLIES. — The  following  species  of 
Odonata  were  taken  during  the  Summer  of  1890  on  the  island  of  Mt. 
Desert,  Maine,  and  within  a  few  miles  of  the  village  of  Bar  Harbor. 

I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Philip  P.  Calvert,  of  Philadelphia,  who  has  kindly 
identified  the  specimens  for  me.  The  notes  on  the  colors  of  the  eyes 
were  made  while  the  specimens  were  fresh  and  not  yet  faded. 

AGRIONIN^E. 

Argia  violacea  Hag.— July  ist, 

Ischnura  rcrfica/is  Say. — Orange  variety.  June  25th,  i  ;  <-y<s  brown 
above. 

Enallagma  Hagcni  Walsh. — July  ist,  i  $. 

AKSCHNINM:. 

Neurceschna  I'inosa  Say. — July  25th,  i  ^;  eyes  greenish,  becoming 
brown  above. 


94  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

Cordulia  semiaquea  Burm. — July,  $  and  9  !  eyes  brown. 

LlBELLULIN^E. 

Libellula  qiiadrimaculata  L. — June  28th,  i  $  ;  eyes  brown  above, 
greenish  bloew. 

Celithemis  elisa  Hag. — June  28th,  July  loth;  several  males  and  females; 
eyes  chocolate-brown  above. 

Nannothemis  bella  Uhler. — July  ist,  four  females;  eyes  above  brown, 
below  gray,  with  a  brown  stripe  down  the  centre. — DAVID  JAYNE  BULLOCK, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

NOTES  ON  THE  LARVA  OF  Ccitoccila  habilis.  —  \ja&\.  summer  while  search- 
ing for  Agrotis  under  the  loose  bark  of  the  hickory  I  was  surprised  to 
find  many  larvae  of  the  above  named  species.  They  are  not  gregarious, 
as  I  afterwards  learned,  while  feeding  them  in  confinement,  but  are  emi- 
nently nocturnal  and  only  feed  by  night  and  would  naturally  seek  the  shade 
and  protection  of  the  loose  bark  during  the  day.  Every  strip  of  bark 
sheltered  more  or  less  of  them.  They  were  made  up  of  two  broods. 
The  larger  ones  were  nearly  full  grown,  while  the  smaller  ones  had  hardly 
got  through  the  second  moult.  The  larvae  of  this  species  are  so  discom- 
moded by  light  that  they  seek  the  darkest  corners  of  the  rearing  cage  during 
the  day,  and  at  night  if  a  strong  light  is  brought  to  bear  upon  the  bush 
while  they  are  feeding,  they  will  immediately  stop  and  will  not  go  on  with 
the  repast  until  it  is  rejnoved.  I  do  not  know  whether  the  larvae  of  this 
species  has  been  written  up  or  not.  I  believe  little  is  known  about  a 
majority  of  the  larvae  of  this  genus,  but  venture  to  say  this  one  resembles 
the  larva  of  C.  Ultronia  in  form,  but  is  somewhat  smaller  and  dark  iron- 
gray  variegated  with  small  white  spots.  The  last  pair  of  pro-legs  are  very 
much  spread  or  technically  speaking,  divaricate.  When  about  to  trans- 
form to  pupa  they  leave  the  bush  and  form  a  cocoon  an  inch  or  an  inch 
and  a  half  below  the  surface  of  the  ground.  In  this  respect  they  differ 
from  others  of  the  genus.  The  early  brood  came  out  winged  flies  the 
i5th  of  July  and  the  others  a  month  later. — R.  BUNKER,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

ON  Saturday,  April  5th,  Mr.  Wm.  J.  Fox,  of  the  Academy  of  Natural 
Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  and  Mr.  Charles  W.  Johnson,  of  the  Wagner 
Institute  of  Philadelphia,  sailed  for  Jamaica.  They  go  solely  for  the  pur- 
pose of  studying  and  collecting  the  insect  fauna  of  that  island.  They 
expect  to  be  gone  from  six  weeks  to  two  months. — ED. 

THE  LARV.E  of  Telea  polyphemus  generally  are  not  found  in  any  great 
number  on  one  and  the  same  food-plants.  Late  in  August,  or  early  in 
September,  1887,  I  took  from  three  White  Birches,  none  over  fifteen  feet 
high  and  growing  so  close  together  that  branches  interjoined,  fifty-six  of 
these  larvae,  about  half  of  full  grown  size.  A  number  of  other  adult  larvae 
of  same  were  collected  from  Betula  alba,  near  by,  on  the  bank  of  Harlem 
River,  city  of  New  York. — RICHARD  E.  KUNZE,  M.D.,  New  York. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  95 

Identification  of  Insects  (Jmagos)  for  Subscribers. 

Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions  :  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Address  all  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Insects  have  been  named  for  E.  Wilkinson,  C.  W.  Chamberlain,  Daniel 
G.  Cox,  W.  E.  Longley,  B.  F.  Goss. 


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THE  ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  March,  1891. — A  fortnight 
in  Algeria,  with  descriptions  of  new  Lepidoptera  (concluded),  by  E.  Mey- 
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in  the  Plymouth  District,  by  James  H.  Keys.  A  query  as  to  the  food  of 
certain  Dipterous  larvae  in  nests  of  Yespidae,  by  R.  Newstead.  Scarcity 
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g6  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May, 

Ilfracombe,  by  E.  Saunders.    Note  on  some  Irish  Tricboptera,  by  J.  J.  F. 
X.  King. 

LEPIDOPTERA  INDICA.  By  F.  Moore. — We  have  seen  the  first  five  parts 
of  this  grand  work,  and  the  first  thing  noticed  was  that  the  names  of  the 
species  figured  were  not  on  the  plate,  but  were  referred  to  the  text  by 
numbers.  This  impairs  the  value  of  the  work  very  much,  and  is  an  end- 
less nuisance  to  the  working  lepidoptertst.  This  great  fault  also  occurred 
in  Rhopalocera  Malayana.  We  can't  understand  why  practical  entomolo- 
gists, who  get  out  works,  make  this  mistake.  To  see  how  this  should  be 
done  we  refer  to  the  "  Biologia  Central!- Americana"  and  the  works  of 
Staudinger,  Romanoff,  Saalmuller,  etc.  Thus  far  forty  fine  colored  plates 
have  been  published  illustrating  the  subfamily  Euplceinae,  in  which  the 
author  includes  the  old  genera  Hestia,  Danais,  Euplcea,  divided  into  a 
great  many  new  ones.  This  will  be  an  exceedingly  valuable  work  to 
those  seeking  an  aid  to  identification. 

OREGON  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION,  Bulletin  No.  10. — Ex- 
periments with  the  Codling  Moth  and  with  a  combined  Fungicide  and 
Insecticide.  The  Hop  Louse;  Life-history,  Prevention,  Remedies,  etc.,  by 
F.  L.  Washburn,  entomologist. 

DELAWARE  COLLEGE  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION,  Bulletin 
No.  12. — Injurious  insects  and  insecticides.  The  following  insects  are 
considered:  Black  Peach  Aphis,  Spring  Canker  Worm,  Rose  Chafer, 
Harlequin  Cabbage  Bug,  Cut  Worms,  Angoumois  Moth,  Flea  Beetles.  . 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON, 
vol.  ii,  No.  i. — List  of  members.  Nathan  Banks  :  On  Thalainia  parie- 
talis  Hentz.  Otto  Heidemann:  Note  on  the  occurrence  of  a  rare  Capsid 
near  Washington,  D.  C.  L.  O.  Howard:  The  habits  of  Eurytoma,  a  new 
remarkable  genus  of  Encyrtinae  ;  The  habits  of  Pachyneuron;  The  para- 
sites of  the  Hemerobiina?.  C.  L.  Marlatt:  The  Xanthium  trypeata,  Try- 
pcata  ccqualis  Lw. ;  Observations  on  the  habits  of  Vespa;  Notes  on  the 
genus  Metopius,  with  description  of  a  new  species  and  table  of  species; 
The  final  moulting  of  Tenthredinid  larvae.  Geo.  Marx:  A  contribution 
to  the  knowledge  of -North  American  spiders;  On  the  effect  of  poison  of 
Lathrodectiis  inactans  Walck.  upon  warm-blooded  animals.  C.  V.  Riley: 
Notes  on  the  larva  of  Platypsyllus;  •  On  the  difficulty  of  dealing  with 
Lachnosterna;  A  viviparous  cockroach;  On  the  time  of  transformation 
in  the  genus  Lachnosterna.  E.  A.  Schwarz:  Annual  address  of  the 
president,  North  American  publications  on  entomology;  A  list  of  the 
blind,  or  nearly  eyeless  Coleoptera  hitherto  found  in  North  America; 
Labeling  specimens;  Note  on  the  food-habits  of  Xyleborus  tachygraphus 
and  X.  dispar;  Coleoptera  on  the  Black  Locust;  Notes  on  the  breeding- 
habits  of  some  Scolytids;  Contribution  to  the  life-history  of  Corthylus 
punctatissimus  and  description  of  C.  spinifcr  n.  sp. ;  Feeding  habit  of  a 
species  of  Empidse.  C.  H.  Townsend:  Hemiptera  collected  in  southern 
Michigan;  The  North  American  genera  of  Calyptrate  Muscidre;  Note  on 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  97 

the  genera  Triptotricha  Lvv.  and  Agnotomyia  Will.;  Notes  on  the  North 
American  Tachinidae  sens.  lat.  witli  descriptions  of  new  species.  P.  R. 
Uhler:  Observations  on  some  remarkable  forms  of  Capsidae. 

THE  TERTIARY  INSECTS  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  by  Samuel  H.  Scudder, 
being  vol.  xiii,  Hayden  U.  S.  Geological  Survey  of  the  Territories;  663 
pages,  28  plates,  with  many  figures.  Mr.  Scudder  states  that  this  grand 
work  was  commenced  more  than  a  dozen  years  ago.  The  Myriapoda 
and  Arachnides  are  treated  of  in  conjunction  with  the  various  orders  of 
insects.  Such  works  as  this  mark  eras  in  the  studies  of  which  they  treat. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  No.  3,  February,  1891. — Mis- 
cellanea Coleopterologica,  by  C.  Schaufuss;  Chevrolatia  Grouvellei, 
Mexico,  n.  sp.  Tryphonid  studies,*  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer. — No.  4,  Feb- 
ruary, 1891. — On  the  life-history  of  Theridium  sisyphitim  Clerk.,  and  on 
Hcmiteles  sisyphii  n.  sp.*  $  $ ,  by  C.  Verhoeff.  Rhizotrogus  limbati- 
pennis  Villa,  an  attempt  to  distinguish  this  species,*  by  E.  Brenske.  The 
Libellulid  genera  Orthetrum  Newm.  (Libe/la  Brauer)  and  Thertnorthemis 
Kirby,*  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch. 

LE  NATURALISTE  CANADIEN,  February,  1891. — Entomological  Notes: 
Descriptions  of  new  species,  by  J.  Hausen;  on  Coleoptera,  Pterostichus 
(Dysidius)  putvinatus,  sp.  nov. ,  northern  Vermont. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  Feb.  16,  1891. — Note  on  the  musculature  of 
the  halteres,  by  R.  v.  Lendenfeld. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  LEYDEN  MUSEUM,  xii,  No.  3,  July,  1890. — Note  on 
Tyana  superba  Moore,  by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen.  On  Cyriocrates  zonotor 
Thorns.,  by  C.  Ritsema.  Descriptions  of  new  Coleoptera  of  the  family 
Eumolpidae,*  by  E.  Lefevre.  Description  of  a  new  species  of  the  genus 
Ectatorhinus  (Coleoptera:  -fam.  Curculionidae*),  by  W.  Roelofs. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  Feb.  7, 
1891. — Descriptions  of  new  Hesperidae,  ist  part,  by  P.  Mabille;  contains 
a  large  number  of  new  species  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  including  Lcu- 
cochitoneaftiscescens,  Honduras,  Antigonus  cupreiceps,  Honduras,  Achly- 
odes  halidus,  Merida,  Narga  scopas,  id.,  Butleria  polydesma,  jd.,  B.  quad- 
ristriga,  id.,  Cecropterus  Dkega,  Jalapa,  Proteides  hondurensis  Honduras, 
P.  midia  Merida,  from  North  America,  and  the  following  new  genera  : 
Sape,  Hypoleucis,  Narga,  Eretis,  Toxidia.  Descriptions  of  Coleoptera 
from  the  mountains  of  Kashmir,*  by  L.  Fairmaire;  Blapidums,  Botiras, 
n.  gen. 

LE  NATURALISTE  (Paris),  i  Mars,  1891.— The  Acariiue  of  plants,  their 
anatomie,  Menegaux.  Diagnosis  of  a  new  Lepidopter,*  P.  Dognin. 

DIE  VERWANDSCHAFT  ZWISCHEN  DER  NOCTUIDEN-FAUNA  VON  NORD 
AMERIKA  UNO  EUROPA  [von]  Herr  Aug.  R.  Grote  (extract  from  "  Ver- 
handlungenderGesellschaftDeutscherNaturforscheruncl  Arzte,"  Bremen, 
1890),  7  pages. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 

5* 


98  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May, 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  No.  5,  March,  1891. — Review 
of  the  Odonata?  collected  by  Dr.  Paul  Preuss  in  German  West  Africa  in 
1890,*  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  Mesocnemis,  Hadrothemis,  Archiclops,  n.  gen. 

BIOLOGISCHES  CENTRALBLATT,  xi,  No.  3,  Mar.  1891. — From  insect  life, 
Maria  Grafin  Linden;  on  some  larvae  of  Phryganea  striata. 

LE  NATURALISTE  CANADIEN,  March,  1891. — Entomological  notes,  }. 
Hausen;  Platynus  (Anchomenus)  testaceonotus  n.  sp.,  Ste.  Rose,  Quebec. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ZOOLOGIQUE  DE  FRANCE,  xv,  No.  7,  July, 
1890. — Note  on  the  parasitic  fly  of  the  potherbs  of  the  genus  Allium,  X. 
Raspail;  Musca  alliorum  =  brassicaricl  L? 

LE  NATURALISTS  (Paris],  Mar.  15,  1891. — Diagnoses  of  new  microle- 
pidoptera,*  P.  Chretien. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  D'ETUDES  SCIENTIFIQUES  D'ANGERS,  Nou- 
velle  Serie,  xix  annee,  1889;  Angers,  1890. — Catalogue  of  the  Coleoptera 
of  Maine-et-Loire,  part  3,  }.  Gallois. 

MEMOIRES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  DES  SCIENCES  NATURELLES  ET  ARCHEO- 
LOGIQUES  DE  LA  CREUSE,  vi,  Gueret,  1890. — [Habits  of]  the  Psyllidae,  E. 
Pissot. 

ASSOCIATION  FRANCAISE  POUR  L'AVANCEMENT  DES  SCIENCES,  iSme 
Session;  2d  part,  Notes  and  memoirs,  Paris*  1890. — Fossil  insects  of  Aix, 
H.  Nicolas.  Hymenoptera  of  the  south  of  France — the  genus  Osinia, 
H.  Nicolas.  On  the  distribution  of  the  organs  of  taste  in  insects,  A.  S. 
Packard. 

SOCIETE  LINNEENNE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE,  No.  213,  March,  1890. 
— Observations  on  the  parasites  of  Liparis  salicis  Dup.,  L.  Carpentier. 
No.  215,  May,  1890. — Materials  for  the  catalogue  of  Orthoptera  of  the 
Somme,  M.  Dubois. 

L' ENTOMOLOGISTS  GENEVOIS,  ire  Annee;  ne  and  i2e  livraisons,  Dec. 
15,  1890.— Monographic  essay  of  the  European  species  and  those  of  neigh- 
boring countries  of  Phalacridse.  Enumeration  of  the  European  and  Cir- 
cumeuropean  species  of  Hydronomidae.*  Studies  on  some  Pompilidae 
of  Europe  and  neighboring  countries.  New  Hymenoptera.*  Materials 
for  the  Swiss  Dipterous  Fauna;  all  by  H.  Tournier. 

HOR^E  SOCIETATIS  ENTOMOLOGIOE  Rossic^E,  t.  xxiv,  St.  Petersburg, 
1890.— Insects  lately  collected  by  G.  N.  Potanin  in  China  and  Mongolia: 
VII.  Buprestidae,  OZdemeridae,  Cerambycidae,*  L.  Gangelbauer;  Gauro- 
tina,  Ischnorrhabda,  Morimospasma,  n.  gen.  X.  Coleoptera  (Neodor- 
cadion  and  Compsodorcadion)®  and  XI.  Cymindis,  Pseudopelta,  Lethrus* 

B.  E.  Jakowleff.  XIV.  Hymenoptera  Aculeata,*  Dr.  F.  Morawitz.  XV. 
Curculionidse,*  J.  Faust;  Lechrioderus,  Rhinodontus,  Derelobus,  n.  gen. 
XVI.  Chrysomelidae  and  Coccinellidae  (appendix),*  J.  Weise;  Phola  n. 
gen.  XVII.  Hemiptera-Heteroptera,*  B.  E.  Jakowleff. — Insects  lately 
collected  in  Central  Asia  on  the  journey  of  N.  Przewalski.  XVI.  He- 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  99 

miptera-Heteroptera,*  B.  E.  Jakowleff.  XYII.  Formicidce  from  Thibet,* 
G.  Mayr.  Turanian  Cicindelids,  A.  \\'ilkins,  2  plates.  Aralo-Caspian 
Coleopterous  Fauna.  XIII.  Meloidcc  and  CanthariHae,*  W.  Dokhtouroff, 
i  plate.  Diagnoses  of  new  Coleoptera  from  central  and  eastern  Asia,* 
A.  Semenovv,  nine  new  genera.  New  and  known  Histeridse  from  Euro- 
pean and  Asiatic  Russia,  J.  Schmidt;  Dendrophilopsis  n.  gen.  Some 
words  on  Cychrus  from  the  Caucasus,  A.  Starck.  Hymenoptera  of 
Korea,*  C.  Radoszkowski.  Proposal  of  a  new  method  of  preserving 
collections  of  insects  against  the  attacks  of  their  enemies,  A.  Wilkins. 
Addition  to  my  works  on  the  genus  Aricia  s.  lat  ,  J.  Schnabl.  Contribu- 
tion to  the  knowledge  of  the  genus  Psalidmm  Illig.,*  J.  Faust.  On  the 
Hemipterous  Fauna  of  Russia  and  the  surrounding  countries,*  B.  E. 
Jakowleff;  Periphima,  Jfiuiiila,  n.  gen.  On  the  biology  and  systematic 
position  of  the  genus  Chetmes  L.,  N.  Cholodkowsky,  figs.  Essential 
characters  of  some  genera  and  subgenera  of  Anthomyidae,  J.  Schnabl. 
Hymenoptera  collected  on  Mt.  Ararat,*  Gen.  C.  Radoszkowski,  figs.  On 
theThelyphonidae  in  the  collections  of  some  Russian  museums,  J.  Tarnani, 
i  plate.  Notice  on  Lethrus  Scop.,*  B.  E.  Jakowleff;  Abrognathus, 
Heteroplistodus,  n.  gen.  New  Trans-Caspian  Fossorial  Hymenoptera,* 
Dr.  F.  Morawitz. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  IMPERIALS  DES  NATURALISTES  DE  Moscow, 
1890,  No.  2.  [On  Rhopalocera],  i  plate.  Tomicus  Judeichii  Kirsch,  T. 
Teplouchow. 

TRAVAUX  DE  LA  SOCIETE  DES  NATURALISTES  A  L'UNIVERSITE  IMPE- 
RIALE  DE  KHARKOW,  t.  xxiii,  1890  (in  Russian). — Notes  on  the  histological 
structure  of  the  digestive  apparatus  of  the  Myriapoda,  N.  Bielooussow. 
Description  of  some  species  of  the  genus  Rhyssa  Grh.  of  the  fauna  of  the 
government  of  Kharkow,  W.  A.  Jarochewsky. 

YERHANDLUNGEN  K.  K.  ZOOL.-BOT.  GESELLSCHAFT  IN  WIEN,  xl.  Bd., 
III.  Quart,  1890. — On  the  stronghold  of  Hypoderma  lineata  Yillers  from 
[the  researches  of]  Dr.  Adam  Handlirsch,  and  other  researches  and  ob- 
servations on  OZstridae,  Dr.  F.  Brauer,  figs.  Cecidomyia  pseudococcus 
Thomas,  E.  H.  Rubsaamen.  Larva  and  manner  of  living  of  C.  pseudo- 
coccus  n.  sp.,  Dr.  F.  Thomas. — IV.  Quart,  1890. — Identification  table  of 
the  Heteroceri  (Coleoptera)  of  Europe  and  the  neighboring  districts  as 
far  as  known,*  A.  Kuwert,  figs. 

•  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xviii,  No.  6,  March,  1891. — Diptera 
collected  on  the  island  of  Zante  by  Dr.  O.  Schmiedeknecht,  V.  v.  Roder. 
New  Chilian  species  of  Vespidae,*  A.  Schletterer. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION  OF  THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES.— 
A  regular  stated  meeting  was  held  March  26,  1891,  Dr.  Horn,  Director, 
in  the  chair.  Members  present :  Matindale,  Laurent,  \Yelles  and  Skinner. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


100  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [May, 

Associates  :  Fox,  Calvert,  Liebeck,  Dr.  Castle.  Visitors  :  Mr.  Nell  and 
Mr.  Boerner.  The  following  papers  were  presented  for  publication  in  the 
Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.:  Notes  on  some  Noctuidce,  with  descriptions  of 
new  genera  and  species,  by  John  B.  Smith.  On  the  species  of  Trypoxy- 
lon,  inhabiting  America,  North  of  Mexico,  by  Wm.  J.  Fox.  Catalogue 
of  the  described  species  of  South  American  Asilidce,  by  S.  W.  Williston. 
A  revision  of  the  species  of  Euclea,  Parasa  and  Packardia,  with  notes 
on  Monoleuca  and  Varina  ornata  Neum.,  by  H.  G.  Dyar.  Dr.  Horn 
spoke  of  the  importance  of  those  members  interested  in  Coleoptera,  col- 
lecting Agrilus.  He  had  noticed  that  those  inhabiting  the  United  States 
North  of  Mexico  formed  a  group  peculiar  to  themselves.  There  appears 
to  be  a  series  of  species  in  each  group,  that  are  parallel  to  series  of  other 
groups.  Mr.  Martindale  mentioned  the  emergence  from  the  chrysalis  of 
a  specimen  of  Papilio  asterias.  Mr.  Welles  had  found  a  specimen  of 
Scoliopteryx  libatrix  on  the  24th  of  the  month  ;  he  did  not  know  whether 
it  hibernated  or  not.  Dr.  Horn  placed  on  record  the  finding  of  Bem- 
bidium  lampros  Herbst.  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  in  Michigan  by  Mr. 
Schwarz,  and  at  Ottawa,  Canada,  by  Mr.  Harrington.  The  determina- 
tions were  made  by  Mr.  H.  W.  Bates,  to  whom  specimens  were  sent. 
Mr.  Calvert  presented  a  blue-print  copy  of  a  manuscript  Check-List  of 
the  Odonata  of  North  America  (including  Central  America  and  the  West 
Indies),  which  he  had  compiled  for  private  use.  He  stated  that  according 
to  this  list  the  number  of  genera  and  species  in  the  United  States  was  56 
and  240  respectively;  that  of  these  there  were  either  in  the  collection  of 
the  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,  or  in  his  own  collection,  American  specimens  of  53 
genera  and  159  species,  and  that  two  of  the  remaining  genera  were 
represented  by  European  specimens.  In  but  one  of  the  subfamilies 
were  there  less  than  65  per  cent,  of  the  species  represented,  and  that 
was  the  Gomphina,  where,  out  of  fifty  species,  but  16  were  represented. 
The  above  figures  did  not  include  a  number  of  undescribed  species  in 
both  the  collections.  Mr.  Martindale  exhibited  a  photograph  of  the  rare 
moth  Erebus  zenobia,  the  original  of  which  was  captured  by  Mr.  Lewis 
Ullrich  at  Tiffin,  Ohio.  Mr.  Laurent  reported  once  having  seen  a  speci- 
men of  Anthocharis  genutia  flying  in  the  streets  of  the  city.  The  Section 
decided  to  take  part  in  the  annual  meet  of  entomological  societies  to  be 
held  July  4th  next.  Mr.  Philip  Nell  was  elected  an  associate. 

HENRY  SKINNER,  Recorder. 


OBITUARY 

Dr.  J.  M.  J.  af  Tengstrom,  author  of  a  work  on  the  MICRO-LEPIDOP- 
TERA  of  Finland,  died  Dec.  26,  1890,  aged  69. 


Errata  to  Vol.  II,  No.  4. 
Page  So,  line  18  from  top,  for  Colymbetes  read  Corymbites. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  April  was  mailed  March  28,  1891. 


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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  ii.  JUNE,   1891.  No.  6. 

CONTENTS: 


Weeks— New  Lepidoptera 102  Blaisdell— Pupa  of  PlastocerusSchaumii  112 

Townsend — A  remarkable  new  Hippo-  Hamilton — Sphenophorus  minimus 113 

boscid  from  Mexico 105  Dyar — Spilosoma  latipennis 115 

Angell— Larva  of  Polycesta  elata 106  Rowley— Callidryas  eubule  in  Missouri.  117 

Neumoegen — Some  new  and  beautiful  Notes  and  News 119 

yEgeriadse 107  Entomological  Literature 123 

Braun — Lepisesia  flavofasciata 109  Doings  of  Societies 126 

Skinner — Elementary  Entomology no  1 

The  illustration  this  month  represents  t\vo  rare  Hesperids, 
\vhich  were  described  in  Vol.  I,  p.  23,  of  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
NEWS.  Owing  to  circumstances  the  figures  could  not  be  given 
sooner.  The  plate  represents  the  so  called  half-tone  process 
of  photo-engraving  invented  by  Mr.  Ives,  of  this  city.  The 
plate  was  made  by  the  Crosscup  &  West  Company  of  91 1  Filbert 
Street,  Philadelphia.  In  previous  issues  we  have  presented  a 
number  of  plates  made  by  the  Crosscup  &  West  Company,  and 
it  can  be  readily  seen  how  well  adapted  the  method  is  for  illustra- 
ting objects  in  this  branch  of  natural  history.  Perhaps  the  greatest 
advantage  of  the  method  is  its  comparative  cheapness.  The  older 
plan  of  lithography  is  an  excellent  one,  but  it  is  a  luxury  that  can 
only  be  enjoyed  by  the  wealthy,  as  it  necessitates  the  employment 
of  an  artist  to  make  the  drawings,  and  a  lithographer  to  do  the 
lithographic  work  and  printing,  all  of  which  are  expensive.  A 
plate  by  the  Ives  process  can  be  made  from  a  good  photographic 
print  of  the  object,  but  it  is  best  to  have  it  made  from  the  nega- 
tive when  possible.  If  the  photograph  is  made  on  one  of  the 
new  orthochromatic  dry  plates,  the  true  color  values  of  the  ob- 
ject will  be  obtained.  One  of  the  great  drawbacks  to  the  study 

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102  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

of  Entomology  in  this  country  is  the  paucity  of  illustrations. 
Now  that  good  mechanical  processes  of  illustration  are  a  success, 
we  hope  to  see  tiresome  descriptions  supplemented  by  good  illus- 
trations. PI.  IV,  Vol.  II,  was  made  by  the  Crosscup  &  West 
Company  from  an  ordinary  negative  (not  orthochromatic),  and 
the  species  are  readily  recognized.  This  plate  would  have  cost 
at  least  five  times  as  much  by  lithography.  There  will,  undoubt- 
edly, be  improvements  made  in  this  line,  and  we  look  forward  to 
a  great  future  for  Entomology  illustrated. 


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NEW  LEPIDOPTERA. 

By  A.  G.  WEEKS,  JR.,  Boston. 
Hypolycaena  festata  n.  sp. 

Hab. — Lower  California  (San  Jose  del  Cabo).     Expanse,    £ 
and  9,  i.oo  to  i.io  inches. 

^fale. — Front  and  summit  of  head  covered  with  light  gray,  nearly  white 
hairs,  deepening  in  shade  as  they  approach  thorax.  Antennae  blackish, 
with  white  annulations  at  the  base  of  each  joint;  club  blackish  brown, 
tipped  with  orange  at  base,  the  white  extends  nearly  half  way  to  apex. 
Thorax  above  presents  generally  the  same  color  as  wings,  and  is  covered 
with  grayish  hairs;  beneath  it  is  almost  pure  white.  Legs  covered  with 
white  hairs,  shading  into  gray  at  ends.  Abdomen  above  same  color  as 
wings,  the  blue  disappearing  towards  end,  where  it  is  replaced  by  deep- 
ening gray;  underneath  white,  shading  into  yellowish  gray  at  end. 

Upperside  of  fore-wings  a  deep  rich  purplish  blue,  with  some  lustre;  a 
large  discoidal  spot  of  the  original  ground  color  not  inclining  to  blackish; 
the  base  very  slightly  dusted  with  blackish  gray  scales;  the  costa  edged 
with  blackish  gray,  at  most  linear  over  discoidal  cell,  and  broadening 
towards  apex,  then  extending  down  hind  margin,  of  varying  width,  and 
covering  one-third  of  marginal  area;  inner  margin  without  any  border. 
Hind  wings:  ground  color  same  as  fore-wings;  inner  margin  light  gray; 
costa  and  hind  margin  with  a  linear  edge  of  blackish  gray,  inside  of  which, 
on  the  hind  margin,  is  a  fine  thread-like  line  of  white,  broadening  some- 
what towards  anal  angle;  inside  of  this  is  an  almost  imperceptible  shading 
of  dark  blackish  gray,  bordering  the  ground  color;  two  thread-like  tails 
from  termination  of  submedian  nervure  and  first  median  nervule,  the 
former  more  than  thrice  the  length  of  the  latter,  blackish  gray,  very  slightly 
edged  and  tipped  with  white;  between  these  tails  the  dark  shading  inside 
of  white  line,  broadens  into  a  dark  spot,  and  this  broadening  is  repeated 
below  the  submedian  nervure,  but  in  less  degree;  at  anal  angle  is  an 
orange  spot  of  small  size,  bordered  at  top  with  white,  and  bearing  a  few 
light  blue  scales  at  lower  edge. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  103 

Beneath  both  wings  are  light  gray  with  slight  intermingling  of  whitish 
scales,  and  near  base  a  slight  shading  of  darker  gray,  which  latter  is  want- 
ing in  some  specimens.  The  costa  of  the  fore-wing  is  edged  with  orange 
near  base,  about  one-quarter  the  distance  to  apex;  edge  of  hind  margin 
with  a  delicate  line  of  dark  brownish  gray;  the  dark  edging  which  appears 
on  upper  side  and  occupies  one-third  of  marginal  area,  manifests  itself 
underneath  by  a  very  slight  yellowish  tinge,  scarcely  perceptible  on  the 
gray  back-ground  ;  on  the  inner  edge  of  this,  one-sixteenth  inch  from 
margin,  is  a  transverse  stripe  of  darkish  gray  elongated  streaks  extending 
from  the  costal  border  to  the  lower  median  nervule,  bordered  on  each 
side  with  lighter  gray,  and  always  very  indistinct,  imperceptible  on  some 
specimens;  inside  of  these  and  one-third  the  distance  from  margin  to  base 
is  a  series  of  more  or  less  distinct  transverse  streaks  extending  from  costa 
to  lower  median  nervule,  bordered  with  white  or  very  light  gray  on  the 
outside,  and  with  orange  on  the  inside,  the  orange  being  nearly  absent  at 
upper  part  near  costa,  but  becoming  more  prominent  below;  this  line  is 
the  prominent  feature  of  the  markings;  within  this  and  parallel  to  it  is  a 
line  of  very  indistinct  darkish  transverse  streaks  extending  to  inner  mar- 
gin. On  the  edge  of  hind  margin  of  hind  wing  is  a  delicate  line  of  dark 
brownish  gray,  bordered  on  inner  side  with  white,  or  very  light  gray; 
within  this  and  one-sixteenth  inch  from  margin  is  a  line  of  nearly  semi- 
circular darkish  gray  lines  extending  from  costa  to  inner  margin,  occa- 
sionally with  a  few  orange  scales  enclosed  and  bordered  with  a  little  lightish 
gray;. in  the  middle  of  the  outer  two-thirds  of  the  wing  is  an  irregular, 
but  nearly  straight  series  of  transverse  streaks  of  dark  gray,  forming  a 
continuance  of  the  streaks  on  fore-wing,  but  more  strongly  bordered  with 
orange  on  inner  side  and  white  on  outer  side,  and  running  parallel  to  the 
margin  and  terminating  at  inner  margin  about  one-third  the  distance  from 
anal  angle  to  base;  in  the  lower  median  interspace  is  a  prominent  orange 
spot,  bordered  above  with  a  black  line  and  enclosing  at  its  base  a  nearly 
circular  black  spot,  almost  touching  hind  margin;  in  the  next  space  below 
is  a  similar  orange  and  black  spot,  less  than  half  the  size  of  the  first  and 
less  distinctly  marked,  extending  over  the  nervure  to  the  anal  angle; 
between  these  spots  there  is  a  sprinkling  of  light  bluish  scales,  sometimes 
absent. 

Female. — Head,  antennae  and  legs,  same  as  male.  Thorax  and  abdo- 
men the  same,  except  the  blue  of  the  male  is  replaced  by  the  ground  color 
of  the  wings.  Ground  color  of  wings  a  light  grayish  blue,  near  light 
slate  color;  some  specimens  being  brighter  and  with  considerable  lustre; 
markings  the  same  as  male,  except  that  the  discoidal  spot  is  wanting  (al- 
though slightly  apparent  on  some  specimens),  and  the  border  of  blackish 
gray  on  fore-wings,  especially  on  hind  margins,  is  more  suffused,  and 
covers  one-half  the  area  of  the  wing,  extending  from  lower  angle  to  a 
point  on  costa  midway  between  apex  and  base.  Beneath  identical  with  <^. 

The  specimens  described  were  taken  near  San  Jose  del  Cabo, 
at  extreme  end  of  the  cape,  in  the  month  of  August.    They  were 


104  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June. 

flitting  about  the  flowering  vines  near  sea-level.  Described  from 
sixteen  males  and  seven  females  in  my  collection;  taken  by  Mr. 
M.  Abbot  Frazar  in  1888. 

Lemonias  maxima  n.  sp. 

Hab. — Lower  California.      Expanse,  1.60  inches. 

Front  of  head  covered  with  white  hairs,  shading  into  blackish  brown  at 
summit;  between  head  and  thorax  a  "collar"-  of  fulvous  hairs.  Palpi 
white,  shading  into  blackish  brown  at  ends.  Antennae  blackish,  with 
white  annulations  at  base  of  each  joint;  club  blackish,  tipped  with  fulvous. 
Thorax  above  black,  covered  with  blackish  brown  hairs;  beneath  white. 
Abdomen  the  same  as  thorax. 

Fore-wings  above  fulvous  and  dark  brown,  with  white  spots;  margins 
dark  brown.  Costa  dark  brown,  with  a  linear  fulvous  dash  near  base. 
The  dark  brown  along  hind  margins  covers  marginal  area;  near  hind 
margin  a  row  of  seven  white  spots  in  interspaces,  the  upper  two  elongated, 
and  all  bordered  with  a  soft  dash  of  blackish  brown  on  basal  and  outer 
sides,  more  apparent  on  basal  side.  Within  these,  and  one-third  distance 
from  margin  to  base,  a  second  row  of  seven  white  spots,  larger  than  the 
first  and  cone-shaped  (apex  outward),  bordered  with  black  on  basal  side 
only,  arranged,  the  upper  three  in  a  line  at  right  angle  to  costa,  the  next 
three  at  right  angle  with  inner  margin  and  the  lower  one  not  in  line,  but 
placed  nearer  hind  margin  ;  the  upper  three  are  placed  in  the  dark  brown 
of  marginal  area,  the  lower  four  in  the  fulvous  ground  color.  Above  this 
row  and  nearly  in  costal  edge,  is  a  small  white  speck;  at  the  end  of  cell  a 
large  white  spot  edged  on  each  side  with  black;  below  this,  extending 
from  median  nervule  to  submedian  nervure,  another  large  white  spot, 
bordered  with  black  on  basal  side  only  and  irregular  in  shape;  between 
these  two,  in  notch  formed  by  junction  of  median  nervule  and  median 
nervure,  a  small  blackish  brown  spot.  In  center  of  cell  a  round  white 
spot  bordered  with  black,  and  below  this,  below  nervure,  another  white 
spot  bordered  with  black;  between  these  and  base  two  slight  dashes  of 
white;  nervures  and  nervules  dark  brown.  Hind  wings  are  marked  the 
same,  except  that  in  second  row  of  white  spots  the  second  two  are  much 
elongated,  with  basal  ends  joining  and  forming  a  V;  also,  on  the  costa 
over  center  of  cell,  a  larger  elongated  white  spot  with  no  border. 

Wings  beneath  much  the  same  as  above,  except  general  coloring  is  much 
lighter  and  brighter  and  some  lustre.  Costa  of  fore-wings  edged  with 
white  near  base,  broader  at  base,  and  tapering  off  to  a  point  half  way  up 
the  wing.  \Vhite  spots  more  suffused;  these  forming  the  V  on  the  upper 
side  of  hind  wings,  blended  in  one  irregular  spot,  and  elongated  or  suf- 
fused enough  to  join  with  white  spot  in  cell.  Base  of  hind  wings,  and 
inner  margin  of  same,  generously  dashed  with  silvery  scales. 

Described  from  two  specimens  in  my  collection,  taken  near 
San  Jose  del  Cabo,  Lower  California,  by  Mr.  M.  Abbot  Frazar. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  105 

A  Remarkable  new  Hippoboscid  from  Mexico. 

By  C.  H.  TYLER  TOWNSEXD,  Las  Cruces,  N.  M. 

[Read  before  the  Entomological  Society  of  Washington,  Feb.  5,  1891.] 

Recently  Dr.  Alfredo  Duges,  of  Guanajuato,  Mexico,  sent  me 
a  unique  of  a  species  of  Hippoboscidae,  with  the  request  that  I 
describe  it.  It  had  been  taken  on  a  bat,  Glossophaga  soricina, 
and  was  labeled  Trichobius  sp.  This  genus  is  queried  in  Scud- 
der's  "  Nomenclator,"  being  followed  by  the  authority  Gervais, 
also  queried,  the  information  having  apparently  been  furnished 
by  Mr.  Bigot.  I  have  searched  in  vain  for  any  description  or 
any  mention  of  this  genus  in  literature,  except  the  remark  by 
Mr.  Bigot  that  he  does  not  know  the  genus  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.  Fr. 
1885,  p.  228),  and  I  am  forced  to  the  conclusion  that  it  has  never 
been  described,  but  is  perhaps  merely  a  name  that  has  been  per- 
petuated by  labels  in  collections. 

The  above  specimen  has  much  the  general  appearanceof  Strebla, 
according  to  Wiedemann's  and  Macquart's  figures  of  .5".  vesper- 
tilionis,  and  its  similar  habit  would  point  to  a  near  relationship 
with  that  genus.  However,  on  Bigot's  authority,  Strebla  has  the 
claws  of  the  tarsi  simple,  while  our  specimen  has  them  bidentate, 
and  further  Differs  in  having  the  first  joint  of  all  the  tarsi  very 
short,  not  elongate,  not  distinctly  longer  than  the  three  following 
joints.  Loew  considered  Strebla  to  belong  to  the  Nycteribidse 
on  account  of  the  first  joint  of  the  tarsi  being  elongate.  The 
above  specimen,  moreover,  has  the  eyes  situated  farther  forward, 
near  the  middle  of  the  head,  instead  of  on  the  outer  posterior 
angles.  Yet,  after  all  these  differences,  the  venation  agrees  almost 
exactly  with  Strebla.  .  If  we  consider  with  Loew  that  the  latter 
genus  belongs  with  the  Nycteribidae,  then  the  present  specimen 
is  the  first  Hippoboscid  known  to  be  parasitic  on  bats.  I  am 
inclined  to  believe,  however,  that  Strebla  should,  from  its  flattened 
head  and  the  presence  of  wings,  be  included  with  the  Hippobos- 
cidae, in  spite  of  the  fact  that  it  is  parasitic  on  bats.  In  this  con- 
nection .5".  amum  Macq.,  said  by  Loew  to  be  synonymous  with 
.5".  I'cspcrtilionis,  is  recorded  as  parasitic  on  pigeons  and  parrots 
in  San  Domingo.  It  is  possible  that  this  synonymy  is  in  error, 
as  the  difference  in  habit  would  indicate  two  distinct  forms.  If 
such  is  the  case,  it  might  favor  the  separation  of  Strebla  and 
allied  genera,  with  Trichobius,  under  the  family  name  Streblidu  , 
as  already  adopted  by  some  authors. 


106  ENTOMOOLGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

However  this  may  be,  our  specimen  is  remarkable  as  an  unde- 
scribed  form  parasitic  on  bats,  and  in  spite  of  differential  charac- 
ters, being  probably  nearly  related  to  Strebla.  As  I  can  find  no 
description  of  the  genus  Trichobius,  I  adopt  the  name  and  de- 
scribe it  as  new. 

TRICHOBIUS  nov.  gen. 

Head  more  or  less  flattened,  tubercular,  or  warted  above;  eyes  situated 
nearer  the  middle  than  the  back  of  the  head,  distinct;  antennae  (?)  dis- 
tinct, apparently  single  jointed,  with  a  terminal  bristle;  ocelli  absent. 
Wings  present,  much  longer  than  the  abdomen,  with  six  longitudinal  and 
three  transverse  veins;  first  longitudinal  vein  ending  in  the  front  margin 
at  about  the  outer  two-thirds  of  the  wing;  second  ending  a  little  before 
the  tip;  third  forking  from  the  second  near  the  base  of  the  wing,  and  end- 
ing exactly  at  the  wing  tip;  anterior  transverse  vein  a  little  below  (behind) 
the  furcation  of  the  second  and  third  veins;  the  hindmost  (innermost) 
cross-vein,  which  may  be  called  the  posterior,  near  the  margin  somewhat 
below  the  anterior  and  between  the  fifth  and  sixth  veins;  the  other  cross- 
vein,  which  may  be  called  the  apical,  near  the  margin  of  the  wing  and 
between  the  fourth  and  fifth  veins.  Legs  moderately  short,  somewhat 
stout;  tarsi  5-jointed,  the  first  joint  of  all  pairs  not  perceptibly  longer  than 
each  of  the  three  following,  very  short;  claws  stout,  two-toothed. 

I  take  pleasure  in  naming  this  interesting  species  in  honor  of 
Dr.  Alfredo  Duges,  of  the  Colegio  del  Estado,  at  Guanajnato. 

Trichobius  dugesii  nov.  sp. — Entirely  tawny,  or  very  pale  reddish  yellow. 
Head  flattened,  warty  above,  bristly  below  and  at  the  vertex,  rounded  in 
outline,  light  fulvous;  eyes  silvery.  Thorax  deeper  fulvous,  bristly  above; 
transverse  suture  distinct, -also  dorsal  and  humeral  sutures.  Abdomen 
very  light  fulvous,  somewhat  bristly  on  the  sides  and  at  the  extremity. 
Legs  fulvous,  femora  enlarged,  very  bristly  above;  last  joint  of  all  the 
tarsi  as  long  as  the  four  very  short  joints  that  precede  it  taken  together; 
claws  stout,  black,  two-toothed;  tibiae  and  tarsi  short  pubescent.  Wings 
very  light  fulvous,  with  veins  deeper  fulvous;  entire  wing  borders  and 
veins  bristly.  Length  of  body,  \1/^  mm.;  to  tips  of  wings,  2>£  mm. 

One  specimen,    taken  on    Glossophaga  soricina,   Guanajuato, 

Mexico. 

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LARVA  OF  POLYCESTA  ELATA  Lee. 
By  G.  W.  J.  ANGELL,  N.  Y.  City. 

Form  elongate,  flattened,  dorsal  and  ventral  surface  slightly 
convex.  Color  white;  segments  thirteen,  three  thoracic  and  ten 
abdominal.  First  four  abdominal  segments  equal  in  width,  filth 
to  tenth  gradually  tapering.  Last  segment  conical,  truncate; 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


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anal  opening  longitudinal.  Pro  thorax  large,  narrowed  in  front; 
a  fuscous  cuneiform  median  sulcus  extending  from  anterior  mar- 
gin to  base.  Spiracles  nine;  first 
large,  fuscous  and  crescent  shaped, 
situated  in  fold  of  the  infero-lateral 
plate  of  mesothoracic  segment  at  the 
juncture  of  dorsal  plate.  Spiracles 
second  to  ninth  small,  black  or  fus- 
cous, situated  on  first  eight  abdominal 
segments  near  anterior  margin  of 
dorsal  division,  increasing  in  size 
from  second  to  fifth,  and  decreasing 
from  fifth  to  ninth.  Head  rather 
prominent,  oval  and  convex,  densely 
clothed  with  short  fuscous  hairs,  a 
small  punctiform  fova  on  each  side. 
Clypeus  emarginate,  with  dark  chiti- 
nous  borders.  Labrum  coriaceous, 
fuscous  at  base,  anterior  margin 
slightly  sinuate.  Mandibles  short, 
stout,  cleft  at  tip,  grooved  at  base; 
mentum  coriaceous,  emarginate  and 
Insinuate.  Labium  membraneous,  cordate.  Paraglossse  promi- 
nent. Antennae  small,  three-jointed,  situated  near  base  of  man- 
dibles. Length  of  full  grown  larvae  from  two  to  two  and  one-half 
inches. 

Breeds  in  post  oak  (Quercus  obtusiloba  Michx),  cutting  a 
grooved  channel,  slightly  flattened,  in  general  course  parallel  to 
and  near  the  bark.  The  figures  are  life  size,  drawn  from  larvae 
and  pupa;  raised  from  specimens  received  from  Cypress  Mills, 
Texas. 


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SOME  NEW  AND  BEAUTIFUL  £GERIAD>£. 

By  BERTHOLD  NEUMOEGEN,  New  York. 

Although  our  fauna  contains  quite  a  number  of  ^Egeriadae, 
yet  the  group  does  not  seem  so  prolific  as  its  European  relatives 
and  the  American  insects,  among  whom  there  are  some  extremely 
beautiful  and  striking  species,  are  counted  as  rarities  up  to  this 
day.  Since  Mr.  Hy.  Edwards  has  sifted  the  various  genera  some 


IO8  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [June, 

years  ago,  very  few  new  comers  have  been  announced.  It  there- 
fore affords  me  great  pleasure  to  be  able  to  describe  some  promi- 
nent new  species. 

Trochilium  californicum  n.  sp. — Palpi,  head,  collar,  abdomen  and  legs, 
bright  sulphur  color.  Antennae  light  brown,  thickening  in  centre  and 
curling  at  tips,  minutely  pectinated.  Thorax  black,  with  light  yellow  bor- 
ders. Primaries  and  secondaries  vitreous;  the  costa,  margins  and  ner- 
vures  in  both  of  them,  as  well  as  the  discal  spot  of  primaries,  of  light 
coffee  brown.  A  bright  yellow  spot  at  base  of  primaries.  Fringes  light 
coffee  brown.  The  first  two  segments  of  abdomen  black,  with  a  small 
yellow  intersection  of  remaining  segments  a  few  slightly  marked  with 
black  lines.  Expanse  of  wings,  37  mm.;  length  of  body,  15  mm. 

Hab. — Central  California.     Type  9  ,   coll.  B.  Neumoegen. 

This  insect  comes  very  near  T.  pacificum  Hy.  Edw. ,  of  which 
it  seems  to  be  the  southern  representative.  It  is  easily  distin- 
guished by  its  antennae  and  abdomen,  besides  being  a  smaller 
insect. 

Trochilium  minimum  n.  sp. — Antennae  black,  pectinated.  Palpi,  head 
and  collar  yellow,  the  latter  with  a  black  border;  patagiae  black,  with 
yellow  rims.  Legs  and  abdomen  yellow,  the  latter  with  black  segmentary 
bands.  Primaries  and  secondaries  above  vitreous;  costae,  margins,  discal 
spots  on  primaries,  nervures,  fringes,  uniformly  brown.  Below,  costa  and 
discal  spot  of  primaries,  as  well  as  anal  margin  of  secondaries,  have  a 
yellow  tinge.  Expanse  of  wings,  29  mm. ;  length  of  body,  10  mm. 

Hab. — Denver,  Col.     Type  £  ,  coll.  B.  Neumoegen. 

•Mr.  D.  Bruce  caught  this  specimen,  and  informs  me  that  its 
larva  feeds  on  willow.  He  will  probably  be  able  to  give  a  full 
description  of  the  latter  next  season.  This  is  the  smallest  North 
American  true  Trochilium  so  far  known,  and  comes  very  near 
the  European  Trochilium  melanocephalum  Dalm. 

Larunda  palmii  n.  sp. — $.  Antennae  slightly  pectinated.  Palpi  light 
red.  Head  black,  collar  yellow.  Thorax  black,  overcast  with  red  dust. 
Abdom  n  bluckj  with  first  and  fourth  segments/yellow,  and  red  anal  tuft. 
Below  yellow,  dusted  with  red.  Legs  brownish  red;  fringes  black.  Pri- 
maries slender,  of  reddish  tinge,  overcast  with  black,  especially  along 
costa,  apical  space  and  exterior  margin.  Secondaries  about  one-third 
larger  than  primaries;  bright  red.  Basal  half  hyaline;  black  shades  at 
apex,  exterior  margin  and  anal  angle.  Below,  primaries  black,  shading 
into  red  at  base,  costa  and  along  exterior  margin.  Secondaries  red,  hya- 
line; nervures  and  fringes  black. 

9- — Antennae  slender,  simple,  much  larger  than  the  ^,  and  wings  not 
so  disproportionate.  Primaries  and  secondaries  bright  red;  costa  and 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  1 09 

exterior  margins  prominently  black,  with  black  areas  at  apex  and  anal 
angle  of  secondaries.  Below,  a  large  part  of  inner  space  of  primaries 
black;  costa  and  margins  bright  red.  Secondaries  with  black  nervures. 
Expanse  of  wings,  <J\  25  mm. ;  £ ,  27  mm. ;  length  of  body,  rf  9  mm. ; 
9,  ii  mm. 

Hab. — South  Arizona.  Types,  three  males  and  one  female; 
coll.  Charles  Palm  and  B.  Neumoegen. 

I  take  great  pleasure  in  dedicating  this  beautiful  insect  to  my 
friend,  Mr.  Charles  Palm. 

Albuna  Vitrina  n.  sp. — Head  black;  palpi  and  collar  yellow.  Thorax 
black.  Antennae  brown,  pectinated;  caudal  tuft  narrow  and  black.  Legs 
black,  with  yellow  joints.  Primaries  and  secondaries  vitreous;  prominent 
cliscal  spot  on  primaries;  costa,  margins,  discal  spot  and  nervures  brown, 
with  a  basal  dot  of  same  color  on  both  wings.  Below  the  same,  except 
that  nervures  of  costa  and  interior  margin  of  primaries  are  pale  yellow. 
Expanse  of  wings,  21  mm.;  length  of  body,  10  mm. 

Had.— Ft.  Calgary,  N.  W.  Territory.  Type  $  ,  coll.  B.  Neu- 
moegen. 

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NOTES  ON  THE  EARLIER  STAGES  OF  LEPISESIA 
FLAVOFASCIATA  Bamst. 

By  CARL  BRAUN,  Bangor,  Me. 

(Continued  from  p.  89,  Vol.  II,  No.  5.) 

The  freshly-laid  egg  resembles  that  of  Dcilaph.  cham&nerii 
very  much;  indeed,  at  the  first  sight,  one  who  is  acquainted  with 
the  ova  of  the  Sphingidae  would  take  it  to  be  nothing  else,  so 
striking  is  the  resemblance  in  size,  color  and  form.  It  is  grass- 
green,  with  a  smooth  surface  without  granulations,  in  form  sphe- 
roidal; diameter  about  one-third  of  an  inch;  they  change  before 
hatching,  which  takes  place  in  from  five  to  six  days,  to  a  yellowish 
white  color.  The  young  larva  is  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  long, 
cylindrical,  yellowish  white  with  a  large  head,  on  each  side  of 
which  is  a  large  black  eye-spot.  The  head  resembles  in  com- 
parison that  of  a  pug  dog.  All  the  legs  are  tipped  with  black; 
the  horn,  which  is  short,  stout  and  straight,  is  tipped  with  black. 
The  first  molt  is  made  in  seven  days.  The  color  changes  now  t<> 
bluish  green,  with  a  faint  rosy,  irregular  longitudinal  stripe  on 
the  back.  The  color  on  tip  of  horn  is  violet  or  black,  it  grows 
shorter  at  every  change,  till  it  finally  is  discarded  at  the  third 


110  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

molt,  and  only  a  shiny  botton  remains,  which  has  a  black  rim. 
After  the  third  molt  the  larva  changes  to  light  brown  on  sides 
and  darker  above,  beneath  rosy.  * 

Of  nine  full  grown  larvae  the  smallest  measured  1.50  inches, 
the  largest  1.68  inches.  The  color  is  of  a  uniform  chocolate  with 
a  smooth  surface,  rosy  beneath;  legs  tipped  with  black,  two  large 
black  eye-spots,  one  on  each  side  of  head,  which  is  large  in  com- 
parison to  body.  The  larva  is  stout  and  cylindrical;  they  feed 
from  thirty-five  to  thirty-seven  days  on  EpiJobium.  Pupation  is 
on  top  of  ground,  among  leaves,  making  an  attempt  at  a  light 
cocoon  similar  to  the  manner  of  Hemaris  thysbe  and  diffinis. 

The  newly-made  pupa  is  from  seven-eighths  to  one  inch  long, 
stout,  with  prominent  head  of  ochre  yellow,  which  changes  to 
chestnut  in  some  and  blackish  brown  in  others.  The  cremaster 
is  short  and  stout,  with  seven  terminal  hooks;  in  some,  nine;  in 
others,  which  are  barbed,  a  silk  thread  attaches  the  hooks  to  the 
leaf  cocoon.  The  habits  of  the  larvae  are  peculiar;  they  feed 
mostly  at  night,  hiding  on  the  under  side  of  the  leaf  by  day  with 
head  thrown  to  the  right  side  of  body;  they  are  very  restless 
when  young,  but  soon  become  quiet  after  they  have  once  settled 
on  their  food;  they  require  a  great  deal  of  care,  and  need  plenty 
of  good  air,  and  will  not  thrive  in  the  glass  jar,  but  will  do  well 
on  the  food  put  in  water  with  a  fine  gauze-net  over  it  in  a  shady 
place. 

In  the  next  paper  I  will  attempt  to  describe  the  earlier  stages 
of  Smerinthus  cerisyi. 

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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 


LEPIDOPTERA. 

The  eggs  of  butterflies  and  moths  are  very  carefully  laid  by 
the  female  insect  on  the  appropriate  plant  on  which  the  young- 
caterpillars  are  destined  to  feed.  They  are  unerring  botanists  in 
this  respect,  and  never  make  a  mistake,  although  they  sometimes 
deposit  eggs  on  plants  the  leaves  or  stems  of  which  mingle  with 
those  on  which  the  larvae  are  to  feed,  and  to  which  they  soon  find 
their  way.  The  eggs  are  secured  to  the  plants  by  a  kind  of  glue 
or  cement,  which  soon  dries  on  exposure  to  the  air,  and  is  neces- 
sarily insoluble  in  water.  They  are  laid  singly  or  in  varying 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  Ill 

numbers.  Sometimes  they  are  all  laid  together  and  with  much 
regularity  on  the  leaf  or  around  a  twig;  in  this  case  the  young 
larvae  are  gregarious,  and  continue  to  feed  in  a  community. 
Some  species  are  gregarious,  while  the  larvae  are  young,  but  sepa- 
rate as  they  approach  full  growth  and  shift  for  themselves.  The 
eggs,  to  a  certain  extent,  mimic  their  surroundings  to  protect 
them  from  spiders  and  birds,  and  also  from  parasites  that  feed  on 
them.  The  eggs  of  Tolypc  vclleda  are  laid  in  strings,  and  are 
covered  by  hairs  from  the  tuft  at  the  end  of  the  abdomen  of  the 
female  moth  and  they  closely  resemble  a  hairy  caterpillar. 

"The  eggs  of  butterflies  are  composed  externally  of  a   thin 
pellicle,  separated  into  the  base,  walls  and  micropyle  (apex  of 
the  egg  and  place  where  the  male  fertilizing  cells  enter)."     The 
micropyle  is  made  up  of  very  small  cells,  and  the  walls  are  either 
smooth  or  variously  sculptured.    They  vary  considerably  in  shape, 
the  principal  varieties  being  globular,    hemispherical,   cone,  or 
spindle  shaped.     White  or  green  are  the  prevailing  colors,  al- 
though they  may  in  some  cases  be  yellow,  red  or  brown.     As 
the  young  caterpillar  develops,  its  color  may  be  seen  through  the 
thin  and  delicate  walls  of  the  shell,  and  this  makes  the  egg  appeal- 
black.     The  eggs  of  the  Satyrinae,  Nymphalidae  and  Papilionidae 
are  globular;  in  the  Hesperidae  they  are  usually  hemispherical, 
and  in  the  Pierinae  they  are  spindle-shaped.    The  hatching  period 
is  a  variable  one,  depending  on  temperature  and  exposure  to  the 
direct  rays  of  the  sun.      It  may  be  stated  in  a  general  way  that 
they  hatch  in  from  three  to  twenty  days,  according  to  the  species. 
Some  species  pass  the  Winter  in  the  egg  state,  although  the  vast 
majority  live  during  this  period  as  chrysalids.     The  eggs  of  le- 
pidoptera  make  very  pretty  and    interesting  objects  for   study 
under  a  magnifying-glass  or  microscope,  and  the  different  eggs 
of  the  different  species  bear  the  same  relation  to  each  other  as  do 
the  different  species  in  the  perfect  or  imago  state,  and  there  is  no 
doubt  but  what  a  system  of  classification  could  be  formulated 
from  these  alone.     The  eggs  of  some  species  are  very  readily 
found,  and  the  writer  would  urge  the  beginner  to  look  on  cab- 
bage plants  for  the  odd  little  spindle-shaped  eggs  of  Pieris  rapu\ 
and  study  them  under  a  glass  and  see  the  micropyle,  etc.,  and 
then  place  them  in  a  box  with  the  food-plant  and  rear  the  young 
larvae  to  the  perfect  state,  and  thus  gain  a  knowledge  of  the  life- 
history  of  one  species,  which  will  be  a  good  guide  to  the  study 


112  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

of  all  others.  The  eggs  of  Danais  archippus  are  also  readily 
found  on  the  common  silk  or  milk-weed  (at  the  present  time, 
May  loth).  They  are  generally  deposited  on  the  underside  of  a 
leaf,  and  usually  only  one  on  a  plant,  and  if  the  leaves  are  care- 
fully examined  the  eggs  are  easily  seen.  They  are  conical  in 
form  and  longitudinally  ribbed,  and  between  these  run  transverse 
ones.  They  are  white  when  laid,  but  gradually  turn  yellow,  and 
just  before  the  young  caterpillar  is  to  emerge  they  change  to  a 
steel-gray  color. 

Another  common  species  which  is  often  found  depositing  its 
eggs  on  clover  is  Colias  philodice.  The  egg  of  this  species  is  in 
•the  shape  of  a  spindle,  and  is  attached  to  the  plant  by  the  point 
or  one  end.  They  are  pale  yellow  when  first  laid,  but  soon 
change  to  a  dark  crimson,  and  are  very  interesting  and  pretty 
objects.  They  are  also  longitudinally  ribbed  and  crossed  by 
striae.  It  would  be  well  if  egg  hunting  were  considered  more 
profitable  by  lepidopterists,  as  there  is  no  doubt  but  what  great 
expertness  could  be  acquired  in  this  line,  and  in  this  way  much 
interesting  knowledge  would  be  gained,  and  when  they  were 
carried  through  to  the  perfect  state  nice,  bright,  and  faultless 
specimens  would  be  obtained. — ED. 

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Pupa  of  Plaslocerus  Schaumii. 

By  FRANK  E.  BLAISDELL,  M.D.,  Coronado,  Cal. 

Length  13.4  mm.  Form  elongate,  curved,  non-pubescent.  Color  of 
head,  thorax  and  members,  dirty  white,  with  slight  tinge  of  yellow;  head 
and  thorax  opaque;  members  translucent;  abdominal  segments  fulvous; 
central  portions  opaque;  borders  semi-transparent.  Head  deflexed  and 
sunken,  rather  deeply  into  prothorax;  front  full,  with  two  slight  depres- 
sions separated  by  a  median  longitudinal  ridge;  denticulation  of  mandi- 
bles visible.  Antennae  curved,  thrown  back  so  that  middle  of  the  con- 
vexity touches  corresponding  portion  of  the  side  of  prothorax;  apices 
near  or  resting  against  knees  of  anterior  and  posterior  limbs,  which  ap- 
proximate; pectinations  directed  inwards  and  backwards.  Prothorax 
quadrate,  flexed  upon  mesothorax;  anterior  angles  overlapping  the  eyes, 
so  as  to  cover  the  posterior  half  of  their  surface;  posterior  angles  promi- 
nent, strongly  divergent;  anterior  border  bearing  two  spines,  each  being 
situated  at  the  junction  of  the  middle,  with  an  outer  third.  Spines  mod- 
erately divergent,  basal  halves  straight,  stout;  apical  portions  slender, 
curved,  chitinous;  tips  piceous.  Mesonotal  region  depressed;  elytral  pads 
striate,  much  narrower  than  those  of  wings,  scarcely  reaching  base  of 
fourth  abdominal  segment.  Metanotal  region  full,  prominent;  alar  pads 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  113 

with  apices  nearer  median  line  and  posterior  to  those  of  elytra,  overlap- 
ping base  of  fourth  abdominal  segment;  anterior  pair  limbs  extending  to 
base  of  second  abdominal  segment;  median  pair  to  opposite  base  of  third, 
posterior  pair  to  centre  of  sixth 'segment.  Abdomen  depressed,  moder- 
ately curved  upon  itself;  sides  feebly  convex.  Segments  nine,  decreasing 
very  slowly  in  width  to  fifth,  then  more  rapidly;  third,  fourth,  fifth  and 
sixth,  subequal;  first  shorter  than  second,  which  is  shorter  than  third; 
eighth  two- thirds  as  wide  as  third,  shorter  than  seventh;  ninth  (anal)  sculp- 
tured, partly  sunken  within  eighth;  from  its  dorsal  surface  and  beneath 
posterior  border  of  eighth  two  spines  project,  which  are  divergent,  slightly 
recurved,  chitinous.  Sexual  characters:  male  distinguished  by  the  longer 
antennal  pectinations.  There  is  no  appreciable  difference  between  the 
eighth  ventral  segments  in  the  two  sexes. 

Two  specimens  ( k  and  9  .),  Coronado,  San  Diego  County, 
taken  June  24th  and  July  ist,  1890,  from  20.32  cm.  below  the 
surface  of  the  soil.  Position  and  pupal  chamber  had  been  de- 
stroyed before  they  were  observed.  From  the  appearance  and 
position  of  the  spines,  I  would  infer  that  the  pupa  approaches 
the  surface  previous  to  the  emergence  of  the  imago.  The  adult 
insect  is  vividly  portrayed  at  this  stage,  the  quadrate  pronotum 
suggests  P.  f rater.  One  specimen  was  permitted  to  complete 
the  transformations,  the  imago  possessing  a  narrow  prothorax 
and  divergent  posterior  angles,  characteristic  of  Schaumii.  Six 
days  previous  to  the  appearance  of  the  imago,  the  eyes  and  man- 
dibles began  to  darken ;  prothorax  darkened,  but  slightly.  The 
hardening  and  darkening  of  the  imaginal  exoskeleton  progressed 
very  slowly;  head  and  thorax  had  darkened  by  the  fifth  day;  ab- 
domen and  elytra  by  the  tenth  clay.  The  larva  has  not  yet  been 
recognized,  but  believe  I  possess  it  among  several  species  of 

Elaterid  larvae. 

o 

Note  on  Sphenophorus  minimus  Hart. 

By  JOHN  HAMILTON,  M.D.,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

Examining  some  indeterminata  taken  here,  which  have  been 
accumulating  during  several  years,  two  specimens  of  Spheno- 
phorus  minimus  Hart  were  discovered, — a  species  described 
lately  by  Mr.  A.  C.  Hart  in  an  article  entitled,  "The  Corn  Bill 
Bugs,"  in  which  he  writes  an  excellent  "  Key  to  the  Illinois 
Species"  (pertinax,  robustus,  costipcnnis,  scoparius,  sculpt  His, 
cariosus,  mclanoccphalus,  Savi,  placidns,  mini  in  us  &t\A.  pasrvulus). 
The  article  treats  these  species  exhaustively,  accompanied  by 
three  plates  of  well  executed,  enlarged  figures,  and  is  published 


114  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

in  the  i6th  Report  of  the  State  Entomologist  of  Illinois,  being 
the  5th  Report  of  S.  A.  Forbes  for  1887-88,  pp.  58-74,  and 
plates  I,  II  and  III  in  part. 

As  this  species  is  evidently  local,  and  perhaps  in  many  collec- 
tions as  an  indeterminate,  a  presentation  here  of  its  distinguishing 
characters  may  be  opportune,  as  comparatively  few,  to  whom  it 
might  be  useful,  are  likely  to  meet  with  the  Report  in  which  the 
description  is  published. 

Sphenophorus  minimus  Hart.— Black,  opaque  when  denuded,  covered 
with  a  thin  cinereous  indument,  argillaceous  in  the  large  punctures,  ex- 
cept rostrum  before  antennae;  antennal  club  and  basal  portion  of  anterior 
femora  internally,  shining  black;  funicle  and  tarsi  polished  rufous.  Ros- 
trum, ;j\  half  as  long  as  thorax,  finely  punctured  for  a  short  distance  in 
front  of  the  eyes  and  not  deeply  canaliculate,  slightly  arcuate,  moderately 
compressed,  scarcely  wider  to  tip,  base  abruptly  dilated  over  the  scrobes 
and  coarsely  punctured,  as  is  likewise  the  head;  thorax  longer  than  wide, 
nearly  as  wide  as  the  elytra,  moderately  constricted  at  apex,  base  and 
apex  behind  constriction  subequal,  slightly  widest  before  middle,  behind 
which  the  sides  are  nearly  parallel  to  base,  which  is  roundly  truncate  each 
side;  surface  sparsely,  irregularly  variolato-punctate,  with  large  shallow 
punctures;  a  small,  median,  smooth  space,  tending  to  obsolescence,  or  to 
project  backwards  as  a  fine  line;  anterior  constriction  with  close-placed, 
discrete,  shallow,  variolate  punctures  to  margin;  scutellum  elongate,  nar- 
row, not  channeled,  coated  normally,  but  liable  to  abrasion.  Elytra  widest 
near  base,  gradually  narrower  to  tip,  finely  striate,  striae  each  with  a  few 
distant,  coarse,  variolate  punctures  placed  transversely  in  rows,  the  de- 
pressions around  which  make  the  surface  uneven;  intervals  flat,  equal, 
when  denuded  finely  uniseriately  punctured;  pygidium  shallowly  punc- 
tured, pubescent  with  yellow  bristles  near  tip,  and  on  each  side  of  apex 
with  a  small  tuft.  Underside  with  small,  discrete,  variolate  punctures. 
The  centre  of  all  the  punctures  is  luteous,  which,  contrasted  with  the 
cinereous  surface,  causes  a  spotted  appearance.  Length  5  mm. 

This  species  belongs  to  the  fifth  section  of  Dr.  Geo.  H.  Horn's 
synopsis  (Proc.  Am.  Phil.  Soc.  Phil,  xiii,  421),  where  it  forms  a 
third  division  under  Section  A,  with  this  definition:  Thorax 
sparsely  and  irregularly  punctured  with  large  variolate  punctures. 
The  above  characters  are  derived  from  the  two  specimens  in  my 
collection.  Mr.  Hart's  description  was  made  from  six  males  and 
five  females,  taken  from  floating  driftwood  and  logs  near  water, 
at  Urbana  and  Springfield,  111.  Length  5-6  mm.  The  smallest 
species  in  our  fauna,  Mr.  Hart  says.  I  have  ten  examples  of 
parvulus  from  Illinois  and  Iowa,  none  of  which  exceed  5  mm. 
Measurements  from  anterior  margin  of  thorax. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  115 

Preparatory  stages  of  Spilosoma  latipennis  Stretch. 

By  HARRISON  G.  DYAR,  New  York  City. 

Egg. — Not  observed;  the  eggs  had  been  entirely  devoured  by  the  little 
larvae,  but,  judging  from  the  marks  left  on  the  leaf,  were  about  .6  mm.  in 
diameter. 

First  stage. — Not  observed,  but  judging  from  the  cast  skins  very  similar 
to  the  second  stage.  The  head  was  pale,  the  jaws  brown,  width  some- 
what over  .3  mm. 

Second  stage. — The  larvae  were  found  in  this  stage  June  26th  on  an  ash 

leaf,  some  twenty  or  thirty  together.    Head  pale  whitish,  brownish  on  the 

clypeus  and  at  vertex;  ocelli  black;  width  .4  mm.      Body  whitish,  the 

warts  concolorous  and  hardly  distinguishable,  bearing  long  whitish  hairs. 

•  Length  of  larva  3  mm. 

Third  stage. — Head  shiny,  pale  yellowish,  faintly  brownish  at  the  ver- 
tex, ocelli  black;  jaws  brown;  width,  .6  mm.  Body  as  before,  the  warts 
small,  concolorous,  an/}  bearing  long  blackish  hairs. 

Fourth  stage. — Head  as  before,  but  not  brownish  at  the  vertex;  width 
,9  mm.  Body  pale  whitish,  semi-transparent,  the  food  showing  through 
as  a  darker  band.  Hair  rather  long,  whitish.  Length  8  mm. 

Fifth  stage. — Head  pale  straw  color,  ocelli  black,  mouth  brownish; 
width  i.i  mm.  Body  as  before,  the  hair  whitish  and  rather  abundant. 

Sixth  stage. — As  in  the  previous  stage;  width  of  head  1.3  mm.  An 
orange  subdorsal  spot  on  joint  12,  and  a  much  fainter  one  on  joint  3. 

Seventh  stage. — As  before;  width  of  head  about  1.6  mm.  (measurement 
not  very  accurate)  A  blackish  subdorsal  shade  band  and  row  of  seg- 
mentary  white  dorsal  spots  faint  at  the  extremities  of  the  body.  Hair 
rather  long,  mixed  with  black. 

Eighth  stage. — Head  testaceous;  jaws  dark  brown;  ocelli  black;  width 
2.1  mm.  Body  sordid  greenish,  mottled  with  black  over  the  dorsum,  a 
white  dorsal  and  super-stigmatal  line  and  pale  stigmatal  shade;  spiracles 
white  in  a  narrow  black  border;  warts  large,  concolorous.  Hair  rather 
bristly,  of  irregular  length,  tawny  brown,  mixed  with  blackish;  on  joint 
12  an  orange  spot  surrounding  the  wart  of  ro\v  three.  Thoracic  feet 
testaceous. 

Ninth  stage. — Head  brownish  testaceous,  mouth  pale,  ocelli  and  jaws 
black;  width  2.3  mm.  Body  nearly  black  from  the  thick  mottlings,  the 
dorsal  and  super-stigmatal  lines  white;  spiracles  as  before.  Thoracic  feet 
testaceous,  abdominal  feet  black  outwardly;  a  subdorsal  orange  spot 
before  wart  three  on  joint  12.  Venter  as  black  as  the  body  above;  warts 
large,  pale  yellowish.  Hair  foxy  red,  mixed  with  blackish. 

Tenth  stage. — Exactly  as  in  the  previous  stage;  width  of  the  head  2.6  mm. 

Eleventh  stage. — Head  testaceous  brown,  labrum,  mouth  and  antennae 
pale  ;  width  3.1  mm.  Body  nearly  black,  with  only  the  merest  traces  of 
the  lines,  the  orange  spots  on  joint  12  small;  spiracles  white.  Thoracic 
feet  brownish  testaceous,  the  claspers  of  the  abdominal  feet  pale;  warts 


Il6  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

pale;  hair  bristly,  blackish,  appearing  foxy  red  next  the  body.    The  larva 
resembles  the  dark  brown  form  of  Spilosoma  virginica  in  appearance. 

Cocoon  formed  of  the  larval  hairs  held  in  place  with  silk  as  in  other 
,  species  of  Spilosoma. 

Pupa  robust;  nearly  straight  along  the  ventral  line,  slightly  contracted 
along  the  ventral  line,  slightly  contracted  laterally  behind  the  thorax. 
Abdomen  large,  rounded,  the  last  segments  tapering  rapidly;  cremaster 
flat,  short  and  thick,  furnished  with  many  short  knobbed  spines.  Thorax 
and  cases  creased;  body  coarsely,  but  densely  punctured.  Color  pitchy 
black,  shiny,  the  spiracles  pale  reddish. 

The  larva  matured  and  began  to  form  its  cocoon  September  3d, 
giving  a  larval  period  of  over  ten  weeks.  A  male  imago  emerged 
in  a  warm  room  on  March  i2th,  the  next  year. 

It  will  be  observed  from  the  measurements  given  above  that 
the  widths  of  head  follow  the  calculated  series  well,  except  the 
ninth  stage,  which  is  entirely  superfluous,  being  inserted  as  a 
geometric  mean  between  the  eighth  and  tenth  stages  at  a  much 
higher  ratio  than  any  other  stage,  viz.,  calculated,  .4,  .5,  .7,  .9, 
i.i,  1.3,  1.7,  2. i,  2.6,  3. 2,  ratio  .80,  giving  but  ten  stages;  found 
.3,  .4,  .6,  .9,  i.i,  1.3,  1.6,  2.1,  2.3,  2.6,  3.1.  The  ratio  between 
the  8th,  9th  and  loth  stages  as  found  is  .90,  which,  if  kept  up, 
would  interpolate  an  extra  stage  between  every  one.  Does  this 
indicate  that  this  species  has  normally  but  ten  stages,  and  that  the 
9th  as  observed  by  me  is  unusual,  being  produced  by  scarcity  of 
food  or  some  other  cause  ?  It  is  to  be  noted  that  I  did  not  find 
its  markings  to  differ  at  all  from  those  of  the  roth  stage. 

Mr.  Hulst,  in  the  brief,  but  only  published  account  of  this  spe- 
cies,* apparently  found  but  six  larval  stages,  but  in  the  absence 
of  any  measurements  it  is  useless  to  speculate  on  this.  While  I 
do  not  deny  that  the  number  of  stages  of  this  as  well  as  other 
species,  may  be  subject  to  variation  under  varying  conditions  of 
climate  or  food,  or  even  under  normal  conditions,  I  hold  that  it 
is  very  far  from  having  been  proved.  This  will  require  accurate 
observation,  in  my  opinion  best  accompanied  by  measurements, 
so  that  it  can  be  seen  where  the  variation,  if  any,  occurred,  as 
well  as  to  serve  as  a  check  on  the  accuracy  of  the  work.f 

Food-plants. — The  larvae  are  probably  omnivorous.  Though 
found  on  ash,  they  seemed  to  prefer  various  herbaceous  plants 
as  they  became  older.  Larvae  from  Dutchess  County,  New  York. 

*  Bull.  Brooklyn  Ent.  Soc.  viii,  120.  f-See  further  Psyche,  v,  420. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  1 17 

Callidryas  eubule  in  Missouri. 

By  R.  R.  ROWLEY,  Curryville,  Mo. 

My  acquaintance  with  Callidryas  eubule  began  in  the  Summer 
of  1 88 1.  About  the  middle  of  August  numbers  of  this  splendid 
insect  flitted  about  the  streets  of  Louisiana,  Mo.,  and  I  succeeded 
in  taking  a  fine  female  on  garden  flowers.  As  I  had  never  met 
the  species  before,  and  as  all  the  specimens  observed  seemed  to 
be  moving  in  the  same  direction,  as  well  as  because  of  the  sudden 
appearance  and  disappearance  of  so  great  a  number  of  strange 
insects,  the  impression  was  left  in  my  mind  that  they  were  in- 
habitants of  another  clime  and  were  migrating. 

A  close  watch  through  the  Summers  of  1882,  1883  and  1884, 
failed  to  discover  a  single  specimen,  and  I  had  about  abandoned 
all  hope  of  adding  to  my  meagre  knowledge  of  this  golden  winged 
fairy,  when  returning  from  a  day's  tramp  in  the  woods  and  fields, 
about  the  middle  of  the  afternoon  on  the  iyth  of  October,  1885, 
a  fine  male  eubule  sailed  quickly  across  my  path  and  settled  for  a 
moment  on  a  tall  Autumn  flower  just  over  the  fence,  almost  be- 
yond my  reach.  I  collected  myself  quickly  from  the  astonish- 
ment into  which  its  sudden  appearance'  had  thrown  me,  and  with 
the  full  length  of  my  long  net-pole,  carefully  and  tenderly  swept 
in  the  treasure.  It  was  a  bright,  new  specimen,  and  had  doubt- 
less flitted  out  into  the  sunshine  for  the  first  time  that  pleasant 
October  day,  as  not  a  scale  had  been  disturbed  on  its  pretty  wings. 
I  had  added  a  new  and  interesting  chapter  to  the  few  facts  gath- 
ered four  years  before,'  and  had  completely  reversed  my  first  im- 
pressions, being  now  satisfied  that  eubule  dwelt  here  among  us. 

Through  several  succeeding  Summers  I  made  frequent  trips  to 
a  bunch  of  Cassia  marilandica*  four  miles  away,  but  without  find- 
ing an  egg  or  a  larva  (I  had  found  this  clump  of  Cassia  in  chasing 
Terias  nicippe},  having  learned  trom  some  entomological  source 
that  the  larva  of  eubule  feeds  on  Senna.  Though  I  saw  occasional 
imagos  high  on  the  wing,  I  learned  nothing  concerning  its  pre- 
paratory stages  till  the  mid-summer  of  1888.  In  that  year  Terias 
lisa  was  very  abundant,  and  I  had  observed  the  females  of  that 
species  depositing  eggs  on  Cassia  cham&crista,  a  very  abundant 
plant  along  the  railroad  and  in  adjoining  fields  near  Curryville. 
In  searching  for  the  larvae  of  this  latter  species,  on  the  4th  of 


Il8  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

August,  I  found  seven  fine  eubule  caterpillars.    Later  in  the  same 
month  I  obtained  two  more  and  captured  a  number  of  images. 

Eubule  is  a  very  difficult  butterfly  to  take,  usually  soaring  be- 
yond the  reach  of  the  net.  I  have  taken  it  at  mud  and  on  red 
clover  and  ' '  milk-weed' '  blossoms.  It  is  wary  and  difficult  to 
approach,  settling  on  a  flower  but  for  a  moment. 

The  grown  larva  is  from  i^  to  2  inches  in  length,  and  varies 
in  color  from  a  light  green  to  a  yellowish  green,  the  entire  body 
being  covered  with  raised  black  points.  There  is  a  bright  yellow 
longitudinal  line  or  band  below  the  spiracles,  and  on  each  segment 
there  is  a  cross  line  or  band  of  dark  blue,  preceded  by  a  broken 
line  of  the  same  color  extending  downward  to  the  longitudinal  » 
band.  The  light  green  larva  wants  these  cross  lines  of  blue, 
black  segmental  dashes,  encircled  by  blue,  either  side  of  the  yel- 
low band  taking  their  places.  The  underside  of  the  body  is  light 
green.  Head  yellow,  with  a  yellowish  green  face.  Top  of  head 
set  with  raised  black  points.  Feet  yellow.  None  of  the  larvae, 
before  the  fourth  moult,  show  the  cross  blue  bands.  The  young 
larva  is  light  yellowish  green  with  the  yellow  band  and  raised 
black  points. 

The  pupa  is  1^2  inches  long,  a  beautiful  light  green  with  a  mid- 
dorsal  dark  line  and  a  light  lateral  line  to  each  side.  Wing  cases 
very  much  humped,  giving  great  breadth  to  the  body.  A  long 
thorn  like  spine  projects  forward  from  the  front  of  the  head. 
Length  of  pupal  period  ten  days.  From  the  suspension  of  the 
larva  to  pupation  is  from  twenty-six  to  twenty-eight  hours. 

Eubule  seems  to  be  a  very  delicate  insect  and  difficult  to  rear 
in  confinement.  Out  of  nine  larvae  handled,  but  two  reached 
the  imago,  and  these  were  about  ready  to  suspend  when  found. 
The  remaining  seven  died  after  suspending,  either  just  before  or 
just  after  pupation,  the  fine  green  of  the  new  pupa  soon  becoming 
a  dark  putrid  mass.  Besides  eubule,  I  have  found  feeding  on 
Cassia  chamcecrista  the  following  species:  Terias  lisa  and  Hy- 
petchiria  io. 


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tion to  this  in  a  notice  to  be  found  on  the  second  page  of  the  cover  of  this 
number  of  the  NEWS. 

THE  IDEAL  entomological  journal  is  one  that  covers  the  whole  field, 
and  each  number  should  contain  matter  that  will  please  all  its  readers. 
The  dry  scientific  article  should  have  a  place  along  with  that  of  a  more 
popular  and  lighter  vein.      A  journal,  any  number  of  which  is  made  up 
largely  of  a  dry  synopsis  of  a  single  family  in  an  order,  is  of  value  to  only 
a  very  few  readers,  and  the  large  remainder  are  disappointed  and  obliged 
to  wait  another  month  in  hopes  of  finding  something  more  tempting. 
The  subscribers  are  made  up  of  the  professional  entomologist,  the  sys- 
tematist,  the  lover  of  nature  in  general,  the  amateur  entomologist,  those 
interested  in  Entomology  in  general,  those  interested  in  a  single  order, 
the  student  and  the  beginner,  and 'the  scope  of  a  journal  should  be  such 
and  the  paging  sufficient  in  each  number  to  supply  readable  matter  for  all. 
The  lepidopterist,  the  hymenopterist,  or  the  neuropterist,  cares  little  for 
an  article  on  some  obscure  family  of  beetles,  and  the  coleopterist  is  equally 
dissatisfied  with  the  same  program  in  the  other  orders;  therefore,  the  ideal 
journal  is  one  that  covers  the  subject  from  A  to  Z;  or,  to  give  an  illustra- 
tion, the  intergrades  may  be  filled  in  between  to  such  articles  as  these, 
"  Notes  on  the  Genitalia  of  Gynanclromorphous  Macro-lepidoptera"  and 
"  There  was  an  old  man  in  a  tree 
Who  was  horribly  bored  by  a  bee. 
When  asked  '  Does  it  buzz?' 
He  replied,  '  Yes,  it  does, 
•  It's  a  regular  brute  of  a  bee.'  "  ED. 


120  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  [June, 

Hetcerins  brunnipcnnis. — A  recent  addition  to  the  collections  at  the 
Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia  is  a  hill  of  the  mound- 
building  ant,   formica  exsectoides,   from  the  vicinity  of  Altoona,    Pa., 
containing  a  living  colony  of  ants,  measuring  about  three  feet  in  diameter 
at  the  base  and  about  two  feet  high.     It  is  remarkable,  considering  the 
size,  that  over  two  hundred  examples  of  Hettzrius  bnit/nipennis  have  been 
captured  upon  the  exterior  of  the  hill,  seemingly  creating  a  doubt  as  to 
whether  it  is  really  a  colony  of  ants,  or  one  of  Hetccrius.    The  first  speci- 
mens were  observed  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Fox,  on  March  30,  1891,  and  since  then 
the  writer  has  taken  small  lots  at  intervals  of  three  or  four  days,  covering 
a  period  of  six  weeks,  the  specimens  gradually  getting  less  abundant. 
The  lower  half  of  one  side  of  the  mound,  which  is  almost  perpendicular, 
is  completely  honey-combed  by  exposed  galleries,  and  out  of  these  occa- 
sionally one  or  two  Hetccrius  would  suddenly  make  their  appearance  and 
roll  to  the  bottom  of  the  hill.     Apparently  the  ants  had  carried  these  to 
the  open  ends  of  the  galleries  and  unceremoniously  tumbled  them  out. 
A  great  many  times  ants  were  observed  emerging  from  the  galleries  with 
Het&rius  in  their  jaws,  which  they  would  carry  a  short  distance  from  the 
mound  and  drop,  the  ants  returning  without  giving  them  any  further  at- 
tention.    Nearly  all  the  Hetczrius  that  were  seen  in  motion,  were  intent 
upon  re-entering  the  hill,  but  were  usually  bottled  before  they  could  do 
so.    Sometimes  the  Hetccrius,  when  touched  with  a  wisp  of  straw,  would 
double  up  their  members  and  drop,  feigning  death  after  the  manner  of 
other  members  of  the  family.     At  other  times  when  touched  they  would 
display  considerable  activity,  although  awkward  and  unwieldy  in  appear- 
ance could  run  along  quite  rapidly.     An  examination  of  small  heaps  of 
dead  ants  in  the  extreme  corners  of  the  table  upon  which  the  mound  has 
been  placed,  failed  to  discover  the  presence  of  any  Het(erius.     But  one 
other  coleopter  was  taken,  a  species  of  Pselaphidae.     A  small  dipter  was 
noticed  in  numbers  running  about,  continually  in  motion,  but  rarely  taking 
wing.     What  the  exact  contents  of  the  mound  may  be  will  remain  in 
doubt,  as  all  observations  were  necessarily  made  from  the  exterior,  it 
being  the  intention  to  preserve  the  hill  in  its  entirety. — CHAS.  LIEBECK. 

Excursion  ! — The  entomolqgists_of  New  York,  Brooklyn,  Newark, 
Philadelphia  and  localities  near  these  cities  are  invited  to  attend  the  second 
annual  field  meeting  to  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  entomological 
societies  of  these  cities  at  Jamesburgh,  N.  J.,  on  July  4th  next.  James- 
burgh  is  on  the  Amboy  division  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  may 
be  reached  from  New  York,  via.  Monmouth  Junction,  7.20  A.M.;  Newark, 
7.50  A.M.;  Philadelphia,  Broad  Street,  6.50  A.M.;  Camden,  7.00  A.M.  Later 
trains  leave  New  York  via.  Rahway  and  Philadelphia  on  the  Long  Branch 
division,  but  it  is  urged  that  the  early  train  be  used,  as  this  will  bring  the 
party  into  Jamesburgh  at  the  same  time.  All  those  desiring  or  expecting 
to  attend  will  please  notify  one  of  the  members  of  the  committee,  from 
whom  also  all  further  information  can  be  obtained.  The  notification  is 
important,  in  order  that  proper  arrangements  may  be  made  at  Jamesburgh. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  121 

Committee:  C.  P.  Machesney,  65  Broadway,  X.  V.;  Dr.  Henry  Skinner, 
Amer.  Ent.  Soc.,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia;  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  Xew 
Brunswick,  N.  J.  ;  H.  W.  Wenzel,  1115  Moore  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

OF  Amphion  nessits,  Dr.  Holland  is  recorded  as  saying  (in  Smith's 
"Sphingidee  of  America  North  of  Mexico,"  page  126)  that  "if  flying  in 
the  middle  of  the  day  he  '  has  noticed  that  it  always  keeps  in  the  shadow, 
or  slyly  hovers  about  among  the  thick  masses  of  the  Syringa  blossoms 
in  the  deep  umbrageous  recesses,  where  it  is  not  easily  reached  by  the 
net  of  the  collector.'  '  This  is  at  variance  with  my  observation.  June  i, 
1890,  I  collected  some  18-19  imagines  (images)  in  the  hot  sunshine,  be- 
tween i  and  3  P.M.,  all  feeding  on  the  flowers  of  Blue  Flag  (Iris  versicolor). 
My  attention  was  called  to  the  spot  in  a  swampy  meadow  in  one  of  our 
suburban  districts  of  Westchester  County  by  a  few  fine  Papilio  tiirmis 
hovering  over  the  blue  masses  of  Iris.  The  A.  nessus  had  no  opportunity 
to  hide  in  trying  to  obtain  nectar  from  the  open  flowers  of  Blue  Flag,  and 
was  easily  taken  while  exploring  the  tubular  Corolla  for  dainties.  Out  of 
some  twenty  specimens  I  saw  on  two  successive  Sundays  feeding  on  Iris 
versicolor,  I  only  missed  one.  Neither  did  they  exhibit  any  greater  shy- 
ness than  does  Hemaris  thysbc  visiting  the  thistle  flowers.  Of  course  the 
large  flowers  of  Blue  Flag  do  not  compare  favorably  with  the  thyrses  of 
Lilac  blossoms,  many  hundreds  of  which  are  closely  crowded  together, 
and  a  hawk  moth  in  visiting  its  flowers,  of  necessity  must  frequently  ap- 
pear to  be  in  the  shadow  of  the  larger  flower  truss  of  Syringa  vulgaris,  or 
S.  persica.  In  July,  1889,  I  took  a  single  specimen  of  A.  tiessus  feeding 
on  the  flowers  of  a  Deutzia  crenatd.  I  could  not  readily  take  it,  because 
it  so  dodged  in  and  out  among  the  white  flowers  of  the  drooping  raceme, 
that  it  was  difficult  to  follow  its  rapid  movements.  Go  to  Blue  Flag  when 
in  flower,  and  it  is  not  difficult  at  all  to  take  A.  nessus. — R.  KUNZE,  M.D. 

IN  some  years'  collecting  in  Essex  County,  N.  J.,  I  have  always  noted, 
with  more  or  less  interest,  the  small  colonies  of  one  of  our  common 
"ladybirds,"  Megilla  maculata,  which  hibernate  under  leaves,  stones, 
etc.,  through  the  Winter.  These  colonies  have  always  ranged  from  100 
to  200  individuals  with  occasionally  one  of  some  500.  On  March  6th  I 
found  one  of  unusual  size,  and  being  curious  as  to  the  number  it  contained, 
I  collected  the  entire  colony  with 'the  help  of  my  brother.  It  numbered 
1412.  They  were  on  the  south  side  of  a  chestnut  tree  under  a  small 
cluster  of  old  chestnut  burs.  I  thought  this  large  number  collecting, 
whether  for  social  or  sexual  purposes  (and  I  am  inclined  to  think  the  latter 
has  a  good  deal  to  do  with  it),  might  be  interesting  to  some  of  the  readers 
of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  who  are  coleopterists. — RALPH  HOPPINV,. 

A  WORD  about  Argynnis  idalia,  which  are  with  difficulty  taken  even 
when  feeding  on  their  favorite  swamp  milkweed  (Aslcpias  in  earn  a  fa). 
Not  far  from  New  Rochelle,  \\Vstchester  County,  N.  Y.,  in  a  wet  swamp, 
I  obtain  some  specimens  every  season.  In  July,  1890,  when  this  milkweed 
was  in  full  flower,  I  went  there  as  usual  with  my  largest  net,  fifteen  inches 
in  diameter,  with  which  I  can  capture  twice  the  number  than  with  an 


122  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

eleven  inch  affair.  After  securing-  a  specimen  or  two  it  turned  to  a  driz- 
zling rain.  Nothing  daunted,  my  feet  being  wet  already,  I  tramped  hither 
and  thither  through  the  long,  wet  grass  and  tall  weeds,  every  now  and 
then  starting  up  an  Arg.  idalia  much  in  the  same  manner  that  a  hunter 
flushes  woodcock  in  a  swamp.  The  A.  idalia  were  thoroughly  wetted 
like  myself  and  never  flew  far  away,  so  that  I  could  easily  mark  the  spot, 
walk  up  stealthily  and  readily  take  my  prize. — RICHARD  E.  KUNZE,  M.D. 

Mr.  EDITOR. — You  refer  in  the  May  number  of  your  esteemed  paper  to 
a  noctua  caught  by  Mr.  J.  T.  Mason,  of  Houston,  Texas.  I  identified 
this  insect  last  Summer  as  belonging  to  the  genus  Euglyphia.  Its  correct 
name  is  Euglyphia  fastuosa  Guen.  (Gue'n.  No.  186.  Herr.-Sch.  Cuba, 
1868,  p.  9),  and  it  is  fully  described  in  Dr.  J.  Gundlach's  "  Contribucion  a 
la  Entom.  JCubana,"  p.  304.  This  insect  is  likewise  found  in  the  West 
Indies  and  South  America.  In  Cuba  its  larva  feeds  on  malva-te"  ( Ccechorus 
silignosus).  It  transforms  above  ground,  making  a  sort  of  nest  from  little 
bits  of  grasses.  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  in  his  new  check  list,  will  assign  it  to 
the  genus  Noropsis  Gue'n.,  "of  which,"  as  he  says,  "it  is  the  type,  Eu- 
glyphia being  restricted  to  other  species  by  him  (Gue'n.)." — NEUMOEGEN. 
The  synonymy  of  the  moth  is  hieroglyphica  Cramer,  ==  elegans  Hiib., 
-fastuosa  Gue"nee. — ED. 

THE  LAST  of  August,  1890,  I  took  in  southern  Michigan  a  good  female 
of  Apatura  clyton.  I  do  not  know  that  it  has  been  reported  before  from 
Michigan.  The  fact  that  it  is  the  only  one  I  have  ever  taken,  and  that  I 
took  it  on  ground  that  I  have  worked  over  for  several  years,  made  it  quite 
noticable  to  me.  I  had  gathered  together  a  lot  of  ripe  pairs,  put  them 
in  a  pile,  and  had  crushed  them  as  a  bait  for  Graptas  and  Liwaiitis  Ursula. 
This  Apatura  was  taken  on  the  crushed  pears  with  those  mentioned.— 
I.  N.  MITCHELL,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 

A  SAVANT'S  HORRIBLE  DEATH. — Algiers,  May  iSth.  The  French 
savant,  M.  Kunckel  Herculais,  the  president  of  the  ethnological  society, 
who  was  employed  on  the  government  mission  of  investigating  the  locust 
plague  in  this  province,  has  met  with  a  horrible  death.  While  examining 
a  deposit  of  locusts'  eggs  at  the  village  of  Sidieral  he  was  overcome  with 
fatigue  and  the  heat,  and  fell  asleep  on  the  ground.  While  sleeping  he 
was  attacked  by  a  swarm  of  locusts.'  On  awakening  he  struggled  des- 
perately to  escape  from  the  flood.  He  set  fire  to  the  insect-laden  bushes 
near  him,  but  all  his  efforts  proved  ineffectual,  and,  when  finally  the 
locusts  left  the  spot,  his  skeleton  was  found,  together  with  his  hair,  beard 
and  necktie.  The  rest  of  him  had  been  entirely  devoured.  Mr.  Herculais 
was  a  member  of  the  French  Academy,  and  the  author  of  several  valuable 
works  on  insects. 

Psyche  confederata  G.  and  R.  has  been  quite  abundant  for  two  years 
past  on  the  grounds  of  the  Ohio  State  University,  Columbus.  I  infer, 
from  references  made  to  it  by  Mr.  H.  G.  Hubbard,  in  "  Insects  Affecting 
the  Orange,"  1885,  that  it  is  not  known  to  be  widely  distributed  or  com- 
mon elsewhere. — D.  S.  KELLICOTT,  Columbus,  Ohio. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  123 

THE.  LAST  SEASON  was  not  a  very  propitious  one  for  collecting  lepidop- 
tera  in  this  country,  and  most  of  my  collectors  did  only  fairly  well.  Mr. 
Bruce  succeeded  in  obtaining  some  of  the  rarer  Arctians,  Cossidae  and 
Bombycidae  in  Colorado.  Mr.  Bean,  of  Laggan,  raised  the  beautiful 
Colias  elis  $  and  $,  Antarctia  Beanii  Neumg.,  etc.,  from  the  larvae,  and 
captured  a  new  Chionobas,  coming  very  near  subhyalina  Curt.  My  col- 
lector on  the  upper  Indian  River,  Fla.,  caught  several  specimens  of  the 
handsome  sphinx  Dilophonota  caicus  Cr.,  which  will  have  to  be  added 
to  our  fauna.  So  far  the  latter  insect  has  only  been  obtained  in  Hayti, 
Honduras  and  some  parts  of  South  America.— B.  NEUMOEGEN. 

MESSRS.  Fox  and  Johnson  arrived  in  Philadelphia,  Thursday,  May  i4th, 
after  a  successful  Collecting  tour  in  Jamaica.  They  saw  one  specimen  of 
Papilio  homerus,  but  did  not  succeed  in  capturing  it. 

Prof.  I.  N.  MITCHELL  reports  Vanessa  calif ornica  as  having  been  taken 
at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 

Mr.  H.  F.  \YICKHAM  left  May  gth  for  a  collecting  tour  in  Alaska.  He 
expects  to  be  gone  until  September. 

Identification  of  Insects  (Imagos)  for  Subscribers. 

Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions:  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Address  all  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Insects  have  been  named  for  A.  F.  Winn,  W.  C.  Wood,  F.  H.  Hillman, 
T.  W.  Glover  and  E.  B.  Southwick. 


En.tomologica.1   Literature. 

TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON,  1891, 
pt.  i,  178  pp.  9  plates. — Notes  on  the  Genitalia  of  a  Gynandromorphous 
Eronia  hippia,  by  Geo.  T.  Baker.  A  monograph  of  British  Braconidae, 
pt.  4,  by  Rev.  Thomas  A.  Marshall.  African  Micro-Lepidoptera,  by  Right 
Hon.  Lord  Walsingham.  New  species  of  moths  from  southern  India,  by 
Col.  Chas.  Swinhoe.  Conspicuous  effects  on  the  Markings  and  Coloring 
of  Lepidoptera  caused  by  exposure  of  the  pupa  to  different  temperature 
conditions,  by  Fred.  Merrifield.  On  some  recent  additions  to  the  list  of 
South  African  butterflies,  by  Roland  Trimen. 

THE  BUTTERFLIES  OF  NORTH  AMERICA,  by  \V.  H.  Edwards;  third 
series,  pt.  u. — This  contains  the  life-histories  of  Apatnra  flora,  Satynis 
mcadii  and  Chionobas  chry.vus,  illustrating  eggs,  larva,  chrysalids  and 
imagos.  Mr.  Edwards  is  to  be  congratulated  in  having  reared  C.  c/iry.viis 
successfully,  and  giving  such  a  beautiful  illustration  of  the  life-history  of 
a  genus  which  so  little  had  been  known  of  the  earlier  stages  previous  to 
the  publication  of  his  work. 


124  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ZOOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON,  1890,  pt.  4. 
—On  the  Heteromerotis  Coleoptera  collected  by  Mr.  W.  Bonny  in  the 
Aruwimi  Valley,  by  G.  C.  Champion. 

WEST  AMERICAN  SCIENTIST,  January,  1891. — A  new  Rhaphiomidas 
from  California,  R.  acton,  by  D.  W.  Coquillett. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  LINNEAN  SOCIETY  OF  NEW  SOUTH  WALES,  2d 
series,  vol.  v,  pt.  ist. — Contributions  towards  a  knowledge  of  the  Cole- 
optera of  Australia,  No.  6.  New  Lamellicornia  and  Longicornia,  by  A. 
Sidney  Oliff.  A  revision  of  the  Australian  genus  Ogyris,  with  descrip- 
tion of  a  new  species,  by  B.  W.  H.  Miskin.  Descriptions  of  hitherto 
undescribed  Australian  Lepidoptera  (Rhopal.),  principally  Lycaenidse,  by 
W.  H.  Miskin.  Diptera  of  Australia,  pt.  8,  the  Tipulidae  longipalpi,  by 
Fred.  A.  A.  Skuse.  Note  on  Danais  petilia  Stoll.,  by  H.  H.  Miskin. 
Notes  on  Australian  Coleoptera,  with  descriptions  of  new  species,  pt.  6, 
by  Rev.  T.  Blackburn.  Studies  in  Australian  Entomology.  No.  3. — On 
Promecoderus  and  allied  genera  (Carabidae),  by  T.  G.  Sloane. 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMERICANA. — Coleoptera,  vol.  ii,  part  i,  by  D. 
Sharp;  vol.  iv,  pt.  3,  by  D.  Sharp;  vol.  vi,  p.  i;  supplement,  by  M.  Jacoby; 
vol.  vii,  by  H.  S.  Gorham.  Hymenoptera,  vl.  ii,  by  P.  Cameron.  Le- 
pidoptera-Rhopalocera,  vol.  ii,  by  T.  D.  Godman  and  O.  Salvin.  Lepid- 
optera-Heterocera,  by  H.  Druce. 

DREISSIGSTER  BERICHT  DES  NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN  VEREINS 
FUR  SCHWABEN  UND  NEUBURG  (a.  V.),  1890. — The  macrolepidoptera  of 
the  vicinity  of  Kempten  and  Algaus:  A  contribution  to  the  Bavarian  le- 
pidopterous  fauna,  by  O.  von  Kolb,  2d  edition. 

LE  NATURALISTE,  April  i,  1891. — Diagnoses  of  new  Lepidoptera*  by 
P.  Dognin. 

MATERIAUX  POUR  LA  FAUNE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DES  FLANDRES  COLE- 
OPTERES,  4me  Centurie,  by  A.  P.  de  Borre. 

MONITORE  ZOOLOGICO  ITALIANO  (Florence),  II,  No.  3. — On  pseudo- 
parasitism  of  the  larva  of  the  Mosquito  (Culex pipiens\  by  R.  Blanchard. 

BIOLOGISCHES  CENTRALBLATT,  March  15,  1891. — The  glands  of  the 
first  abdominal  segment  of  the  insect  embryo,  by  J.  Carriere. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  LEYDEN  MUSEUM,  xii,  No.  4,  October,  1890. — De- 
scription of  two  new  species  of  the  genus  Poteriophorus  Sch.,  of  the 
family  Curculionidae,*  by  W.  Roelofs.  Description  of  a  new  species  of 
Elateridae,*  by  E.  Cande"ze.  Three  new  Malayan  Longicorn  Coleoptera,* 
by  C.  Ritsema  Cz. 

JOURNAL  DE  L' ANATOMIE  ET  DE  LA  PHYSIOLOGIE  NORMALES  ET  PATH- 

OLOGIQUES    DE    L'HOMME   ET    DES   ANIMAUX,   XXV'ii,    No.  J,  Paris,   1891. — 

Abstract  genealogy  of  Arthropoda,  by  Dr.  L.  A.  Segond. 

BIOLOGISCHES  CENTRALBLATT,  April  i,  1891. — On  the  biology  of  Ants, 
by  C.  Emery. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  125 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  EXTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  March  7, 
1891. — Description  of  new  Hesperidce,*  by  P.  Mabille;  Odina,  Nyctns  n. 
gen.;  Carystus  aba/us  n.  sp.  Merida,  Colombia.  Descriptions  of  Coleop- 
tera  of  the  mountains  of  Kashmir  (continued),  by  L.  Fairmaire;  Helco- 
p/ionts  Saloniniis  n.  gen.  Description  of  a  new  species  of  the  genus  Latli- 
ridins  Herbst.,  M.-J.  Belon.  On  some  Histericke  collected  in  Bengal,* 
by  G.  Lewis.  Dascillidae  and  Malacoderma  of  western  Bengal,*  by  M.  J. 
Bourgeois.  Note  on  the  Hemiptera  of  Bengal,*  by  L.  Lethierry.  Ento- 
mological miscellanies*:  I.  Phytophaga  of  the  Isle  of  Java;  II.  New,  or 
little-known  Phytophaga,*  by  A.  Duvivier;  Sikkimia  n.  gen.  New  Bu- 
prestidae  and  synonymic  remarks,*  by  C.  Kerremans. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  April  6,  1891. — On  the  development  of  the 
central  nerve  system  in  Blatta  germanica,  by  N.  Cholodkovsky.  On  the 
development  of  the  wing  nerves  of  butterflies,  by  Dr.  E.  Haase. 

AXTI    DEL    REALE    ISTITUTO  VENETO    DI    SCIENZE,   LETTERE  ED  ARTI, 

xxxviii,  \Tenize,  1889-90. — Revision  of  the  Italian  Acarofauna  :  family 
Ixodini,  by  G.  Canestrini;  3  plates;  Herpetobia  n.  gen. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  No.  7,  April,  1891. — On  the 
Orthopterous  family  of  the  Prochilidae,*  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  4  figs.,  Simo- 
dera,  Mastighapha,  Polycleptis  n.  gen.  On  the  fauna  of  Mecklenburg 
(Coleoptera,  Lepidoptera),  by  H.  Brauns.  Miscellanea  coleopterologica,* 
by  C.  Schaufuss. 

IL  NATURALISTA  SICILIANO,  x,  No.  4  (Palermo),  1891. — Note  on  the 
genus  Reicheia  Saulcy,  and  on  a  species  of  Dickropterus  Ehlers,*  by  F. 
Baudi.  Luminous  insects,  by  L.  Failla-Tedaldi. 

LE  NATURALISTE  (Paris),  April  15,  1891. — Colias  Wiskotti  Staudinger, 
and  its  different  varieties,  by  M.  Austaut.  Description  of  new  Micro- 
Lepidoptera,*  by  P.  Chretien. 

TERMESZETRAJZI  FUSETEK  (Budapest),  xiii,  Nos.  2  and  3,  December* 
1890. — First  addition  to  the  Monographia  Chrysididarum  Orbis  Terrarum 
universi,*  by  A.  Mocsary;  Adelphinae  n.  subfam.,  Adelphc  n.  gen.,  A. 
inexicana  n.  sp.,  Orizaba. 

BULLETINO  DELLA  SOCIETA  ENTOMOLOGICA  ITALIANA,  xxii,  Nos.  3  and 

4,  1891. — New  species  of  Culex  from  Zanzibar,  by  Dr.  E.  Ficalbi.  New 
apparatus  for  the  study  of  Entomology,  by  C.  Emery.  A  zoological  ex- 
cursion to  the  Friulian  Lakes,  and  The  marriages  of  butterflies,  by  Dr.  A. 
Senna.  Diagnoses  of  new  Arthropoda  of  Sardinia,*  by  A.  Costa.  Studies 
on  Messinese  Entomology  :  the  Cleonidae,  by  F.  Vitale.  On  the  odorant 
organs  of  the  Lepidoptera  of  the  Indo-Australian  region  after  the  studies 
of  Dr.  Erich  Haase,  by  F.  Plateau.  Materials  for  a  catalogue  of  the 
Italian  Tenthredinida?,  by  A.  Berlese.  Genesis  of  the  silk  worm,  by  N. 
G.  Mukerji.  On  the  pretended  parasitism  of  the  larva  of  Culex pipiens, 
by  E.  Ficalbi.  Italian  Entomological  Literature;  Entomological  Bibliog- 
raphy, etc. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


126  ENTOMOOLGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

SlTZUNGSBERICHTE,  D.  KAIS.  AKADEMIE   DER  WlSSENCHAFTEN  (Wien) 

MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE  CLASSE,  xcviii,  heft  4-7,  '89, 
xcix,  heft  1-3,  1890. — Monograph  of  the  digging  wasps  allied  to  Nysson 
and  Bembex*  by  A.  Handlirsch,  parts  iv  and  v,  3  plates;  Bembidula 
diodonta,  Orizaba,  B.  insidialrix,  Ky.,  Tex.,  B.  capnopfera,  id.  and  Ga.,  B. 
fodiens,  Ga.,  Tex.,  Stenolia  scolopacea,  Nev.,  Cal.,  S.  tibia/is,  id.,  ]\Ione- 
dula  vivida,  Mex.,  M.  dives,  id.,  M.  serrata,  Ga.,  M.  inermis,  Ga.,  M. 
mammillata,  Ga.,  Va.,  Da.;  M.  minutula,  Tex., J\I.  pulla,  Cal.,  new  North 
American  species. 

DENKSCHRIFTEN  of  the  preceding,  Ivi,  1889. — Comparative  studies  on 
the  embryology  of  insects,  and  especially  Muscidae,  by  V.  Graber,  plates  • 
and  figures. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEX,  xvii,  No.  8. — April,  1891. — A  new 
contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  the  indigenous  Coleoptera  of  Bucovina, 
by  C.  v.  Hormuzaki.  On  the  fauna  of  Mecklenburg  (Hymenoptera),  by 
H.  Brauns.  Physiological  notes  (Coleoptera,  Hymenoptera),  by  C.  Ver- 
hoeff. 

SPECIES  DES  HYMENOPTERES  D'EUROPE  ET  D'ALGERIE,  fonde"  par  Ed- 
mond  Andre"  et  continue  sous  la  direction  scientifique  de  Ernest  Andre", 
386  fascicule,  Gray,  April  i,  1891. — Braconidse  (continued),  by  Rev.  T.  A. 
Marshall. 

COMTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  April  5,  1891. 
—Descriptions  of  new  Hesperid^e  (third  part),*  by  P.  Mabille;  Pamphila 
subsordida,  Honduras;  P.  piixrillius,  Mexico;  P.  asetna,  Honduras;  P. 
parilis,  id.  P.  binaria,  Merida;  P.  portensis,  Porto  Rico;  n.  sp.  from  North 
America.  Coleoptera  from  the  interior  of  China*  (seventh  part),  by  L. 
Fairmaire;  Hypochrus,  HecatoDinns,  Cyrebion,  Ariarathtis,  Lagriogonia, 
n.  gen.  Provisional  list  of  the  Coleoptera  Heteromera  of  Belgium,  by 
L.  Goucke. 

LE  NATURALISTE  (Paris),  May  i,  1891. — Insects  injurious  to  the  mari- 
time pines  imported  into  the  bay  of  the  Somme,  by  M.  Decaux.  Diag- 
noses of  some  Heterocera  from  Venezuela,  by  P.  Dognin. 

L'AuxiLiARE  DE  L'APICULTEUR  (Amiens),  April,  1891. — Raising  bees 
under  the  influence  of  violet  light,  by  A.  Teynac.  General  notions  on 
the  nature  and  physiology  of  the  Bee,  by  G.  Ulivi. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

A  REGULAR  MEETING  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION  OF  THE 
ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES  was  held  Wednesday,  April  23d,  Dr. 
Horn,  Director,  presiding.  Members  present:  Martindale,  Skinner.  '  As- 
sociates: Westcott,  Nell,  Calvert  and  Dr.  Castle.  Letters  were  read  from 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  I2J 

Dr.  Henri  de  Sassure  and  the  Imperial  Academy  Leopoldino-Caroline. 
Mr.  Martindale  reported  the  capture  of  butterflies  and  moths.  A  letter 
was  read  from  Mr.  VV.  J.  Fox,  dated  Kingston,  Jamaica,  April  isth,  in 
which  he  said  he  and  his  companion,  Mr.  C.  \V.  Johnson,  were  having 
fair  success  in  collecting  insects  on  the  island.  They  expected  to  go  to 
Port  Antonio  and  remain  there  until  May  yth,  when  they  would  leave  for 
home.  HENRy  SKINNER, 

Recorder. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON. — December  4,  1890. 
The  corresponding  secretary  read  a  paper  by  Mr.  P.  R.  Uhler  entitled, 
"Observations  on  some  remarkable  forms  of  Capsidae,"  in  which  were 
described  two  new  genera,  Heidemannia  and  Peritropius,  represented  by 
one  species  each,  viz.,  H.  cixiiformis  and  P.  saldcsformis.  The  paper 
also  contained  a  note  on  the  recent  discovery  by  Mr.  Heidemann,  in  the 
District,  of  one  of  Say's  long-lost  species,  Cylaphus  tenuicornis. 

Mr.  Howard  read  a  paper  on  the  "  Parasites  of  the  Hemerobiinae,"  in 
which,  after  dwelling  on  the  numerous  protective  characters  of  this  sub- 
family of  neuropterous  insects,  he  spoke  of  the  known  hymenopterous 
parasites,  and  added  the  encyrtid  genus  Isodromns  as  the  only  known 
primary  parasite  in  the  country  with  the  single  exception  of  the  egg  para- 
site mentioned  by  him  on  page  10,  Vol.  I,  of  the  society's  proceedings. 
Several  secondary  parasites  were  mentioned,  and  a  list  of  the  European 
parasites  and  hyper-parasites  was  given. 

Mr.  Marlatt  presented  a  note  in  which  he  proposed  the  specific  name 
unicolor  for  a  species  of  Monoctenus,  the  larva  of  which  feeds  on  the  Red 
Cedar.  This  Saw-fly  had  been  described  by  him  as  M.  juniperi  (see 
Trans.  Kans.  Acad.  of  Sciences,  Vol.  X,  p.  82),  which  name  was  preoc- 
cupied by  an  European  species  of  the  genus. 

Mr.  Banks  read  a  paper  on  Thalmia  parietalis  Hentz,  a  spider  which 
he  had  taken  in  Texas,  and  which  had  been  lost  since  Hentz's  time.  In 
studying  this  species  in  connection  with  the  Pholcidae,  Scytodidae,  Fili- 
statidae,  Urocteridae,  Euyoidse  and  Hersilidae,  he  reached  the  conclusion 
that  these  spiders  are  closely  related,  and  ought  to  be  included  in  one 
group  of  family  importance  for  which  he  proposes  Duges'  name  Microg- 
nathes  changed  to  Micrognathidae. 

Mr.  Townsend  read  some  notes  on  Tachinicke  sens,  /at.,  synonymical 
and  critical,  with,  particular  reference  to  the  confusion  of  the  sexes  by 
early  describers.  A  good  number  of  species  were  noticed  and  several 
new  ones  were  described. 

Prof.  Riley  read  and  commented  on  letters  from  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Ashmead, 
now  studying  in  Berlin,  and  Mr.  S.  S.  Ratlmm,  of  Lancaster,  Pa.  He 
then  read  a  note  on  an  exotic  roach  {Ponchlora  z'iridisf]  which  he  had 
recently  received  from  Dr.  C.  F.  Gissler,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  V.  The  re- 
markable feature  was  that  the  roach  was  certainly  viviparous,  a  habit 
believed  not  to  have  been  hitherto  recorded  of  any  species  of  the  family 
Blattidai.  Figures  of  the  parent  roach,  and  of  its  young  greatly  enlarged, 


128  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [June, 

were  shown.     Prof.  Riley  gave  an  account  also  of  his  additional  study  of 
Platypsyllus,  in  which  he  mentioned  the  discovery  of  a  large  number  of 
insects,  mites  and  centipedes,  which  are  associated  with  the  beaver  either 
accidentally  or  as  parasites  or  guests.     He  also  mentioned  the  undeter- 
mined larva  described  by  Mrs.  Julia  P.  Ballard  in  the  October  number  of 
ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  p.  124,  and  said  that  he  had  no  difficulty  in  rec- 
ognizing the  larva  as  that  of  Citheronia  regalis*  G.  and  R.    He  then  called 
attention  to  an  interesting  paper  read  by  Prof.  Forbes  at  the  recent  meet- 
ing of  the  Association  of  Economic  Entomologists,  relating  to  the  periods 
of  transformation,  and  to  the  specific  characters  of  Lachnosterna  larva. 
These  matters  were  discussed  at  considerable  length  by  Prof.  Riley,  and 
two  new  parasites  of  Lachnosterna  were  added  to  those  hitherto  known. 
Mr.  Schwarz  presented  a  note  "  On  the  feeding  habits  of  Empidse,"  in 
which  he  described  the  habits  in  this  regard  of  a  species  of  Syneches  sim- 
plex f  which  was  very  abundant  in  the  mountains  at  Ft.  Pendleton,  Md., 
during  the  first  part  of  July.     Their  vertical  position  in  flight  and  peculiar 
method  of  holding  their  prey  and  of  hanging  by  one  fore-leg  while  de- 
vouring it,  were  described.     He  also  discussed  the  recent  publication  by 
Ed.  Fleutian  and  Salle"  on  the  Coleoptera  from  the  island  of  Guadalupe, 
West  Indies  (Ann.  Soc.  Ent.  de  France,  1889,  1890].     The  relation  of  the 
species  enumerated  to  the  fauna  of  the  United  States  was  particularly 
dwelt  upon.  C.  L.  MARLATT, 

Recording  Secretary. 


OBITUARY 

Prof.  JOSEPH  LEIDY,  M.D.,  died  April  30,  1891,  aged  68  years.  Dr. 
Leidy  always  took  a  warm  interest  in  Entomology,  although  his  writings 
on  the  subject  were  principally  connected  with  the  anatomy  of  insects. 
Among  his  very  first  contributions  to  science  was  an  article  on  the  Mech- 
anism which  Closes  the  Membranous  Wings  of  the  genus  Locusta  (Proc. 
Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  1846).  Then  came  the  important  contributions,  "  History 
and  Anatomy  of  the  Hemipterous  genus  Belostonia  (1847),"  and  the 
"Internal  Anatomy  of  Corydalis  cornntus  in  its  three  stages  of  exist- 
ence (1848)."  He  collected  micro-lepidoptera  in  his  earlier  years,  and 
there  are  many  specimens  in  the  collection  of  the  Entomological  Section 
of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  which  he  presented.  Dr.  Leicly 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  Feb.  8, 
1864. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  May  was  mailed  April  27,  1891. 


C.  sepitlcralis  ?  — ED. 


Ent.  News.  Vol.  II. 


PI.  VI. 


HENRY   EDWARDS. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 

AND 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  ii.  SEPTEMBER,   1891.  No.  ; 


CONTENTS: 


Henry  Edwards 129  Skinner— Elementary  Entomology 137 

\Vickham — Through  the  Final  Mts 130  Notes  and  News 138 

Rowley — Notes  on  Colias  eeesonia 133  Entomological  Literature 141- 

Hamilton— Lachnosterna 135  Doings  of  Societies 146 


HENRY  EDWARDS. 


HENRY  EDWARDS,  the  well-known  entomologist  and  actor, 
died  in  New  York,  June  9,  1891.  He  had  been  ill  for  a  couple 
of  months  previous,  and  the  immediate  cause  of  death  was  heart 
failure,  due  to  dropsy.  Mr.  Edwards  was  an  Englishman  by 
birth,  and  first  saw  the  light  in  Herefordshire,  England,  in  1830. 
He  studied  law  in  early  life,  but  a  fondness  for  commercial  enter- 
prise led  him  into  a  London  counting-house,  where  Walter  Mont- 
gomery and  John  L.  Toole  were  fellow  clerks.  Amateur  acting 
engrafted  professional  endeavor,  and  in  connection  with  Mont- 
gomery, Mr.  Edwards  made  his  first  appearance  as  "Rudolf," 
in  Byron's  Wonder.  In  1853  he  bade  farewell  to  the  desk  and 
sailed  for  Melbourne.  Under  Mr.  Doubleday's  auspices  he  had 
already  commenced  the  pursuit  of  insect  hunting,  and  had  formed 
the  nucleus  of  a  collection  destined  to  grow  in  a  manner  of  which 
he  had  never  dreamed.  Mr.  Edwards  was  well  known  as  an 
actor,  having  been  with  different  companies  in  Australia,  Peru, 
Panama,  California,  Boston,  etc.  In  1879  he  was  engaged  by 
the  late  Lester  Wallack  as  a  member  of  his  stock  company,  and 


130  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [September, 

became  stage  manager  of  the  theatre.  After  the  disbandment 
of  the  Wallack  company  he  again  went  to  Australia  as  a  manager 
for  A.  M.  Palmer's  Little  Lord  Fauntleroy  organization,  re- 
turning last  year  to  join  Augustin  Daly's  company.  His  last 
appearance  was  in  New  York  in  the  part  of  "  Sir  Oliver"  in  The 
School  for  Scandal. 

As  an  entomologist,  Mr.  Edwards  will  best  be  remembered  by 
his  work  on  the  Lepidoptera  of  California  and  the  Pacific  coast, 
"  Studies  on  North  American  Aegeridae,"  and  his  last  important 
contribution,  "  Bibliographical  Catalogue  of  the  described  Trans- 
formations of  North  American  Lepidoptera."  He  was  a  member 
of  many  scientific  societies,  and  had  many  friends  and  correspon- 
dents. Three  volumes  of  '  Papilio"  were  edited  by  him,  after 
which  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  E.  M.  Aaron.  We  present 
a  fine  portrait  of  Mr.  Edwards,  knowing  that  he  had  many  cor- 
respondents that  admired  and  loved  him,  yet  never  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  seeing  his  face. 


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THROUGH  THE  FINAL  MOUNTAINS. 

By  H.  F.  WICKHAM,  Iowa  City,  la. 

A  week  spent  in  collecting  beetles  in  the  Pinal  range  of  moun- 
tains proved  so  enjoyable  that  the  writer  feels  tempted  to  write  a 
short  account  of  one  of  his  trips,  in  order  to  try  to  impart  to  the 
readers  of  ENT.  NEWS  some  small  part  of  the  pleasure  to  be 
gained  in  the  retrospect.  In  truth,  the  life  of  the  professional 
collector  in  an  unsettled  or  sparsely  inhabited  country,  does  not 
partake  to  any  great  extent  of  the  nature  of  a  picnic,  as  some 
would  have  it — hard  work,  and  plenty  of  it,  is  his  portion  when 
in  the  field. 

The  range  mentioned  may  be  found  on  any  good  map  of 
Arizona,  and  lies  north  of  Tucson,  that  part  of  it  which  we  col- 
lected over  being  included  between  the  Gila  and  Salt  Rivers.  To 
be  more  exact,  our  route  lay  over  an  old  trail  from  the  Gila  River, 
up  the  canon  of  Mineral  Creek  for  some  distance,  thence  across 
the  foot-hills  and  over  the  summit  of  the  range,  descending  on 
the  other  side  to  the  mining  town  of  Globe.  This  course,  taking 
us  through  several  quite  distinctly  marked  belts  of  vegetation  at 
various  altitudes,  proved  quite  productive  of  insects. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  13! 

The  start  was  made  on  horseback,  and  for  a  little  while  most 
of  the  attention  had  to  be  directed  towards  the  burros,  to  whose 
backs  the  pack  had  long  been  a  stranger.  But  with  increased 
sobriety  in  the  burros  came  increased  opportunity  for  collecting, 
and  we  soon  had  some  very  pretty  things  in  the  cyanide  bottle— 
the  first  captures  being  a  set  of  one  of  our  prettiest  Chrysomelids, 
Urodera  crucifera  Lee.  They  were  taken  on  the  wing,  having 
evidently  been  disturbed  by  the  irresponsible  pack  animals  brush- 
ing against  the  shrubs  by  the  sides  of  the  narrow  trail.  A  few 
examples  of  Megalostomis  subfasciata  Lee.  were  added  to  our 
collections  in  the  same  way. 

Stopping  for  a  mid-day  lunch  at  an  abandoned  stamp-mill, 
where  a  well  yielded  water  enough  for  the  animals,  we  made  a 
hasty  examination  of  the  vicinity  with  the  following  results  : 
Amara  ca/ifomica  and  a  Blapstinus^  in  great  numbers  under 
leaves  of  Cottonwood,  which  had  drifted  into  little  hollows,  a  few 
Monocrepidius  and  an  Esthesopus  or  two  under  boards;  one  or 
two  examples  of  Mycocoryna  lineolata  Stal.  on  weeds  with  Exeina 
conspersa,  and  an  occasional  Enryscopa  or  Pachybrachys.  Not 
very  encouraging  yet,  but  then  there  were  the  foot-hills  just  in 
front  of  us,  rising  one  behind  the  other,  each  a  little  higher  than 
the  one  before  it,  and  covered,  as  far  as  we  could  see,  with  bear 
grass  and  mescal,  the  latter  with  its  great  clusters  of  yellow, 
strong-scented  flowers  lifted  high  above  our  heads.  On  these  we 
hope  to  find  many  an  interesting  insect,  and  we  are  not  disap- 
pointed. First  we  see  one  of  those  curious  weevils,  Zygops 
seminiveus  resting  near  the  end  of  a  mescal  leaf,  but  he  loses  hold 
and  rolls  down  the  inclined  surface  until  stopped  near  the  axil  by 
the  base  of  the  leaf  above.  As  the  leaves  are  very  large,  stiff, 
and  armed  along  the  edges  with  stout,  curved  spines  or  thorns, 
it  is  a  delicate  piece  of  work  to  extricate  an  insect  without  lacer- 
ating the  hand  badly,  and  possibly  my  method  may  prove  useful 
to  others  who  have  no  cutting  tool  with  them  but  a  jack-knife. 
Cut  off  the  terminal  spine  first,  then  run  the  knife  along  the  full 
length  of  the  leaf,  far  enough  from  the  margin  to  take  all  the 
other  spines  off  clean.  Now,  treat  all  the  other  leaves  in  the 
same  way  and  the  insects  are  at  your  mercy.  The  Zygops  may 
be  chased  from  one  leaf  to  another,  for  they  are  rather  nimble, 
until  in  a  spot  where  they  can  be  grasped  with  the  fingers  or 
forceps.  Many  other  beetles  are  found  near  the  base  of  the  stalk, 


132  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [September. 

either  hiding  in  the  axils  of  the  leaves  or  burrowing  in  the  stalk 

itself.    Among  them  are  the  following:  Philoph nga  amoena,  Car- 

pophilus  floralis,  Clerus  spinoltz,    Tragidion  sp.,   Mccvsmus  an- 

gustus,  Hymcnorus  confertus,  Hyporhagns  gilensis  and  Scypho- 

phorus  acupunctatus,  the  last  named  boring  in  and  around  the 

bases  of  the  flower-stalk  and  leaves.     At  about  this  altitude  we 

find  A sida  parallela  under  dead,  uprooted  plants.    The  bear-grass 

'  furnishes  a  few   examples   of  Megalostomis,    and   an   occasional 

Urodera. 

• 

Entering  the  belt  of  oak  scrub  higher  up  the  fauna  changes, 
and  the  most  striking  species  are  small  insects  living  on  the  lea\  <  •>, 
or  predaceous;  some  of  them  are  Lebia  viridis,  Scymnus  mar- 
ginicollis,  S.  pallens,  Anthaxia  flavimana,  Pseudeb&us  bicolor, 
Attains  difficilis,  Chlamys  polycocca,  Pachybrachys  abdominalis, 
Cryptocephalus  n.  sp.,  Babia  tetraspilota,  Diarluis  auratns,  Xan- 
thonia  mllosula,  Hemiphrynus  intermediiis,  Notoxus  bifasciatus, 
two  or  three  species  of  Apion,  and  Smicronyx  seriatics.  These 
are  not  all  confined  exclusively  to  oak,  and  some  of  them  prob- 
ably do  not  live  on  it  at  all,  but  they  may  be  taken  by  beating  the 
shrubs,  which  are  in  great  part  some  species  of  oak.  On  a  Le- 
guminous plant  (probably  a  locust)  many  specimens  of  a  queer 
ittle  Rhynchophore,  Tachygonus  centralis,  were  captured.  The 
hind  legs  are  strong  and  saltatorial,  though  the  insect  is  not  as 
accomplished  a  jumper  as  most  of  our  Halticini.  At  dusk  a 
Listrochelus  or  two,  and  a  single  Polyphylla,  came  flying  past  and 
were  added  to  the  spoils. 

After  reaching  the  pine  belt  proper,  there  is  still  another  change 
in  the  fauna.  Here,  under  logs  and  slabs,  are  to  be  found  Ptcr- 
ostichus  lustrans,  Calathus  dubitts,  Platynus  bmnneomarginatus, 
Chrysomela  auripennis,  Eleodes  carbonaria,  extricata,  genii/is, 
Embaphion  contnsnm,  Ccelocnemis  punctata,  Asida  ma  era  ai*d 
others,  while  along  the  little  shaded  streams  Rhyncheros  sanguini- 
pennis  may  be  seen  flying.  In  and  around  the  piles  of  slabs  left 
by  the  lumbermen  are  numerous  lignivorous  beetles — Lncanus 
mazama,  Ergates  spiculatus,  Car ebara  long nla,  Cossonus  crenatus, 
Pityophthorus  nitidulus,  Tomicus  confusus  and  Hylastcs  gracilis. 
From  the  small  pines  and  other  evergreens  a  few  Chrysobothris 
cuprascens  and  a  Magdalis  were  taken  by  beating. 

Silting  dead  leaves  in  damp  places  yielded  a  lot  of  Trichoptcryx 
hornii  and  Quedius  desertus.  In  the  little  pools  were  plenty  of 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    XEtt'S.  133 

Hydroporus  vi'/is  and  Agabus  lugens,  with  occasionally  an  exam- 
ple of  some  rarer  forms,  and  on  the  banks  a  number  of  Bem- 
bidium  mexicanum,  a  not  particularly  agile  species  in  that  climate. 
The  spot  was  left  with  considerable  regret,  though  a  scarcity 
of  provisions  in  the  commissary  department  made  this  more  nec- 
essary,— and  if  the  specimens  were  not  so  numerous  as  might  be, 
they  were  of  sufficient  interest  to  more  than  compensate  for  any 
failings  in  point  of  numbers. 

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Notes  on  Colias  csesonia. 

By  Prof.  R.  R.  ROWLEY,  Curryville,  Mo. 

Although  c<zsoyiia  is  the  rarest  species  of  Colias  in  Missouri, 
yet  it  is  fairly  common  some  years,  especially  in  localities  where 
its  food-plant  is  abundant.  Toward  the  latter  part  of  May  I  have 
taken  numbers  of  it  at  red  clover  blossom  in  July,  and  August  at 
thistle  and  milk-weed  blooms,  and  late  in  Autumn  on  the  flowers 
of  red  and  white  clover.  It  is  as  easily  taken  as  Philodice  or 
Eurytheme,  with  both  of  which  it  associates  at  flowers,  but  unlike 
the  males  of  them,  it  never  frequents  damp  places,  so  far  as  my 
observations  go. 

The  flight  of  this  butterfly  is  not  noticeably  different  from  that 
ot  our  other  two  species  of  Colias,  yet  the  experienced  collector 
is  able  to  detect  it  on  the  wing  among  numbers  of  other  Coliads, 
even  at  a  considerable  distance;  the  very  broad  and  intensely 
black  border,  outlining  the  peculiar  "  dog's  head"  on  the  top  of 
the  primaries,  together  with  the  pointed  apex  of  the  same  wings, 
doubtless  aiding  most  in  the  identification.  At  rest,  the  roseate 
undenvinged  females  of  October  may  be  known  a  hundred  yards 
away  in  a  clover-field.  The  females  of  the  early  and  midsummer 
broods  differ  from  those  of  late  Summer  and  Autumn  in  the  very 
pale  yellow,  almost  white,  color  of  the  underside  of  all  the  wings. 
In  August  this  pale  yellow  deepens,  and  in  early  September  red- 
dish streaks  appear  along  the  veins  of  the  hind  wings  beneath, 
while  in  October  the  entire  under  surface  of  the  secondaries  and 
the  tip  of  the  primaries  are  heavily  streaked  or  solidly  red.  The 
broad  outer  border  of  black  in  some  females  contains  a  few,  more 
or  less  distinct,  yellow  spots,  as  we  see  in  the  female  Enrytheme 
or  Philodice,  but  a  majority  of  the  individuals  entirely  want  these 
spots,  although  the  border  is  much  less  intense  than  in  the  males. 


134  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [September, 

The  color  of  the  underside  of  the  wings  of  the  male  is  much 
deeper  in  Autumn  than  in  early  Summer,  being  a  light  orange, 
and  on  the  upperside  of  the  primaries  the  fresh  males  of  October 
have  the  black  outside  border  well  covered  with  a  beautiful  dust- 
ing of  red  scales.  In  examples  of  August  males  but  a  few  scat- 
tered (red)  scales  are  to  beT>bserved,  while  a  careful  examination 
of  many  specimens  taken  in  early  Summer  failed  to  show  to 
the  writer  a  trace  of  this  Autumn  feature.  However,  hand- 
bred  specimens  might  show  it,  but  as  I  have  reared  only  late 
Summer  larvae,  I  cannot  settle  the  question.  Near  the  base  of 
the  front  margin  of  the  hind  wing  in  the  male  is  a  large,  oblong, 
orange-colored  spot  of  a  mealy  appearance.  I  have  noticed  the 
same  on  the  male  of  Colias  eurydice. 

One  female,  taken  in  August  several  years  ago,  has  the  ground 
color  of  the  upperside  of  the  front  wings  white,  an  approach  to 
the  albino,  while  on  the  upperside  of  the  hind  wings  of  man}-  of 
the  October  specimens,  the  dark  streaks  and  shades  from  the 
black  border  reach  almost  to  the  base  of  the  wings. 

I  made  the  discovery  of  the  food-plant  of  ccesonia  a  number 
of  years  ago  by  watching  a  female  flitting  about  some  bushes. 
The  eggs  of  this  butterfly  are  laid  on  the  underside  of  the  ten- 
der end  leaflets  of  Amorpha  fruticosa  or  "lead  plant."  They 
are  spindle-shaped,  white  or  pale  yellow,  growing  darker  before 
hatching.  The  young  larva  is  yellowish  green,  swollen  slightly 
at  the  head  and  thoracic  rings  and  tapering  to  the  anal  extremity. 
After  the  last  molt  many  of  the  larvae  become  cross  striped,  while 
others  are  almost  unadorned.  Of  the  two  kinds  of  grown  larvae, 
the  one  I  shall  designate  No.  i  is  dark  green,  with  a  lateral  yellow 
or  white  line  along  the  spiracles.  An  orange  band  almost  entirely 
covers  the  pale  yellow  line,  being  broadest  and  most  distinct  in 
the  middle  of  each  segment.  A  bluish  tinge  above  and  below  the 
stripe  is  usually  noticeable. 

The  underside  of  the  body  is  paler  than  above.  On  rings  3 
and  4  is  a  black  dot,  each,  just  abpve  the  stripe.  Head  green, 
and  covered  with  short  hair.  Feet  green;  whole  body  covered 
thickly  with  small,  raised  black  points.  Each  ring  many  wrinkled. 
Length  of  mature  larva  i^  to  1^2  inches. 

The  larva  No.  2  differs  from  No.  i  in  the  cross-bands  of  black 
and  bright  yellow  on  each  segment,  reaching  the  yellow  longitu- 
dinal line  below,  and  giving  the  larva  a  handsome  striped  appear- 


.  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  135 

ance.  The  black  cross-bands  are  either  entire  or  broken  into  four 
parts,  following  the  yellow  bands  as  shades  to  each.  Some  larva- 
have  the  yellow  without  the  black  bands,  while  a  few  have  the 
black  without  the  yellow.  The  pupa  is  three-fourths  of  an  inch 
long,  plain  green,  with  a  pale  lateral  line.  A  row  of  small,  dark 
dots  along  each  side,  on  the  back,  and  a  submarginal  row  on  the 
wing-cases.  Length  of  pupal  period  in  August  is  from  four  to 
six  days.  Later  in  the  year  it  is  much  longer.  Wing-sheaths  of 
pupa  humped.  Two  days  before  the  pupa  gives  the  imago  the 
wings  show  plainly  in  miniature,  and  the  dark  border  of  the  ma- 
ture butterfly  is  here  represented  by  a  bright  red  band,  the  male 
being  readily  distinguished  from  the  female. 

I  doubt  if  this  species  feeds  on  any  other  plant  than  Ainorpha. 
as  I  have  never  observed  the  female  depositing  her  eggs  on  any- 
thing else,  though  many  other  Leguminous  herbs,  shrubs  and 
trees  grow  here. 

Even  the  larger  and  older  shrubs  of  Amorpha  do  not  seem  to 
be  inviting  to  the  female,  and  she  frequents  fields  where  the  brush 
has  been  newly  cut  away  from  the  banks  of  brooks,  and  fresh, 
tender  shoots  offer  a  supply  of  suitable  food  for  young  larva-. 
Here  she  deposits  her  eggs  in  great  numbers,  and  here  the  col- 
lector finds  a  supply  of  larvae.  Besides  ctzsonia<  the  caterpillars 
of  Eudamus  tityrus,  Hyperchiria  io;  an  undetermined  Limacodes 
and  another  moth  feed  on  Amorpha  fruticosa,  a  very  abundant 
shrub  along  the  prairie  branches  near  Curryville. 


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Lachnosterna  insperata  and  fraterna. 

By  JOHN  HAMILTON,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

Lachnosterna  insperata  Smith. — The  distribution  of  this 
species  is  widely  extended;  examples  are  in  my  collection  from 
Sudbury,  Ontario;  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  and  from  here,  as  likewise- 
from  various  places  in  western  Pennsylvania  and  eastern  Ohio. 
Prof.  Smith  has  it  from  New  Jersey  and  from  Illinois.  The  ven- 
tral characters  of  the  male  are  variable;  the  form  of  the  ridge  on 
the  penultimate  ventral  segment  of  Mr.  Smith's  type  seems  to  be 
an  extreme  in  one  direction,  varying  in  a  large  majority  of  the 
individuals  to  that  of  dubia,  and  an  example  occasionally  occurs 
which  inosculates  so  closely  with  some  fuscte  as  not  to  be  sepa- 


136  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [September, 

rable  by  this  character.  The  typical  insperata  has  been  in  my 
collection  from  its  first  description,  but  the  great  mass  of  the  ex- 
amples were  referred  to  dubia  without  a  suspicion.  There  are 
before  me  now  forty  male  and  twenty  female  insperata,  and  ten 
male  and  sixteen  female  dnbia.  By  an  examination  of  this  series 
it  is  easy  to  see  the  males  of  these  two  species  cannot  in  every 
case  be  separated  by  the  ventral  characters — that  is  to  say,  the 
writer  cannot  do  it.  The  genital  organs  are  usually  sufficiently 
distinctive,  but  to  examine  every  specimen  in  this  way  is  labori- 
ous. The  claspers  in  this  species  vary  greatly  in  the  develop- 
ment of  some  of  the  parts,  but  in  all  cases  observed  always  retain 
the  same  pattern.  As  to  the  females,  the  ventral  characters  ap- 
pear to  be  identical;  the  last  ventral  in  each  is  deeply  arcuately 
emarginate,  differing  from  that  offusca,  which  is  either  transverse 
at  the  apex,  o-r  scarcely  narrowed  at  its  middle;  the  genitalia, 
while  morphologically  different,  are  yet  so  similar  as  to  be  of 
little  practical  avail  to  the  collector.  The  two  species  are,  how- 
ever, readily  separated  by  a  character  of  insperata  not  heretofore 
observed,  or  at  least  not  recorded  (unless  insperata  should  prove 
to  be  a  synonym),  namely,  the  hairiness  of  the  head. 

In  the  males  there  is  conspicuous  tuft  of  long  yellow  hairs  on 
the  front  near  each  eye  connected  by  a  line  of  shorter  hairs,  which 
appear  to  be  somewhat  deciduous,  and  in  some  old  examples  are 
nearly  lost.  In  the  females  the  tufts  of  hairs  near  the  eyes  are 
usually  shorter,  and  in  many  old  specimens  may,  without  care, 
escape  observation,  while  the  connecting  line  is  scarcely  present, 
except  in  immature  or  very  recent  examples. 

The  females  were  obtained  years  ago  from  two  exchanges,  la- 
beled cephalica  Lee.,  a  species  described  as  having  lo-jointed 
antennae  and  a  hairy  head,  but  placed  by  Dr.  Horn  in  his  recent 
monograph  as  a  race  of  fusca.  As  insperata  is  quite  variable  in 
the  ventral  characters  of  the  male  as  stated  above,  it  seems  prob- 
able it  may  be  Dr.  LeConte's  cephalica,  a  matter  that  might  easily 
be  settled  by  examining  the  genitalia  of  the  type,  a  male,  which 
probably  still  exists  in  Dr.  LeConte's  collection.  In  case  they 
prove  to  be  different,  cephalica  will  likely  be  rehabilitated  as  a 
species  and  grouped  with  insperata. 

L.  fraterna  Harris. — This  species  is  abundant  here,  when  its 
locality  is  found;  last  season  I  took  near  two  hundred  examples 
in  a  couple  of.  nights'  collecting.  The  figure  given  by  Professor 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  137 

Smith  in  his  plates  of  genitalia  as  the  female  of  this  species,  is 
that  of  nova  Smith;  thatoffmtema  is  still  unfigured.  The  pubic 
process  might  be  likened  to  a  miniature  spoon  truncated  near  the 
tip  with  the  handle  much  curved  and  shortly  furcate  at  the  end. 


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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 


The  young  of  butterflies  and  moths  are  called  caterpillars,  larvae 
or  worms.  Lepidopterous  insects  can  only  be  said  to  grow  in 
the  caterpillar  condition,  and  little  butterflies  never  grow  to  be 
big  ones,  as  is  popularly  supposed.  When  the  young  caterpillar 
has  matured  in  the  egg  it  eats  its  way  through  the  shell  and  de- 
vours more  or  less  of  the  remaining  shell;  some  species  eat  a  hole 
only  large  enough  to  let  them  out,  and  others  nearly  the  entire 
shell..  .  Some  are  very  slow  in  eating  their  way  out,  sometimes 
occupying  a  day  or  two,  as  in  some  of  the  Hesperidae.  The 
newly-born  caterpillar  varies  in  size  from  a  very  minute  object  to 
about  one-quarter  inch  in  length,  according  to  the  size  of  the 
species.  They  are  very  voracious,  and  grow  rapidly,  changing 
their  skins  or  moulting  to  accommodate  their  increase  in  size. 
They  are  elongated,  cylindrical,  worm-like;  some  are  naked  and 
others  covered  with  hair.  They  are  separable  into  thirteen  joints 
or  segments,  including  the  head.  They  have  three  pairs  of  short 
legs,  a  pair  on  the  second,  third  and  fourth  segments  respectively, 
and  on  joints  seven,  eight,  nine,  ten  and  thirteen  have  each  a 
pair  of  membranous  legs  armed  with  a  circle  of  minute  hooks 
which  enables  them  to  hold  on  to  objects.  In  certain  large  spe- 
•cies  these  are  wrapped  entirely  around  a  small  twig  or  branch  of 
the  tree  on  which  they  feed.  These  last  legs  disappear  when  the 
larva  changes  to  a  chrysalis.  They  breathe  by  means  ot  stigmata 
or  spiracles,  which  are  breathing  holes  situated  on  each  side  of 
the  body,  which  communicate  with  the  respiratory  system.  When, 
after  feeding  some  days,  the  larva  gets  too  big  for  his  skin  he 
seeks  a  convenient  place  and  spins  a  little  web,  in  which  he  en- 
tangles his  feet  and  remains  quiet  for  a  short  period,  and  then 
crawls  out  of  the  old  skin  and  has  an  entirely  new  suit  of  clothes, 
often  varying  greatly  from  the  old  one.  This  he  does  a  varying 
number  of  times  according  to  the  species,  but  it  is  usually  four 
or  five,  but  may  be  as  high  as  ten.  Some  of  the  species  of  I\im- 


138  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NETws.  [September, 

phila  undergo  this  change  in  a  little  tube  of  silk,  which  they  spin 
for  the  purpose.  When  the  caterpillar  reaches  full  growth  it 
seeks  a  place  in  which  to  change  into  a  chrysalis  or  pupa.  Some 
species  change  to  a  naked  chrysalis;  some  spin  a  cocoon  inside 
of  leaves  or  sticks;  others  make  merely  a  cocoon  in  which  to 
transform,  and  quite  a  number  enter  the  ground  and  wriggle 
around  until  they  harden  the  sides  of  their  grave  or  tomb  until  it 
is  virtually  a  cocoon  in  the  ground. 


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iSgi.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  139 

ON  May  29th,  near  midnight,  with  temperature  at  50°  Fahr.  at  Franconia, 
N.  H.,  Mrs.  A.  T.  Slosson  took  another  fine  9  specimen  of  fhra^matolna 
assimilans,  var.  franconia  Slosson. 

THE  Entomological  Society  of  Belgium,  at  its  meeting  of  May  2,  1891, 
discussed  the  question  of  the  value  of  types  in  Entomology.  The  ma- 
jority of  the  members  present  expressed  their  ideas  on  the  subject.  The 
ivsult  of  the  discussion  was  that  only  those  specimens  should  he  considered 
as  types  of  a  species  which  hare  served  to  fix  the  description.  All  the 
individuals  which  an  entomologist  afterwards  recognizes  as  belonging  to 
a  species  established  by  him  are  not  veritable  types;  they  ought  t<>  have  m 
a  collection  only  the  note  compared  with  the  type  hy  the  author  with  the 
date  of  the  determination.— From  the  Compte  Rendu.  of  the  Society  tor 
May  2,  1891,  p.  ccxlvi. 

THE  annual  field-meeting  of  entomologists,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
•• »  it-ties  of  Philadelphia,  Brooklyn  and  Newark,  was  held  on  July  4th  at 
lamesburg,  N.  J.,  which  is  situated  near  Monmouth  Junction  on  the  Am- 
boy  Division  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad.  The  societies  represented 
were  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social,  American  Entomological  Society 
and  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  all  of 
Philadelphia;  the  Brooklyn  Entomological  Society  and  the  Newark  Ento- 
mological Society.  It  was  feared  that  the  hail  storm  of  the  previous 
evening  would  somewhat  interfere  with  the  pleasures  of  the  day,  but  the 
bright  sunshine  of  the  early  morning  brought  sunshine  into  the  hearts  of 
tin-  ardent  collectors,  for  Jamesburg  is  well  known  to  be  a  favorite  col- 
lecting-ground. The  party  was  met  at  the  Jamesburg  Station  by  convey- 
ances and  taken  about  a  mile  to  a  beautiful  grove,  bordering  the  cranberry 
me  ulows.  where,  after  a  photographer  had  secured  a  picture  of  the  entire 
party,  the  day  was  spent  in  collecting.  Ample  lunch  was  provided  and 
eaten  under  the  shade  of  the  trees  in  the  pretty  grove.  About  forty  per- 
sons were  present,  among  whom  were  H.  Wenzel,  P.  Laurent,  Dr.  Castle, 
Srhmitz,  Trescher,  Hoyer,  E.  Wenzel,  C.  Boerner,  I.  C.  Martindale,  Lie- 
beck,  Fox,  C.  W.  Johnson,  P.  Nell  and  H.  Skinner,  of  Philadelphia,  fas. 
S.  lohnson,  of  Frankford,  Phila.;and  Messrs.  Machesney,  Angell,  Loeffier, 
Angelman,  Sherman,  Thompson,  Ottolengui,  Leng,  Merkel,  Roberts, 
Pearsall,  Davis,  Baier,  Hess,  Dietz,  Sieb  and  Julich,  of  New  York,  Newark 
and  Brooklyn.  The  party  was  looked  after  by  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  of  New 
Brunswick,  State  Entomologist.  The  second  annual  meeting  was  a  great 
success,  and  it  is  hoped  that  many  more  may  follow. — I.  C.  MARTINDALE. 

The  following  are  clipped  from  the  daily  papers  : 

How  TWO  INSECTS  TALKED. — A  Parisian  chemist  has  caught  two  little 
insects  in  the  act  of  nocturnal  "spirit"  rapping.  They  were  found  about 
four  inches  apart  on  opposite  sides  of  a  piece  of  heavy  wrapping  paper. 
Each  tapped  loudly  with  the  head  about  six  strokes  a  second,  one  answer- 
ing as  the  other  finished. 


140  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [September, 

AFRICAN  travelers  tell  of  a  "delicious  soup"  of  beetles  and  mushrooms 
made  by  the  natives  of  that  remarkable  country. 

THE  fly  is  a  quaint  humorist.  He  can  tickle  a  man  in  more  places  at 
once  than  the  best  paid  funny  man  going. 

Now  fares  it  sadly  with  the  man 

Whose  soul  doth  patience  lack, 
When  he  to  smite  fugacious  flies 

Himself  doth  fiercely  whack. 

A  PROFESSOR  at  Ann  Arbor  was  discussing  the  process  of  fertilizing 
plants  by  means  of  insects  carrying  the  pollen  from  one  plant  to  another, 
and  told  how  old  maids  were  the  ultimate  cause  of  it  all.  The  bumble- 
bees carry  the  pollen;  the  field-mice  eat  the  bumble-bees;  therefore,  the 
more  field-mice  the  fewer  the  bumble-bees  and  the  less  pollen  and  varia- 
tion of  plants.  But  cats  devour  field-mice,  and  old  maids  protect  cats. 
Therefore,  the  more  old  maids  the  more  cats,  the  fewer  field-mice,  the 
more  bees.  Hence,  old  maids  are  the  cause  of  variety  in  plants.  There- 
upon a  sophomore,  with  a  single  eyeglass,  an  English  umbrella,  a  box- 
coat,  with  his  trousers  rolled  up  at  the  bottom,  arose  and  asked:  "  I  sa-a-y, 
Professah,  what  is  the  cause — ah — of  old  maids,  don't  you  know?"  "  Per- 
haps Miss  Jones  can  tell  you,"  suggested  the  Professor.  "  Dudes!"  said 
Miss  Jones,  sharply,  and  without  a  moment's  hesitation. 

A  YOUNG  man  camping  in  the  Sierras  discovered  and  captured  a  butter- 
fly of  an  unknown  species.  He  sent  it  to  the  Smithsonian  Institution  at 
Washington,  and  received  therefor  a  check  for  fifteen  hundred  dollars, 
with  the  request  to  make  careful  search  for  other  moths  of  the  same  kind. 
It  was  an  individual  of  a  fossil  species,  supposed  to  be  extinct,  and  great 
was  the  excitement  among  the  scientists  at  the  discovery  that  one  of  the 
race  had  been  recently  alive.  Although  diligent  search  has  been  made 
by  men  paid  for  the  service,  no  other  specimen  has  been  found. 

"WILL  you  walk  into  my  parlor?"  said  the  spider  to  the  fly. 
Well,  hardly,"  said  the  insect,  as  he  winked  the  other  eye. 
"  Your  parlor  has  an  entrance,  but  of  exits  it  is  shy, 
So  I'll  stay  outside  in  safety  and  remain  a  little  fly." 

"AN  INNOVATION."- -That  was  a  great  jewel  Mrs.  De  Jones  had  on 
last  night.  "What  was  it?"  "  It  was  a  live  brazilian  beetle  with  a  big 
diamond  strapped  on  its  back.  It  was  trained  to  fly  around  her  neck, 
thus  giving  the  effect  of  a  diamond  necklace." 


Identification  of  Insects  (Images)  for  Subscribers. 

Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions  :  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending  ;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Address  all  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


[1891.  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  I.j.1 

En.torriologica.1   Literature. 

ANNALS  AND  MAGAZINE  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  May,  1891. — Descrip- 
tions of  new  genera  and  species  of  Pyralidae  contained  in  the  British  .Mu- 
seum collection,  by  \V.  Warren.  Descriptions  of  ne\v  species  of  the  cole- 
opterous genus  Oides,  by  C.  J.  Gahan.  Description  of  a  new  genus  for 
the  reception  of  the  North  American  moths  hitherto  referred  to  Tclcsilla 
of  Herrich-Schaffer,  by  A.  G.  Butler. 

CONTRIBUTIONS  TOWARD  A  MONOGRAPH  OF  THE  NOCTUID/E  OF  TEM- 
PERATE NORTH  AMERICA. — A  revision  of  the  species  of  Had  en  a  referable 
to  Xylophasia  and  Lnperina,  by  J.  B.  Smith. — From  Proc.  U.  S.  National 
Museum,  vol.  xiii,  pp.  407-447. 

THE  TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SociETy  OF  LONDON 
for  the  year  1891,  pt.  2,  with  8  plates. — A  monograph  of  the  Lycaenid 
genus  Hypochrysops,  with  descriptions  of  new  species,  by  Hamilton  H. 
Druce.  .  Notes  on  the  Lepidoptera  collected  in  Madeira,  by  the  late  T. 
Vernon  Wollaston,  by  George  T.  Baker.  Additions  to  the  Carabicleous 
fauna  of  Mexico  with  remarks  on  some  of  the  species  previously  recorded, 
H.  W.  Bates.  On  the  genus  Xanthospilopteryx  Wallengren,  by  \V.  F. 
Kirby.  The  Rhynchophorous  Coleoptera  of  Japan.  Pt.  2,  Apionida?  and 
Anthribidse,  by  Dr.  David  Sharp.  The  life-history  of  the  Hessian  Fly, 
Cecidoinyia  destructor  Say,  by  Fred.  Knock.  Mimetic  resemblances  be- 
tween species  of  the  coleopterous  genera  Lena  and  Diabrotica,  by  C.  1. 
Gahan.  A  list  of  the  Heteromerous  Coleoptera  collected  by  J.  J.  Walker 
in  the  region  of  the  Straits  of  Gibralter,  with  descriptions  of  four  new 
species,  by  G.  C.  Champion. 

THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  WEST  VIRGINIA  AGRICULTURAL  EX- 
PERIMENT STATION. — This  contains  a  valuable  report  on  noxious  and 
beneficial  insects  of  thirty-five  pages  with  two  plates,  by  A.  D.  Hopkins^ 
entomologist  to  the  station. 

THE  BRITISH  NOCTU/E  AND  THEIR  VARIETIES,  by  }.  W.  Tutt,  F.  E.  S., 
vol.  i,  May,  1891,  with  catalogue  of  the  subclasses,  families,  genera,  spe- 
cies, varieties  and  principal  subvarieties.  This  is  a  work  of  164  pages  by 
one  who  has  made  a  study  of  the  causes  of  variation  in  Lepidoptera,  a 
subject  which  of  late  has  received  considerable  attention,  especially  in 
England.  The  literature  of  varieties  had  been  greatly  scattered  through 
numerous  periodicals  and  other  works  published  in  different  countries, 
and  in  this  volume  there  are  collected  together  for  ready  reference  by  the 
student.  A  careful  study  and  comparison  of  the  different  forms  of  a  spe- 
cies can't  fail  to  be  very  useful  in  determining  their  exact  limitations  and 
thus  help  to  solve  the  problem  as  to  what  shall  be  considered  a  species. 
The  subject  of  variation  is  rapidly  acquiring  a  literature  of  its  own,  and 
the  author  of  this  work  is  also  the  editor  of  a  journal  entitled,  "  The  Kn- 
tomologist's  Record  and  journal  of  Variation."  Mr.  Tutt  is  anxious  to 
correspond  with  any  one  in  this  country  interested  in  the  subject. 


142  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [September, 

"THE  OBSERVER,"  devoted  to  Natural  History,  Popular  Science,  Edu- 
cation and  General  Literature,  edited  by  E.  F.  Bigelow,  Portland,  Ct. 
This  interesting  journal  has  a  department  devoted  to  Entomology  under 
A.  W.  Pearson,  of  Norwich,  Conn.  Vol.  ii,  No.  7,  contains  a  table  of 
Geometridae  for  determining  the  species,  An  editorial  outing,  an  enemy 
of  mosquitos.  The  price  is  fifty  cents  per  annum. 

MANUAL  OF  NORTH  AMERICAN  BUTTERFLIES,  by  C.  J.  Maynard  (De 
Wolfe,  Fiske  &  Co.,  Boston,  1891).  This  work  brings  together  for  the 
first  time  descriptions  of  all  the  butterflies  which  occur  in  America  North 
of  Mexico.  The  literature  on  Lepidoptera  is  so  scattered  that  only  those 
who  have  access  to  large  natural  history  libraries,  or  are  happy  enough 
to  own  an  extensive  library  of  their  own,  can  hope  to  identify  their  speci- 
mens for  themselves,  and  this  book  is  intended  for  those  who  do  not  have 
these  facilities.  All  the  species  listed  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Edwards  in  his  cata- 
logue of  1884  are  described,  and  some  of  those  described  since  are  noted 
in  an  appendix.  There  are  ten  colored  plates  with  about  sixty  figures  and 
numerous  wood-cuts  of  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  species  illustrating 
some  peculiar  character  by  which  the  insect  may  be  known.  The  scheme 
of  the  work  is  a  very  good  one,  and  it  can't  fail  to  be  useful,  although 
there  are  certain  faults.  Comparative  descriptions  are  only  of  value  when 
specimens  are  at  hand,  and  it  would  be  exceedingly  difficult  to  identify 
from  many  of  the  descriptions  without  a  large  amount  of  material,  which 
the  beginner  does  not  have.  A  number  of  errors  have  crept  in,  the  most 
noticeable  of  which  is  on  plate  5,  fig.  i,  which  represents  the  underside 
of  Synchloe  janais  of  Drury  and  not  adjiitrix. 

DESTRUCTIVE  LOCUSTS.— A  popular  consideration  of  a  few  of  the  more 
injurious  locusts  (or  "grasshoppers")  of  the  United  States,  together  with 
the  best  means  of  destroying  them,  by  C.  V.  Riley,  U.  S.  Dep't  Agric., 
Div.  Ent.,  Bulletin  No.  25. 

REPORT  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGIST  FOR  1890,  by  C.  V.  Riley,  U.  S.  Dep't 
Agric.,  26  pages,  7  plates.  Contains  articles  on  noxious  insects,  with 
remedies  against  them. 

CENTRAL  EXPERIMENTAL  FARM,  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE,  Ot- 
tawa, Canada,  Bulletin  No.  n,  May,  1891. — Recommendations  for  the 
prevention  of  damage  by  some  common  insects  of  the  farm,  the  orchard 
and  the  garden,  by  James  Fletcher,  entomologist  and  botanist  to  Dominion 
Experimental  Farms. 

NOTES  ON  SOME  NOCTUID^;,  WITH  DESCRIPTIONS  OF  NEW  GENERA  AND 
SPECIES,  by  John  B.  Smith,  pp.  103-135.  From  Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  for 
1891. 

BULLETIN  82,  NEW  JERSEY  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION,  by 
Prof.  J.  B.  Smith.  Experiments  for  the  destruction  of  the  Rose-chafer, 
or  Rosebug. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  143 

REVISION  OF  Homohadena  Grote,  by  Prof.  John  B.  Smith.  From  Proc. 
U.  S.  National  Museum,  vol.  xxiii,  pp.  397-405. 

HOST-PLANT  LIST  OF  NORTH  AMERICAN  APHIDID.*:,  by  T.  A.  Williams. 
Special  Bulletin  No.  i.  University  of  Nebraska,  Dep't  of  Entomology. 

AN  UNDESCRIBED  LARVA  FROM  MAMMOTH  CAVE,  by  H.  Carman.  From 
Bulletin  of  the  Essex  Institute,  vol.  xxiii,  1891. 

U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  AGRICULTURE,  DIVISION  OF  ENTOMOLOGY,  Bull. 
23. — Reports  and  observations  in  the  practical  work  of  the  Division  made 
under  the  direction  of  the  entomologist.  Contains  articles  on  injurious 
insects,  by  Lawrence  Bruner,  D.  YY.  Coquillett,  Albert  Koebele,  Mary  E. 
Murtfeldt,  Herbert  Osborn  and  F.  M.  Webster. 

NOTES  ON  NORTH  AMERICAN  MYRIAP<  >DA  OF  THE  FAMILY  GEOPHILID.E, 

WITH    DESCRIPTIONS    OF    THREE    GENERA,   by  O.   F.   Cook    and    G.   N.   Col- 

lins,  of  Syracuse,  N.  V.  From  Proc.  U.  S.  National  Museum,  vol.  xxiii, 
pages  383-396. 

COLLECTING  AND  PRESERVING  INSECTS,  by  Dr.  W.  J.  Holland,  33  pp. 
with  a  number  of  plates  and  cuts.  This  comprises  the  article  on  insects 
in  "Taxidermy  and  Zoological  Collecting,"  by  W.  T.  Hornaday.  This 
article  is  by  a  practical  entomologist,  and  will  be  a  useful  guide  to  the 
subject.  Such  articles  are  generally  written  by  Taxidermists  who  know 
little  about  the  subject. 

ATTI  DELLA  SOCIETA  VfiNETO-TRENTINA  DI  SCIENZE  NATURALI  RESI- 
DENTS IN  PADOVA,  xii,  fasc.  i,  1891. — Contribution  to  the  embryology  of 
the  Acari,  by  Dr.  E.  Sicher. 

SlTZUNGSBERICHTE  D.  KONIG.  BOHMISCHEN  GESELLSCHAFT  DER  WlS- 
SENSCHAFTEN.  M.\THEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE  CLASSE,  '90, 

II. — The  metamorphic  stages  of  Oxyethira  costalis  Curt.,  and  a  paper 
on  Bohemian  Trichoptera,*  by  F.  Klapalek,  plates;  Bohemian  Thysan- 
ura,*  by  J.  Uzel. 

JOURNAL  DE  L'ANATOMIE  ET  DE  LA  PHYSIOLOGIE,  etc.,  Paris,  xxvii,  No. 
2,  1891. — Brief  genealogy  of  the  Arthropoda:  Determination  of  the  typical 
forms  (continued),  by  Dr.  L.  A.  Segoncl. 

BIOLOGISCHES  CENTRALBLATT  (Erlangen),  May  i,  1891. — On  the  em- 
bryonal plan  of  the  blood  and  fat  tissues  of  insects,  and  remarks  on  J. 
Carriere's  paper  on  "The  Glands  of  the  first  abdominal  segment  of  the 
insect  embryo,"  by  V.  Graber. — July  i,  1891.  Preliminary  remarks  on  the 
"International  Relations"  of  Ant  guests,  by  E.  Wasmann. 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER,  May  ii  and  25,  1891. — On  the  extremities  in 
the  embryos  of  Arachnids  and  Insects,  by  Dr.  A.  Jaworowski. 

REVUE  DES  SCIENCES  NATURELLES  DE  L'OUEST  (Paris),  No.  2,  April, 
1891. — The  sense  of  sight  in  Arthropods,  by  Dr.  A.  Peytoureau. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


144  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [September, 

LE  NATURALISTS  (Paris),  May  15,  1891,  etc. — New  Lepidoptera,*  by  P. 
Dognin;  Ganjonia  n.  gen. — June  i.  The  nymph  of  Telephoms  nijjpes, 
by  L.  Planet;  figs. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  No.  9,  May,  1891. — Brachy- 
cryptus  n.  gen.  Cistelida?  near  Omophlus*  and  A  new  Glaphyrus  from 
Tripoli,*  by  G.  Quedenfeldt.  Triphonid  studies,*  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer. 
A  new  contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  the  indigenous  Coleoptera  in 
Bucovina,  by  C.  V.  Hormuzaki. — No.  10,  May:  Acronycta  var.  Bryophil- 
oides,  a  new  variety  of  A.  strigosa  F.,*  by  C.  V.  Hormuzaki.  A  new 
Crabronid,*  by  C.  Verhoeff. — No.  n,  June:  Rhizotrogus  limbatipennis 
Villa  —furvits  Germar,  by  Dr.  G.  Kraatz.  Cryptid  studies,*  by  Dr. 
Kriechbaumer.  A  later  contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  indigenous 
Coleoptera  of  Bucovina,  by  C.  V.  Hormuzaki. — No.  12,  June:  Diptera 
from  the  vicinity  of  Treparewo,  by  B.  Fedtschenko.  Two  new  species 
of  jlfacrophya,  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer. — No.  13  July:  On  Dorcadion  Iceve 
Fald.,  by  K.  M.  Heller.  Diptera  from  the  vicinity  of  Treparewo,  by  B. 
Fedtschenko. — No.  14,  July:  On  Orellia  schineri  Lw.,  by  V.  v.  Roder. 
On  Polyphylla,  Anoxia  and  Cyphonotus;  Three  new  species  of  Rhizotro- 
gus from  the  Orient;*  On  Rhizotrogus  ater,  fuscus,  furvus  and  limbati- 
pennis, by  E.  Brenske.  The  Zoocecidae  of  Lorraine,  by  S.  S.  Kieffer. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE  May  2,  1891. 
— Causeries  Odonatologiques,  No.  4:  the  genera  Zygonyx  Selys  and 
Schizonyx  Karsch,  by  E.  de  Selys-Longchamps.  Description  of  a  new 
genus  of  Elateridae,*  by  E.  Fletiaux;  Globothorax.  Additions  to  the 
"  Catalogue  Methodique  des  Elaterides  connusen  1890,  par  E.  Cande"ze," 
by  E.  Bergroth.  Clavicorns  from  Western  Bengal,*  by  A.  Grouvelle. 
Melanges  Entomologiques,  III,  Diagnoses  of  Madagascan  Phytophaga,* 
by  A.  Duvivier.  Second  note  on  some  Coleoptera  Heteromera  of  Bel- 
gium, by  L.  Coucke. 

ZOOLOGISCHE  JAHRBUCHER,  v,  No.  5,  Jena,  1891. — Contributions  to  the 
biology  of  the  solitary  flower  wasps  (Apida;),  by  H.  Friese;  i  plate. 

ENTOMOLOGISKE  MEDDELSER,  ii,  Nos.  5,  6,  Copenhagen,  '90. — Phloeph- 
thorus  rhododactylus  Marsh,  by  E.  A.  Lovendal,  figs.  Synonymic  re- 
marks, etc.,  on  Danish  Tomicini,  ibid.  Acnigmatias  blattoides*  a  new 
apterous  Dipter,  by  F.  Meinert;  i  plate.  Catalogue  of  Danish  Coleop- 
tera: Staphylinidae,  id.  New  Danish  Coleoptera  and  Hemiptera,  by  W. 
Schlick.  New  Danish  Lepidoptera,  by  H.  P.  Duurloo. 

ABHANDLUNGEN,  NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN  VEREIN  zu  BREMEN, 
xii,  No.  i,  1891. — Contributions  to  the  fauna  of  the  island  of  Spiekerooge, 
by  S.  A.  Poppe.  Biological  observations  on  the  relations  between  flowers 
and  insects  in  the  East  Frisian  Island  of  Norderney,  by  C.  Verhoeff.  First 
contribution  to  the  insect  fauna  of  the  North  Sea  island  of  Juist,  by  Dr. 
Alfken. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  145 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  PHILOMATHIQUE  DE  PARIS,  36  serie,  iii,  No. 
i,  1891. — On  the  locomotion  of  Arthropods,  and  Note  on  the  lyriform 
organs  of  Arachnids,  by  P.  Gaubert. 

ARCHIV  FUR  NATURGESCHICHTE,  Ivii,  I,  No.  i,  Berlin,  1891. — On  the 
origin  and  cause  of  the  absence  of  wings  in  the  females  of  many  Lepid 
optera,  by  L.  Knatz;  i  plate. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  LINNEENNE  DE  NORMANDIE,  46  serie,  v,  i, 
Caen,  1891. — Note  on  Phalena  hyeinata,  parasite  on  the  apple  tree,  by 
Drs.  Huet  and  Louise. 

MONITORE  ZOOLOGICO  iTALiANO,  ii,  5,  Florence,  1891. — Anatomico 
physiological  note  on  some  Ixodini,  by  A.  Batelli. 

MlTTHEILUNGEN  AUS  DEM  NATURHISTORISCHEN  MUSEUM  IN  HAMBURG, 

viii,  1891.— Revision  of  the  scorpions,  I.  Fam.  Androctonidse,  by  Dr.  K 
Kraepelin;  2  plates;  new  genera  and  species. 

ARCHIVES  DE  BIOLOGIE,  x,  4,  Paris,  etc.,  1891.— Researches  on  the  walk 
of  insects  and  Arachnids,  by  J.  Demoor;  3  plates. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  L'ACADEMIE  DBS  SCIENCES  (.Paris),  July  6,  1891.— The 
Flight  of  Insects  studied  by  Photochronography,  by  M.  Marey. 

STAVANGER  MUSEUM,  AARSBERETNING  for  1890,  Stavanger,  1891  (?).— 
Contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  Norse  Coleopterous  Fauna,®  by  T.  Hel- 
liesen.  List  of  Coleoptera  (Carnivori,  Palpicornes  and  Amphibii)  found 
near  Jaederen  in  1890,  id. 

VERHANDLUNGEN  DES  NATURHISTORISCHEN  VEREINS  DER  PREUSSI- 
CHEN  RHEINLANDE,  WESTFALENS  UND  DES  REG.-BEZIRK  OSNABRUCK, 
xlvii,  Bonn,  1890.— The  gall-flies  and  galls  of  Siegerland,®  by  E.  H.  Rub- 
saamen;  4  plates.  A  fourth  German  species  of  Atypus,  by  Dr.  P.  Bertkau. 

SOBRE  LA  CARPOCAPSA  SALTITANS  WESTVV.  v  LA  GRAPHOLITA  MOTRIX 
BERG.  n.  sp.«  por  el  Dr.  Carlos  Berg.— Extract  from  Anales  Sociedad 
Cientifica  Argentina  xxxi,  1891. 

REVUE  SCIENTIFIQUE  DU  BOURBONNAIS,  46,  Annee,  No.  6,  June,  1891. 
-The  Orthoptera  of  the  Allier,  by  E.  Olivier. 

BOLLETINO    DEI    MuSEI  DI  ZOOLOGIA   ED  ANATOMIA  COMPARATA  D.    R. 

UNIVERSITA  DI  TORINO,  Nos.  94,  97,  102,  1891. — New  species  of  Diptera 
from  the  Zoological  Museum  of  Turin,*  by  Dr.  E.  Giglio-Tos;  No.  102 
contains  twelve  new  Mexican  species  of  various  genera. 

MlTTHEILUNGEN    DER    NATURFORSCHENDEN  GESELLSCHAFT  IN    BERN, 

Nos.  1244-1264,  1891. — Contribution  to  theTipulid  Fauna  of  Switzerland,* 
by  Dr.  E.  Bergroth. 

UTILITE  DES  ABEILLES  EN  HORTICULTURE;  par  V.  Brandicourt, 
Amiens,  1891. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American.  . 


146  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [September. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  DE  BIOLOGIE  (Paris),  June  20,  1891.  — On  the 
abdominal  nerve  chain  of  Melolontha  vulgaris,  by  A.  Binet.  Fungi  para- 
sitic on  AcHdiiitn,  by  J.  K.  d'Herculais,  C.  Langlois,  A.  Girard.  luly  9: 
The  disposition  of  the  connectives  in  sub-intestinal  nerve  chain  of  J\felo- 
lontha  vulgaris,  by  A.  Binet. 

ARCHIVES  ITALIENNES  DE  BIOLOGIE,  xv,  2,  Turin,  1891.— Spermato- 
genesis  of  Bombyx  mori,  by  E.  Verson.  The  glandular  hypostigmatic 
cells  in  Botnbyx  mori,  by  E.  Verson  and  E.  Bisson. 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE,  iii,  10,  July,  1891. — The 
wax  of  Bees,  by  A.  and  P.  Buisine. 

IL  NATURALISTASICILIANO  (Palermo),  x,  6,  7,  March,  April,  1891.— Two 
new  Hymenoptera  from  Sicily,  by  T.  De-Stefani.  Catalogue  of  the  Co- 
leoptera  of  Sicily,  by  E.  Ragusa. 

VERHANDLUNGEN  DES  NATURFORSCHENDEN  VEREINES  IN  BRUNN, 
xxviii,  1890.— Identification  table  of  the  Hydrophihdae  of  Europe,  West 
Asia  and  North  Africa,  by  A.  Kuwert. 

JENAISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT  FUR  WISSENSCHAFT,  xxv,  3,  4,  Jena,  1891.— 
Honeydew:  A  biological  study  on  plants  and  plant-lice,  by  Dr.  M.  Biisgen; 
2  plates. 

ARBEITEN  AUS  DEM  ZOOLOGISCH-ZOOTOMISCHEN  INSTITUT  IN  WURZ- 
BURG,  x,  i,  Wiesbaden,  1891. — On  the  genital  characters  of  insects,  by  F. 
Leydig;  2  figures. 

ARBEITEN  AUS  DEM  ZOOLOGISCHEN  INSTITUTE  DER  UNIVERSITAT  WIEN 
UND  DER  ZOOLOGISCHEN  STATION  IN  TRIEST,  ix,  2,  Wien,  1891. — The 
coxal  glands  of  the  Arachnoidea,  by  R.  Sturany;  2  plates. 

BIBLIOTHECA  ZooLOGiCA  II  :  Vcrzeichniss  der  Schriften  iiber  Zoologie 
welche  in  den  periodischen  Werken  enthalten  und  vom  Jahre,  1861-1880, 
selbstandig  erschienen  sind,  .  .  .  von  Dr.  O.  Taschenberg,  gte  lieferung 
signatur  321-360,  Leipzig,  Engelmann,  1891. — A  list  of  the  writings  on 
Zoology  from  1861  to  1880,  which  have  appeared  separately  or  in  periodi- 
cal journals.  This  lieferung  finishes  the  insects  (Coleoptera),  includes  the 
Molluscoidea,  and  begins  the  Mollusca. 

MATERIAUX  POUR  LA  FAUNE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DU  LIMBOURG.  COLE- 
OPTERES,  4me  Centurie,  par  A.  P.  de  Borre,  Hasselt,  rSgi. 


Doings  of   Societies. 

A    REGULAR   STATED   MEETING    OF   THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL   SECTION   OF 

THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES  was  held  at  the  Hall,  S.  W.  cor. 
Nineteenth  and  Race  Streets,  May  28,  1891,  Dr.  Horn,  Director,  in  the 
chair.  Members  present:  Cresson,  Martindale,  Laurent,  Skinner,  Bullock 
and  Ridings;  Associates:  Seeber,  Johnson,  Fox,  Westcott  and  Nell;  Mr. 
Bird,  of  Rye,  N.  Y.,  visitor.  A  paper  entitled,  "  Revision  of  the  genera  and 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  147 

species  of  Anthonomini  of  Boreal  America,"  by  W.  G.  Dietz,  M.D.,  was 
presented  for  publication.  Mr.  Martindale  stated  that  five  volumes  of 
Kirby's  Catalogue  of  Heterocera  were  in  press.  Dr.  Skinner  spoke  of  the 
importance  of  the  work,  and  said  it  would  greatly  stimulate  the  study  of  the 
moths.  Mr.  Martindale  also  discussed  the  question  of  the  proper  classifi- 
cation of  Diurnal  Lepidoptera,  and  mentioned  some  of  the  classifications 
now  in  use.  Dr.  Horn  said  that  a  working  collection  should  be  arranged 
for  convenience  of  study.  Dr.  Skinner  exhibited  a  caterpillar  and  chrysalis 
of  Danais  archippus;  the  former  transformed  into  a  chrysalis  during  the 
meeting.  Mr.  C.  W.  Johnson,  exhibited  the  Diptera  which  he  had  re- 
cently collected  in  Jamaica.  He  had  found  different  species  represented 
on  the  north  and  south  sides  of  the  island.  Some  of  the  species  captured 
he  had  also  taken  in  Florida.  Insect  life  was  scarce  at  Kingston  on  ac- 
count of  the  dry  weather,  but  insects  were  more  abundant  at  Port  Antonio, 
where  the  rainfall  is  usually  greater.  The  natives  stated  that  collecting 
was  best  during  the  month  of  July.  He  took  about  ninety-seven  species, 
which  were  exhibited.  Mr.  W.  J.  Fox  exhibited  the  Hymenoptera  col- 
lected in  Jamaica;  they  numbered  ninety-one  species,  fifteen  of  which 
were  probably  new  to  science.  One  torn  specimen  of  Papilio  homcrns 
had  been  seen.  Mr.  Martindale  read  an  extract  from  a  paper  by  Dr. 
Leidy,  published  some  years  ago,  on  "  Insects  Injurious  to  Shade  Trees." 
He  also  spoke  of  the  scarcity  of  insects  at  the  present  time.  Dr.  Horn 
stated  that  he  was  about  finishing  his  paper  on  Agrilus.  —  Meeting  held 
June  8th,  Dr.  Horn  presiding.  Members  present:  Ridings,  Bullock,  Blake, 
Martindale,  Skinner;  Associates:  Calvert,  Fox,  Westcott,  Johnson,  Nell. 
A  paper  on  Jamaica  Hymenoptera  by  Wm.  J.  Fox,  was  presented  for  puh- 
Ifcation.  Dr.  Horn  stated,  in  regard  to  his  paper  on  Agrilus,  that  he  had 
about  decided  to  discard  a  certain  species  from  the  list,  specimens  of  which 
were  in  the  collection  of  the  Society  and  his  own  received  from  the  late 
Mr.  Wilt.  Having  received  the  same  species  from  Dr.  Riley,  with  the 
authentic  label  Florida,  it  must  be  included.  He  had  at  first  thought  the 
species,  from  its  appearance,  was  probably  exotic.  He  also  mentioned 
seeing  in  Mr.  Seeber's  collection  a  specimen  of  Agrilus  zca/sin^/iiiini 
labeled  Texas,  and  doubted  the  locality  being  correct,  as  the  home  of  the 
species  was  in  the  Northwest.  He  had  recently  received  specimens  from 
some  of  the  intermediate  points,  thus  showing  that  the  southern  locality 
was  probably  correct.  Mr.  Martindale  spoke  of  a  note  in  the  June  number 
of  the  NEWS,  p.  122,  that  Psyche  coiifcdcrata  had  been  found  in  abun- 
dance at  Columbus,  Ohio,  by  Prof.  Kellicott.  Mr.  M.  had  found  it  in 
some  numbers  back  of  George's  Hill  in  Fairmount  Park,  Philadelphia. 

HENRY  SKINNER,  Recorder. 


THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON.  —  January  s, 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  at  the  residence  of  Prof.  C. 
V.  Riley,  and  the  officers  for  the  past  year  were  re-elected,  as  follows: 
President,  George  Marx;  Vice-Presidents,  C.  V.  Riley  and  I,.  <  ).  How- 
ard;' Corresponding  Secretary,  C.  H.  Tyler  Towns.  -ml;  Recording  Secre- 


148  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [September, 

tary,  C.  L.  Marlatt;  Treasurer,  B.  P.  Mann;  Executive  Committee,  E.  A. 
Schwarz,  Otto  H.eidemann,  W.  H.  Fox.  The  President,  Dr.  Marx,  de- 
livered an  address  on  "  The  Spiders  of  the  District  of  Columbia,"  in  which 
he  discussed  at  length  the  value  of  local  lists  as  a  means  of  forming  a 
comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  fauna  of  a  country.  He  referred  to  the 
somewhat  scanty  literature  in  this  country  of  this  nature  as  compared  with 
that  of  Europe,  giving  also  a  bibliography  of  the  more  important  writings 
on  Araneae  of  both  this  country  and  Europe,  and  concluded  with  a  list  of 
the  spiders  found  to  occur  in  the  District. 

The  address  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Riley,  Fernow,  Marx,  Schwarz, 
Smith,  Dodge,  Banks  and  others. 

The  thanks  of  the  Society  was  voted  Dr.  Marx  for  his  address. 

February  5,  1891. — Mr.  Schwarz  called  attention  to  certain  Micro-lepid- 
optera  which  bred  in  the  fruit  of  Sqlanuni  carolinense,  stating  that  he  had 
bred  Gelechia  beneficentella,  and  referred  to  the  fact  that  no  similar  in- 
sects were  known  to  breed  in  the  fruit  of  cultivated  potato. 

Dr.  Marx  spoke  of  the  spiders  of  the  genus  Pho/cus,  of  which  nine  spe- 
cies occur  in  this  country  as  against  one  or  two  found  in  Europe.  He 
exhibited  specimens  of  the  American  species. 

Mr.  Schwarz  exhibited  specimens  of  Casnonia  ludoviciana  found  this 
Winter  in  great  abundance  near  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  remarked  on  the 
distribution  and  habits  of  this  insect. 

Prof.  Riley  laid  before  the  Society  an  interesting  card  which  he  had  re- 
cently received  from  Mr.  McLachlan  referring  to  the  Plepharocerid  larvae 
mentioned  at  the  previous  meeting  of  the  Society.  Mr.  McLachlan  fully 
confirmed  Prof.  Riley's  reference  of  the  larvae  in  question. 

Mr.  Townsend  read  a  paper  on  a  remarkable  new  Hippoboscid  received 
from  Dr.  Alfredo  Duges,  Guanajuato,  Mexico,  which  had  been  taken  on 
a  bat.  It  was  described  as  Trichobius  n.  gen.  dugesii  n.  sp. 

Mr.  Townsend  also  presented  a  paper  on  a  Muscid,  bred  from  swine 
dung,  which  he  described,  in  its  larval  and  imago  stages,  as  Cleigastra 
sitisterei  n.  sp.  This  case  of  breeding  had  shown  a  larval  hibernation,  and 
Mr.  Townsend  expressed  the  belief  that  in  more  northern  latitudes  most 
coprophagus  Diptera  (Hcematobia,  Lucilia,  etc.)  winter  equally  as  larvae 
or  pupae,  and  only  exceptionally  as  perfect  flies. 

These  papers  were  discussed  by  Messrs.  Riley,  Fox,  Banks,  Schwarz, 
Marlatt  and  Townsend. 

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C.  L.  MARLATT,  Recording  Secretary. 


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VOL.  ii. 


OCTOBER,   1891. 


No.  8. 


CONTENTS: 


Explanation  of  Plate  VII 149 

Neumoegen — Aberrations  and  varieties 

of  well-known  insects 150 

Beulenmuller— Early  stages  of  some 

moths 152 

Mason — Rocks 153 

Hudson— A  new  Gluphisia 155 

Holland — A  new  Grophaela  from  Colo..  156 


Skinner — Elementary  Entomology 157 

Skinner — Random  notes  on  Lepidoptera  158 
Townsend — An    Exorista  parasitic  on 

Lagoa  opercularis 159 

Notes  and  News 160 

Entomological  Literature 164 

Doings  of  Societies 168 


Plate  VII  represents  the  so-called  "Owl  Butterfly."  This 
individual  specimen  is  Caligo  atreus,  and  flies  in  America  in  the 
Equatorial  region.  The  underside  photographed,  looks  very 
much  like  an  owl,  the  ocelli  representing  the  eyes,  and  the  various 
shadings  of  brown  representing  the  feathers.  Insect  collectors 
frequently  represent  the  body  of  the  owl  by  other  lepidopterous 
insects,  or  in  some  cases  brilliant  Coleoptera,  and  use  a  species 
of  Caligo  for  the  head,  thus  making  a  pleasing  picture.  There 
are  about  twenty-five  species  in  the  genus,  and  they  are  all  fine, 
large  insects,  some  of  them  very  beautiful,  but  not  so  brilliantly 
colored  as  the  allied  genus  Morpho.  They  fly  in  Mexico  and. 
Central  America,  and  in  Tropical  South  America.  They  are 
represented  in  the  East  Indies  by  an  allied  genus,  Thaumantis, 
which  also  contains  large  and  beautiful  butterflies  of  a  dozen 
species.  The  specimen  represented  is,  unfortunately,  somewhat 
broken,  but  shows  the  character  of  the  underside  of  the  fly  very 
well.  This  also  shows  the  utility  of  the  orthochromatic  process, 
as  this  species  has  colors  on  the  underside  which  would  not  be 
shown  in  an  ordinary  plate. 

This  plate,  like  others  we  have  given  in  the  NEWS,  was  made 
by  the  Crosscup  &  West  Engraving  Company  of  Philadelphia, 

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150  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [October, 

and  the  butterfly  was  photographed  in  the  Hall  of  the  Academy 
by  Mr.  J.  F.  Sachse,  the  talented  editor  of  the  "  American  Jour- 
nal of  Photography,"  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  it. — ED. 


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Some  wonderful  aberrations  and  varieties 
of  well-known  insects. 

By  B.  NEUMOEGEN,  New  York. 

There  is  a  German  fairy  tale  about  "  Hans  ini  Gliick,"  of  which 
I  am  forcibly  reminded.  I  have  been  of  late  such  a  "lucky 
Hans,"  acquiring  a  number  of  remarkable  varietal  and  aberratic 
insects  which  deserve  names,  and  the  knowledge  of  which  I  here- 
with beg  to  impart  to  my  entomological  friends.  I  never  sat 
down  with  more  pleasure  to  describe  new  insects  than  I  did  in 
naming  the  following  forms  : 

Eacles  imperialis  ab.  punctatissima.— Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  bright 
yellow,  with  purple  patagiee,  purple  thoracical  maculations  and  overcast 
with  purple  on  upper  part  of  abdomen.  Primaries  above:  the  yellow  only 
shows  somewhat  at  apex,  apical  part  of  costa,  at  intersection  of  nervures 
and  exterior  margin,  and  at  fringes.  The  entire  wings  covered  with  in- 
numerable blackish  brown  dots,  which,  near  base  and  along  interior  mar- 
gin, are  confluent,  giving  the  wings  a  uniform  appearance  of  blackish 
brown.  A  basal  purple  tinge  at  interior  margin.  The  purple  maculations 
along  exterior  margin  bounded  by  the  transverse  arched  line  from  apex 
to  centre  of  interior  margin,  as  well  as  the  discal  spot,  surrounded  by  a 
purple  ring  penetrating  the  granulated  shade.  Secondaries:  upper  part 
from  base  along  costa  to  apex  bright  yellow;  the  space  enclosed  by  the 
purple  mesial  line,  and  even  beyond  it,  enclosing  discal  area  up  to  base, 
covered  with  countless  dots,  giving  the  lower  /ialf  of  wings  nearly  a  uni- 
form appearance  of  blackish  brown.  Discal  spot  prominent,  with  purple 
ring  and  a  purple  basal  tinge;  fringe  yellow. 

Below:  basal  half  of  primaries  and  secondaries,  as  well  as  abdomen, 
bright  yellow;  the  remaining  space  of  both  wings,  as  well  as  the  discal 
spots,  blackish  brown  produced  by  the  many  dots,  partly  confluent,  of 
this  color.  Basal  half  of  costa  of  primaries,  and  costa  of  secondaries, 
blackish  brown;  fringes  yellow. 

Type  £   coll.  B.  Neumoegen. 

This  extraordinary  insect  was  taken  by  Mr.  H.  Saenger  at 
Highbridge,  in  the  upper  part  of  New  York  City. 

Eacles  imperialis  var.  nobilis. — Males  above:  thorax  and  abdomen  dark 
purple.  Antennae,  head,  as  well  as  a  central  thoracical  line  and  a  cross- 
band  at  first  segment  of  abdomen,  of  brownish  yellow.  Primaries  and 


[1891.  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  151 

secondaries  of  a  deep  russet  color;  fringes  and  all  maculations  of  dark 
purple,  strewn  with  black  dots,  much  like  in  var.  didyma  DeB.,  thus 
showing  an  irregular,  triangular  space  of  deep  russet  resting  with  its  base 
on  apical  half  of  costa  pointing  towards  median  nervure  and  bounded  by 
the  discal  spot  and  transverse  apical  arched  line  respectively.  Seconda- 
ries of  a  rich  russet,  with  discal  spot;  mesial  undulating  band  and  basal 
tinge  of  dark  purple;  some  black  dots  along  marginal  area. 

Below:  wings  and  abdomen  of  a  lighter  russet  shade.  Discal  spots, 
space  between  apical,  arched  transverse  line  and  external  margin  of  pri- 
maries of  dark  purple,  fading  towards  interior  margin.  The  marginal 
space  of  secondaries  between  mesial  band  and  exterior  margin  of  brownish 
purple. 

Females. — The  same  rich  russet  as  in  the  males  prevails,  but  only  the 
discal  spots,  the  transverse  apical,  arched  band  of  primaries,  the  mesial 
band  oj  secondaries  and  the  basal  tinges  are  of  dark  purple.  The  mar- 
ginal spheres  in  both  wings  resembling  var.  didyma,  are  of  a  bright 
chestnut-brown.  Below:  both  wings  russet,  with  light  brown  marginal 
sphere,  somewhat  fading  into  yellow  in  basal  half  of  interior  margin  of 
primaries. 

This  is  a  remarkable  variety  from  southwestern  Texas;  con- 
stant in  all  its  characters,  as  shown  by  a  number  of  examples 
I  have  lately  received. 

Types,   £  and  $  ,  coll.  B.  Neumoegen. 

Citheronia  regalis  ab.  Saengeri. — Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  bright  sul- 
phur. Primaries  grayish  purple,  with  yellow  nervures.  Basal  and  discal 
dots  very  large  and  like  the  transverse  intercellular,  oval  maculations  of 
bright  sulphur;  apical  part  of  costa  and  interior  margin  bright  sulphur, 
fringes  equally  so  at  intersection  of  nervures.  Secondaries  uniformly 
bright  sulphur,  with  a  slight  orange,  basal  tinge  and  faint  indications  of 
grayish  purple  transverse  maculations  in  cells  near  anal  angle. 

Below:  primaries  of  bright  sulphur,  with  a  slight  orange  tinge  along 
nervures.  Discal  spot  and  marginal  space  from  apex  to  outer  angle,  as 
well  as  the  two  upper  cells  near  centre  of  costa,  of  grayish  purple.  Sec- 
ondaries bright  sulphur,  with  discal  spot  and  mesial  band  of  orange  color; 
apical  part  of  three  upper  cells  of  grayish  purple. 

Type  "J>  ,  coll.  B.  Neumoegen. 

A  wonderful  aberration,  fresh  and  bright  in  appearance,  and 
entirely  distinct  from  the  typical  form.  It  was  taken  in  the  upper 
part  of  New  York  City  by  Mr.  Herman  Saenger,  to  whose  in- 
dustrious exploits  I  cannot  do  more  honor  than  by  dedicating 
this  beautiful  insect  to  him.  It  is  an  enormously  developed  £  , 
expanding  115  mm.,  the  body  having  a  length  of  35  mm. 


152  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

Platysamia  Gloveri  var.  reducta. 

This  is  a  very  curious  dwarf  form,  flying  in  the  highest  part 
of  the  Colorado  range  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  The  discal  spot 
in  primaries  invariably  touches  the  transverse  posterior  white 
band.  The  reddish  brown  space  containing  the  discal  spot  and 
bordered  by  the  white  basal  and  transverse  posterior  bands  is  so 
narrow  that  in  most  of  the  examples  it  shrinks  to  a  mere  black 
line  at  the  centre  of -interior  margin.  The  basal  reddish  brown 
area  containing  the  discal  spot  of  secondaries  is  so  narrow,  that 
it  never  exceeds  25  mm.  in  its  measure.  In  other  respects  the 
insect  tallies  with  the  typical  form. 

It  is  easily  distinguished  by  its  minimal  size  of  body  and  wings, 
and  by  the  transverse  band  connecting  with  discal  spot  of  prima- 
ries. Expanse  of  wings  $  ,  83  mm. ;  85  mm.  Length  of  body, 
£  ,  25  mm.;  ?,  25  mm. 

Types  coll.  B.  Neumoegen. 

Described  from  a  number  of  examples  taken  at  an  altitude  of 
11,000  feet  by  Mr.  D.  Bruce  in  July,  1890,  at  Gibson  Gulch, 
Colorado. 


ON  THE  EARLY  STAGES  OF  SOME  MOTHS. 

By  WM.  BEUTENMULLER,  New  York. 

Cherocampa  tersa  Linn. 

LARVA. — Body  pale  green,  with  very  fine  longitudinal  irrora- 
tions.  Head  small,  smooth,  green;  mouth  parts  black;  along 
the  subdorsum  is  a  rather  broad,  white  band  running  from  the 
fourth  segment  to  the  caudal  horn  on  the  eleventh  segment;  on 
the  band  is  placed,  on  each  segment,  a  round  black  ring,  the  one 
on  the  fourth  segment  with  a  black  eye-like  spot  in  the  centre. 
Color  of  the  underside  of  the  body  and  all  the  legs  concolorous 
to  the  above;  caudal  horn  reddish,  with  the  apex  black.  Length 
about  60  mm. 

The  larva  figured  by  Abbot  and  Smith  (Ins.  Ga.  p.  75,  pi.  38) 
has  in  each  of  the  black  rings  along  the  subdorsum  a  large  red 
spot.  In  all  my  specimens,  six  in  number,  no  sign  of  the  red 
spots  was  apparent. 

FOOD-PLANT. — Manettia  bicolor.     September. 

Pyromorpha  dimidiata  H.-S. 

EGG. — Ovate,  pale  yellow,  smooth,   shining,  slightly  flattened 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  153 

above  and  below.     Length  about  i  mm.;  width  about  .75  inch. 
Laid  June  i8th;  emerged  June  28th. 

YOUNG  LARVA. — Dirty  grayish  white  and  covered  with  rather 
long  hairs  of  the  same  color;  head  also  grayish  white  with  a 
brown  spot  on  each  side  of  the  anterior  part;  mouth  parts  pitchy 
black.  The  head  is  sometimes  entirely  black  or  brown,  shining; 
underside  of  body  same  color  as  above.  Length  50  mm. 

Not  knowing  the  food-plant  I  was  unable  to  rear  the  larvae  to 
maturity.  The  eggs  I  obtained  from  a  number  of  females  flying 
amongst  a  species  of  grass  on  the  border  of  a  well-shaded  and 
dry  piece  of  woods  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. ;  about  fifty  images 
were  taken.  The  young  larvae,  however,  refused  to  eat  the  grass 
on  which  I  found  the  moths,  and  which  I  supposed  was  also  the 
food  of  the  species. 

Apatela  innotata  Guen. 

i  LARVA. — Head,  posterior  portion  pitchy-brown,  anterior  part 
dirty-white,  with  the  mandibles  pitchy.-  Body  above  dull  grayish 
brown,  with  a  series  of  four  shining,  black,  piliferous  spots  on 
each  segment  along  the  dorsal  region  from  the  second  to  the  last 
segment  and  two  rows  of  yellow  spots  along  each  side  with 
another  row  of  black  spots  between;  underside  dull  grayish. 
Legs  and  feet  concolorous.  The  body  is  also  sparsely  covered 
with  sordid  white  hairs.  Length  25  mm.  Food-plant  unknown. 
Found  ready  to  pupate, on  the  trunk  of  a  hickory  tree,  the 
bark  of  which  the  larva  mimics.  Collected  at  Englewood,  N.  J., 
Aug.  21,  1890.  Imago  emerged  May  6,  1891.  The  larva  spun 
a  rude  cocoon  made  of  small  bits  of  wood. 


-o- 


ROCKS. 

By  J.  T.  MASON,  Houston,  Tex. 

On  looking  over  the  present  volume  of  NEWS  I  noticed  the 
article  in  the  February  number  entitled,  "  Lepidoptera  at  the 
Electric  Lights,"  by  Dr.  Ottolengui.  Reading  it  caused  all  the 
difficulties  in  the  way  of  many  of  us  becoming  advanced  ento- 
mologists to  rise  before  me.  I  handed  the  book  to  a  young  friend 
of  mine  and  told  him  to  read  the  article;  he  has  collected  about 
a  year,  and  was  greatly  interested  in  the  subject.  After  he  had 


154  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [October, 

read  it  through  he  remarked,  "  how  does  this  fellow  get  all  these 
names  down  so  fine?"  This  is  a  question  which  is  readily  an- 
swered; he  lives  in  New  York  and  in  his  association  with  other 
more  advanced  students,  and  in  having  access  to  large  collections 
he  can  readily  manage  it.  This  is  a  rock  on  which  ninety-five  per 
cent,  of  young  beginners  are  wrecked.  We  will  take  this  city  as 
an  example:  I  have  known  not  less  than  six  in  the  past  two  years 
that  have  commenced  and  have  gone  to  pieces  on  this  rock  and 
fallen  by  the  wayside,  and  it  is  most  natural.  A  beginner  sees  a 
collection,  and  is  attracted  by  its  beauty,'  and  concludes  that  he 
would  like  to  become  a  collector  also,  and  gets  his  net  and  bottle 
and  makes  a  start.  He  soon  finds  that  he  has  a  large  lot  of  ma- 
terial on  hand  and  can't  tell  one  from  another,  rare  from  common, 
or  good  from  bad,  and  winds  up  in  confusion  and  disgust.  Now, 
if  we  had  in  this  country  some  such  works  as  are  to  be  found  in 
Europe,  which  give  figures  of  most  of  the  species,  and  published 
at  a  reasonable  price,  many  of  the  difficulties  would  disappear, 
but  at  present  the  literature  is  so  scattered,  and  the  illustrated 
works  in  this  country  are  so  very  expensive  as  to  place  them  out 
of  reach  of  most  of  us.  Those  plates  of  C.  regalis  have  suggested 
to  my  mind  that  if  we  had  photos  like  these  of  the  species  in 
this  country,  or  of  a  considerable  portion  of  them  along  with  de- 
scriptions of  the  colors,  and  if  such  a  work  could  be  gotten  out, 
say  at  a  cost  of  not  over  ten  dollars,  we  would  find  a  hundred 
collectors  where  we  find  one  to-day.  Last  season  a  friend  caught 
a  luna  moth  and  brought  it  thirty-five  miles  because  he  thought 
it  a  rarity;  it  would  have  crushed  him  if  I  had  mentioned  the 
fact  that  I  had  sent  over  six  hundred  to  London  during  the  same 
month.  About  twice  a  year  we  get  an  accumulation  of  unknown 
material  and  send  them  North  for  identification;  this  works  pretty 
well  where  we  have  more  than  one  of  a  kind,  but  it  often  hap- 
pens that  we  have  but  one  and  don't  want  to  box  it  and  run  the 
risk  of  having  it  Ipst  or  broken.  All  collectors  know  how  we 
cherish  a  single  specimen  believed  to  be  rare,  and  in  future  I  never 
intend  to  let  these  single  specimens  go  out  of  my  keeping.  I 
am,  therefore,  looking  forward  to  the  good  time  coming  when 
we  can  all  have  better  means  of  identification,  and  Entomology 
becomes  more  popular  and  generally  studied.  I  have  enumerated 
some  of  the  rocks,  but  there  are  more,  and  I  hope  they  may  be 
gradually  eliminated. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  155 

A  NEW  GLUPHISIA. 

By  Prof.  GEO.  H.  HUDSON,  Plattsburg,  N.  Y. 

Gluphisia  avimacula  n.  sp. 

Male. — Thorax  cinereous;  vertex  of  head,  collar  and  anterior  half  of 
patagia  nearly  black;  front,  palpi  and  pectus  pale  brown;  legs  cinereous, 
the  tarsi  ringed  with  dark  brown;  abdomen  gray.  Primaries  cinereous, 
thickly  dusted  with  black  scales;  a  black  basal  line,  dentate  on  subcostal 
and  median  veins  and  sending  down,  intermediately,  two  fine  black  lines, 
which  reach  and  enclose  the  small,  pale  ochreous  basal  spot,  resting  on 
median  vein;  obscure  on  costa  and  below  submedian  vein.  Second  band 
nearly  straight,  deep  black,  prominent,  starting  on  costa  at  a  little  less 
than  half  way  to  the  apex,  slightly  angulated  outwardly  on  subcostal  and 
median  veins,  forming  a  shallow  inward  curve  or  sinus  below  submedian 
fold,  widening  at  internal  margin.  An  ochreous  subtriangular  discal  spot 
edged  with  black,  projecting  a  point  towards  the  costa  and  a  shorter  one 
towards  the  base  along  median  vein.  Externally  contiguous  to  the  discal 
spot  is  an  indistinct  third  band,  subparallel  to  the  first,  slightly  waved, 
pale  brown  and  diffuse,  more  distinct  on  internal  margin.  Beyond  this  is 
a  narrow  and  faint  fourth  beginning  on  costa  at  about  three-fourths  dis- 
tance from  base,  parallel  to  external  margin,  dentate  inwardly  on  the 
veins,  slightly  angulated  at  vein  2,  edged  externally  with  pale  cinereous. 
A  fifth  band  consisting  of  a  row  of  dark  spots,  edged  within  with  pale 
cinereous,  runs  about  midway  between  band  four  and  the  external  margin. 
It  has  a  slightly  waved  appearance  with  a  shallow  inward  curve  on  vein  2, 
from  thence  it  runs  to  the  outer  angle  and  joins  the  row  of  black,  diffuse, 
intervenular  spots  in  the  pale  cinereous  fringe.  The  ground  color  of  wings 
is  palest  between  the  first  two  lines,  and  slightly  yellowish  beyond  and 
below  the  discal  spot.  Secondaries  brownish  cinereous,  with  a  faint 
mesial  band,  dentate  inwardly  between  veins  i  and  2,  more  distinct  at 
internal  margin,  where  it  is  white,  shaded  before  by  a  black  line  and  behind 
by  a  more  diffuse  black  spot,  followed  by  another  pale  spot  before  reach- 
ing margin;  fringes  as  in  primaries,  but  with  intervenular  spots  more  dif- 
fuse, almost  forming  a  continuous  line.  Beneath  concolorous  with  secon- 
daries above,  tinged  with  cinereous  at  the  apex  of  the  primaries  and  outer 
third  of  secondaries.  On  each  of  the  wings,  beyond  the  middle,  a  slightly 
undulating  darker  band  edged  with  pale  whitish  outwardly  and  following 
the  course  of  the  band  above. 

Female  with  front  cinereous,  concolorous  with  thorax.  Expanse  : 
male,  38  mm.;  female,  40  mm. 

Described  from  two  males  and  one  female  taken  May  I5th  and 
22d,  1887,  and  May  10,  1891,  at  the  electric  lights,  Plattsburg, 
N.  Y. 

THE  enterprising  bee  keeps  up  with  the  times  by  having  his  apartments 
arranged  in  sweets. — Yonkers  Gazette. 


156  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

A  NEW  GNOPH>£LA  FROM  COLORADO. 

By  W.  J.  HOLLAND,  Ph.D.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

G.  Clappiana  n.  sp. — Male.  Upperside:  anterior  wings  black, 
with  a  quadrate  spot  of  pale  yellow  at  end  of  cell  and  a  band  of 
three  small,  sharply  defined,  oval  spots  below  the  apex.  A  minute 
white  spot  at  base;  fringes  at  apex  and  near  exterior  angle  nar- 
rowly white.  Posterior  wings  deep  bluish  black,  with  the  fringe 
somewhat  broadly  white.  Abdomen  blue-black;  front  white; 
collar  marked  by  two  small  blue  spots;  patagiae  pointed  with 
white  at  base  and  tips  and  bordered  internally  with  pale  blue. 
Underside:  anterior  wings  as  above.  Posterior  wings  with  faint 
white  spot  at  end  of  cell,  otherwise  as  above;  chest  rufous.  A 
line  of  small  white  spots  is  found  on  each  side  of  abdomen. 

Type  coll.  Holland.  Described  from  a  single  specimen  taken 
upon  the  mountains  of  Williams  River,  Colorado,  by  Mr.  Geo. 
H.  Clapp,  president  of  the  Iron  City  Microscopical  Society,  July, 
1891. 

This  description  was  written  in  the  rooms  of  the  American 
Entomological  Society  after  a  careful  search  through  the  literature 
and  examination  of  the  species  in  the  genus. 

o 

A  NOTE  ON  THE  LIMACODID  GENUS  ISA  Pack. 
By  HARRISON  G.  DYAR. 

Recently  on  a  visit  to  Boston  I  saw,  by  the  kindness  of  Mr. 
Henshaw,  the  type  specimen  of  the  genus  Zsa,  created  for  Her- 
rich-Schaffer's  species  textula.  The  specimen  is  a  small  female 
Sisyrosea  inornata  G.  &  R.,  and  I  have  compared  Dr.  Packard's 
characterization  of  genus  Isa  with  specimens  of  inornata  and  find 
all  the  characters  borne  out.  Especially  his  description  of  the 
venation  is  characteristic  of  the  somewhat  peculiar  venation  of 
.S.  inornata.  I  am  not  sure  that  this  is  the  correct  identification 
of  the  species  textula,  but  as  I  know  of  no  other  species  to  which 
the  name  should  apply,  I  would  arrange  the  genus  as  follows: 
Genus  ISA  Packard. 

sisyrosea  Grote. 
inornata  G.  &  R. 
?  texiula  H.-S. 
nasoni  Grt. 

rude  Hy.  Edw. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  157 

ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 


The  third  stage  of  existence  in  lepidopterous  insects  is  called 
the  chrysalis  or  pupa  stage.  The  term  chrysalis  is  derived  from 
a  word  meaning  golden,  because  many  of  them  are  decorated 
with  golden  spots.  Pupa  comes  from  a  word  meaning  boy  or 
child,  because  a  pupa  was  thought  to  resemble  an  Egyptian  child 
swathed  in  bandages,  or  a  mummy.  In  the  Rhopalocera  or 
diurnals,  the. chrysalis  or  pupa,  is  naked,  and  not  covered  with  a 
cocoon,  nor  do  the  larvae  enter  the  ground  to  undergo  their 
changes.  The  majority  also  differ  in  being  variously  ornamented 
and  shaped,  although  the  general  pattern  is  that  of  an  inverted 
cone.  The  chrysalids  of  the  Hesperids  or  skipper  butterflies 
which  approach  the  moths  or  Heterocera  in  character  are  pro- 
tected by  a  few  leaves  or  blades  of  grass  which  the  caterpillar 
draws  around  itself  before  changing.  The  character  of  the  outer 
hard  covering  in  these  is  different  from  the  diurnals  in  general, 
being  hard,  dark  and  shining,  like  those  of  the  moths,  although 
quite  a  number  are  covered  with  a  light  bloom  like  that  on  a 
plum.  It  is  thus  quite  easy  to  distinguish  the  chrysalis  of  a  but- 
terfly from  that  of  a  moth.  The  chrysalids  of  the  diurnals  are 
suspended  to  a  stick  or  leaf  by  the  extremity,  or  in  addition  to 
this  in  some  cases  are  fastened  by  a  sling  of  silk  which  goes 
around  the  body  of  the  chrysalis,  and  is  fastened  on  each  side  of 
the  supporting  leaf  or  twig.  In  the  former  case  the  head  of  the 
caterpillar,  hangs  downward,  and  in  the  latter  it  points  upwards 
and  outwards  at  an  angle.  Some  of  the  larvae  of  the  moths  find  a 
convenient  place  under  a  piece  of  bark  and  change  to  a  chrysalis; 
some  spin  a  shroud  or  cocoon,  which  in  some  cases  is  composed 
of  silk,  and  in  others  of  the  caterpillar's  own  hairs  interwoven. 
Some  employ  bits  of  wood,  leaves,  sticks  and  pieces  of  earth  in 
the  same  way.  Many  enter  the  ground  and  transform  as  already 
mentioned.  The  changes  that  go  on  in  a  chrysalis  are  wonderful. 
The  chrysalis  is  apparently  dead,  showing  no  signs  of  life,  but  in 
the  inanimate  looking  object  is  being  developed  a  beautiful  insect, 
perhaps  a  gorgeous  Morpho*  or  a  beautiful  Ornithoptera,*  yet 
to  all  appearance  it  is  an  insignificant  looking  object,  giving  no 
indication  whatever  of  Nature's  legerdemain  or  fairy-like  per- 
formances.— ED. 

*  Grand  butterflies  from  Brazil  and  the  East  Indies,  respectively. 


158  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

RANDOM  NOTES  ON  LEPIDOPTERA. 

By  HENRY  SKINNER,  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

This  Summer  Pamphila  hobomok  $  ,  and  the  two  females  (black 
one  Pocahontas),  were  quite  abundant  May  3ist,  and  eggs  were 
secured.  P.  zabulon  £  was  also  rather  common  at  the  same 
time.  I  have  never  seen  a  female  of  zabulon  yellow  like  the  male, 
and  am  sure  it  does  not  exist  in  this  locality  if  at  all.  I  have 
found  the  male  and  the  black  female  in  copulation  a  number  of 
times.  I  can  distinguish  the  females  of  zabulon  and  hobomok 
without  any  difficulty,  and  feel  sure  that  the  two  species  are  en- 
tirely distinct,  and  at  some  future  time  will  have  more  to  say  about 
them.  June  loth  I  saw  a  female  P.  manalaaqiia  ovipositing,  she 
went  down  in  the  grass  near  the  roots  and  close  to  the  ground, 
and  walked  about  in  the  miniature  woods  depositing  an  egg  here 
and  there  near  the  base  of  the  blades  and  on  the  dead  and  de- 
caying grass.  These  eggs  hatched  June  lyth.  This  species  was 
exceedingly  abundant  on  a  grassy  embankment,  and  the  speci- 
mens darted  from  flower  to  flower  by  a  succession  of  quick  jerks. 
I  mention  the  occurrence  of  the  species  here  in  such  numbers  as 
it  is  usually  considered  quite  rare.  After  one  becomes  acquainted 
with  it,  it  can  be  readily  distinguished  from  cernes  even  on  the 
wing.  P.  fusca  was  common  in  Fairmount  Park  June  gth,  and 
nice,  fresh  specimens  of  Eudamus  lycidas  were  taken.  Pamphila 
Aaroni  was  moderately  plentiful  at  Cape  May,  N.  J.,  June  i4th. 
Mr.  Philip  Laurent  has  also  taken  the  species  at  Anglesea,  N.  J. 
It  is  a  very  wary  fellow,  and  has  a  very  quick  flight,  but  if  you 
get  him  in  his  favorite  place,  the  trumpet-like  flower  of  the  wild 
morning-glory,  he  is  at  your  mercy.  He  flies  straight  for  the 
flower,  and  alights  on  the  lower  edge,  and  walks  slowly  in  until 
he  reaches  the  sweets,  and  keeps  very  quiet,  and  you  would  not 
know  there  was  a  specimen  around  until  you  learn  his  artful 
tricks.  A  cyanide-jar  at  the  opening  of  the  flower  means  busi- 
ness and  a  fine,  faultless  specimen. 

P.  delaware  is  a  great  rarity  here;  I  saw  one  fine  specimen  on 
a  ball-bush  flower  July  i  ith,  and  he  was  so  pretty  and  fresh,  with 
his  brilliant  yellow-orange  under  wings,  that  I  tried  to  induce 
him  to  go  into  a  small  cyanide  bottle,  but  he  did  not  agree  with 
me  on  the  subject.  Next  time  I  see  that  fellow  I  will  use  a  net. 
I  think  the  types  were  caught  here  by  Mr.  James  Ridings.  P, 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  159 

massasoit  is  exceedingly  abundant  in  the  swamps  near  Westville, 
N.  J.,  from  the  4th  to  the  loth  of  July,  and  you  can  get  them  as 
fast  as  you  can  use  net  and  bottle.  I  think  it  quite  a  pretty  spe- 
cies when  fresh;  it  has  such  pretty  velvety-brown  wings.  Mr.  H. 
G.  Willard,  of  Grinnell,  Iowa,  informs  me  that  Amblyscirtes 
samoset  flies  there  in  the  woods  about  June  9th,  but  is  anything 
but  common.  Mrs.  Slosson  has  also  taken  a  few  specimens  of 
this  rare  species  at  Franconia,  N.  H.  I  will  now  skip  from  the 
skippers  and  give  a  couple  of  new  localities  which  are  interesting. 
Mr.  H.  G.  Willard  has  sent  me  Chrys.  helloides  from  Iowa.  Mr. 
Edwards'  catalogue  gives  Montana  to  Arizona;  Oregon,  Califor- 
nia. M.  C.  H.  T.  Townsend  has  sent  me  Synchlce  crocale  from 
Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex.;  types,  I  think,  came  from  western  Ariz. 
The  New  Mexico  specimens  lack  the  internal  row  of  white  spots 

on  the  secondaries. 

o 

An  Exorista  parasitic  on  Lagoa  opercularis. 

By  C.  H.  TYLER  TOWNSEND,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

Dr.  Alfredo  Duges,  of  Guanajuato,  Mexico,  has  kindly  given 
me  an  Exorista  labeled  "  from  the  cocoon  of  Lagoa  opercularis." 
It  agrees  with  none  of  the  twenty-six  new  species  described  by 
Mr.  van  der  Wulp  in  the  "  Biologia  Centrali- Americana,"  and  a 
description  of  it  is  presented  below.  It  belongs  near  E.  flavicans 
v.  d.  W.  among  the  species  with  ciliate  hind  tibiae. 

Exorista  lagoae  nov.  sp.  $. — Black,  cinereous  with  a  more  or  less  brassy 
reflection.  Eyes  dark  brown,  thickly  pubescent;  front,  sides  of  face, 
cheeks  and  posterior  orbital  margins  pale  brassy;  front  at  vertex  narrower 
than  the  eyes,  much  wider  at  base  of  antennas,  rather  prominent;  frontal 
vitta  black,  less  than  one-third  the  frontal  width,  wider  anteriorly,  pronged 
posteriorly;  frontal  bristles  descending  to  base  of  third  antennal  joint, 
those  before  base  of  antennae  decussate,  the  sides  of  front  with  fine  bristly 
hairs  outside  the  frontal  row  and  on  the  ocellar  area;  no  orbital  bristles; 
face  receding,  facial  depression  wide,  silvery;  facial  ridges  bare,  only  three 
or  four  very  small  bristles  above  the  vibrissfce,  which  latter  are  decussate 
and  inserted  only  slightly  above  the  oral  margin;  sides  of  face  narrmv 
above,  very  narrow  below  base;  cheeks  narrow,  invaded  below  by  the 
cinereous  hairy  occipital  area,  witli  bristles  on  lower  border  ;  antennae 
nearly  as  long  as  face,  black;  second  joint  short,  third  joint  more  than 
four  times  as  long  as  the  second;  arista  long,  slender,  scarcely  thickened 
on  basal  third,  indistinctly  jointed  at  extreme  base,  black;  proboscis  short, 
fleshy,  brownish,  especially  the  large  labella,  which  are  furnished  with 


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yellowish  brown  hair;  palpi  well  developed,  club-shaped,  pale  brownish 
yellowish,  black,  hairy;  occiput  cinereous,  gray  hairy,  with  a  black  band 
from  vertex  to  centre,  and  the  orbital  margins  with  a  fringe  of  black 
bristles.  Thorax  black,  brassy-cinereous  pollinose,  leaving  four  more  or 
less  well  denned  black  vittae;  thorax  bristly  and  hairy,  humeri  and  pleurae 
cinereous;  scutellum  blackish  at  base,  apical  portion  broadly  ochreous, 
with  an  apical  strongly  decussate  pair  of  macrochaetae  and  three  lateral 
pairs,  the  intermediate  one  short.  Abdomen  moderately  broad,  ovate, 
covered  with  short  bristles;  first  segment  somewhat  shortened,  black, 
without  macrochaetae;  second  to  fourth  segments  pale  brassy  cinereous, 
leaving  the  hind  margins  and  a  median  vitta  shining  black;  second  seg- 
ment very  faintly  reddish  on  sides,  venter  silvery  pollinose;  a  median 
marginal  pair  of  macrochaetae  on  second  segment  and  a  lateral  marginal 
one;  about  ten  marginal  on  third  segment;  anal  segment  with  macro- 
chaetae interspersed  with  bristles.  Legs  black,  femora  and  tibiae  faintly 
silvery;  femora  hairy,  tibiae  with  some  strong  bristles;  hind  tibiae  with  a 
fringe  of  bristles  on  outer  edge,  a  strong  bristle  beyond  the  middle  and 
one  or  two  at  tip  longer  than  the  rest;  claws  and  pulvilli  elongate,  the 
pulvilli  smoky  whitish.  Wings  longer  than  the  abdomen,  moderately 
wide,  without  costal  spine,  grayish  hyaline;  tegulae  yellowish  gray,  halteres 
dark  brownish.  Length  7  mm.;  of  wing,  6  mm. 

Described  from  one  specimen.     Guanajuato,  Mexico. 


Notes  and.  News. 

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In  the  future  all  papers  received  for  publication  in  the  News  will  be 
printed  according  to  date  of  reception. 


THE  List  of  Lepidoptera  of  Boreal  America,  by  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  has 
reached  5042  numbered  species  to  date;  will  be  completed  by  Oct.  i,  1891. 

Mr.  LEVI  W.  MENGEL,  of  Reading,  Pa.,  who  went  as  entomologist  to 
the  West  Greenland  Expedition  sent  out  by  the  Academy,  has  returned, 
and  brought  home  a  collection  of  about  four  hundred  insects. 

WE  have  heard  that  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  sailed  for  Europe  September  i6th. 
We  wish  him  a  pleasant  voyage,  and  have  no  doubt  but  what  he  will  come 
back  laden  with  entomological  facts  picked  up  in  the  museums  of  Europe. 

Prof.  R.  R.  ROWLEY,  who  has  contributed  a  number  of  very  interesting 
articles  to  the  NEWS,  has  been  appointed  professor  of  Natural  History  in 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  l6l 

the  High  School  at  Fort  Smith,  Arkansas.     We  hope  he  may  continue  to 
do  good  entomological  work  in  this  new  and  interesting  locality. 

IT  is  a  solitary  fly  that  annoys.  Where  there  are  swarms  of  flies  they 
have  their  time  and  attention  partly  occupied  in  mutual  conversation, 
playing  tag  and  other  fly  diversions;  but  get  into  a  room  with  a  solitary 
fly  and  he  will  give  you  his  undivided  attention. — Boston  Transcript. 

THE  death  of  Capt.  K.  Yankowsky  on  the  upper  Yang-tse-Kiang,  is  a 
blow  to  Entomology,  and  an  especially  severe  one  to  me.  He  was  known 
as  an  excellent  captain,  an  indefatigable  traveler,  and  an  ardent  collector. 
He  had  just  returned  from  a  collecting  trip  to  the  sacred  Mount  Onii  in 
Szechuen,  when  death  overtook  him  on  board  the  boat,  built  by  his  own 
hands,  in  the  midst  of  his  awe-stricken  Chinese  crew. — B.  NEUMOEGEN. 

As  the  commercial  Paris  green  is  frequently  adulterated  with  lime  I 
append  a  reliable  test,  which  may  be  of  use  to  the  many  workers  in  the 
field  of  economic  entomology.  If  you  take  about  as  much  Paris  green 
as  will  lay  on  a  dime  and  put  it  in  about  tablespoonful  of  aqua  ammonia 
it  will,  if  pure,  all  dissolve  and  turn  to  a  beautiful  blue  color.  If  it  is 
adulterated  there  will  be  a  white  sediment  in  the  bottom,  which  shows 
the  presence  of  lime. — F.  W.  CODING. 

EXPEDITIONS  to  Western  China  and  Tibet  are,  even  at  this  day,  con- 
nected with  great  risk  of  life  and  enormous  expenses.  Fanaticism,  lying, 
stealing,  are  some  of  the  many  vicissitudes  inflicted  by  the  border  people 
of  both  realms  on  European  collectors.  Although  the  Pratt  Expedition, 
sent  out  by  Mr.  Leech,  has  been  highly  successful,  no  other  collector  will 
be  sent  there  again  for  this  reason.  Mr.  Kricheldorf,  the  head  collector 
of  the  last  expedition,  writes  me  harrowing  tales  of  his  experiences. 

B.  NEUMOEGEN. 

SOME  of  our  old  entomologists  put  us  of  the  younger  generation  really 
to  shame.  Here  is  an  example — Dr.  John  Gundlach,  of  Cuba,  just  writes 
me:  "  My  health  is  unimpaired.  On  July  17,  1891,  I  celebrated  my  Sist 
birthday.  My  friend,  Dr.  Gutierrez,  president  of  the  Academy,  died  last 
December  at  the  age  of  90  years.  Poey,  my  best  and  oldest  colleague  in 
Natural  History,  died  in  January,  nearly  92  years  old.  I  shall  try  to  do 
the  same.  Next  Spring  I  shall  be  on  a  collecting  expedition  in  Porto 
Rico  and  St.  Domingo."  What  youthful  ardor  and  elasticity! 

15.  XKUMOEGEN. 

BITTEN  BY  A  TARANTULA.— While  Samuel  G.  Williams,  manager  of  the 
Union  News  Company,  was  unpacking  a  box  of  pears  Thursday,  which 
he  received  from  Southern  Texas,  a  tarantula  leaped  from  the  box  and 
fastened  its  fangs  in  the  middle  finger  of  his  right  hand.  I  le  threw  it  from 
him  and  the  spider  was  killed.  In  half  an  hour  from  the  time  he  was 
bitten,  Williams  began  to  get  delirious,  and  his  pain  was  so  great  that  it 
took  three  men  to  hold  him.  Three  doctors  are  in  attendance,  but  no 


1 62  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

hope  is  entertained  of  saving  the  man's  life. — A  subscriber  wishes. to  know 
if  any  reader  of  the  NEWS  has  knowledge  of  an  authentic  case  of  death 
from  the  bite  of  a  tarantula  ? 

A  NUMBER  of  the  joints  of  the  ordinary  cactus  of  the  plains  (Opnntia 
missouriensis],  containing  pupae,  were  recently  sent  from  Colorado  to  the 
Kansas  University  and  placed  in  the  breeding  cases.  Although  the  pupae 
have  not  yet  transformed,  a  number  of  puparia  have,  within  the  past  few 
days,  disclosing  two  allied  Syrphids,  Copestylnin  marginatum  Volucella 
fasciata.  The  puparia  were  lodged  deeply  in  cavities  within  the  stem, — 
evidently  the  feeding  place  of  the  larva.  The  puparia  of  the  two  species 
are  scarcely  distinguishable,  both  having  a  short,  conjoined  stigmatic  tube 
and  two  slender  anterior  projections.  The  former  species  has  the  singular 
habit  of  continually  keeping  an  alternate  up  and  down  movement  of  its 
remarkable  antennae  while  walking. — S.  W.  WILLISTON. 

This  June  while  on  a  tramp  in  quest  of  Coleoptera  I  was  going  through 
a  patch  of  woods  and  I  noticed  on  my  path  one  of  the  larger  predatory 
Diptera  which  so  closely  mimic  a  bumble-bee,  and  kindly  determined  for 
me  by  my  friend,  Mr.  Wm.  T.  Davis,  as  Dasyllis  thoracica  Fabr.  He 
was  carrying  away  a  Longicorn  beetle.  On  attempting  to  pick  him  up  he 
flew  away  carrying  the  beetle  with  him,  which,  nevertheless,  he  dropped 
upon  being  struck  with  my  hand  and  settled  in  the  grass  a  few  feet  dis- 
tant, where  he  was  easily  captured.  The  proboscis  of  the  fly  had  sepa- 
rated the  elytra  and  penetrated  the  abdomen  between  the  second  and 
third  segments.  I  have  often  noticed  this  fly  preying  upon  soft  insects, 
as  Lepidoptera,  etc.,  but  never  before  upon  a  hard  bodied  beetle. 

J.  C.  THOMPSON,  Clifton,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

W.  G.  WRIGHT,  a  naturalist  of  San  Bernardino,  Southern  California,  is 
spending  a  few  weeks  in  this  section  (Sitka,  Alaska)  for  the  purpose  of 
collecting  plants  and  insects.  He  finds  much  of  a  novel  character  to  in- 
terest him,  and  considers  that  Alaska  presents  a  wide  field  for  investiga- 
tion. On  Thursday,  in  company  with  Fred.  E.  Frobese,  he  ascended 
Mount  Yerstovia  by  way  of  the  Jamestown  Bay  trail,  and  remained  on  the 
summit  for  some  six  hours,  during  which  time  he  secured  a  large  number 
of  species  of  plants  and  grasses  growing  above  the  timber-line.  Mr. 
Wright  has  secured  several  species  of  flora  which  he  believes  to  be  as  yet 
unknown  to  botanists.  The  Alaskan  grasses  in  Mr.  Wright's  collection 
will  be  presented  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Washington,  and 
the  flowering  plants  will  be  given  to  the  Academy  of  Sciences  at  San 
Francisco  and  the  State  University  of  California,  located  at  Berkeley. 
Very  few  insects  have  as  yet  been  found  by  Mr.  Wright  during  his  search, 
and  those  discovered  are  of  no  particular  value  or  interest. 

LOCUSTS  IN  MOROCCO. — Some  curious  information  in  regard  to  locusts 
in  Morocco  is  contained  in  the  last  British  Consular  report  from  Mogador. 
During  the  Spring  the  country  was  ravaged  by  immense  swarms  of  the 
insects,  which  were  first  reported  from  the  southern  province  of  Soos 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  163 

about  the  end  of  October,  were  overrunning  the  neighboring  land  of  Haba 
and  Shiadma  by  the  end  of  November,  and  were  subsequently  heard  of 
in  various  parts  of  the  interior,  and  still  later  from  the  important  grain- 
producing  districts  round  Mazagan  and  Casablanca.  Late  reports  from 
Mazagan  were  that  they  were  settling  down  there,  and  busy  laying  their 
eggs,  which  caused  great  anxiety  for  the  Spring  crops,  the  young  locusts, 
though  unable  to  fly,  being  even  more  unsparing  in  their  devastations 
than  the  adult  insects.  In  addition  to  the  damage  done  to  green  crops, 
groves  of  olive  and  almond  trees  were  stripped  of  their  bark  in  several 
districts,  where  the  next  yield  of  oil  and  almonds  will  be  seriously  affected. 
In  some  places  farmers  had  to  hurriedly  gather  their  olives  before  they 
were  ripe  to  save  them  from  the  voracious  insects  No  general  and  con- 
tinued measures  are  taken,  as  in  Algeria  and  Australia,  against  these 
pests,  the  only  way  in  which  their  numbers  seem  to  be  materially  reduced 
being  the  collection  of  large  quantities  for  sale  as  food  among  the  natives. 
They  are  not  "unclean"  to  either  Jew  or  Mohomedan,  though  prawns, 
to  which  they  are  compared  in  flavor  by  some  Europeans  who  have  tasted 
them,  are  not  eaten.  Taken  into  the  town  in  camel  loads  in  heaping 
sackfuls  of  ruddy  brown  or  greenish  yellow  insects  (the  first  color  in  Au- 
tumn, the  latter  in  Spring);  they  are  first  boiled  in  salt  and  water,  then 
fried  or  parched.  The  same  method  seems  to  have  been  in  vogue,  ac- 
cording to  old  writers,  early  in  the  last  century.  VVhen  properly  preserved 
the  locust  was  looked  upon  as  a  convenient  form  of  food  for  travelers  to 
take  with  them  on  the  road.  A  fearsome  story  was  recently  told  in  the 
Mellah,  or  Jew's  quarter  of  Mogador,  that  two  little  children,  sent  to  fetch 
water  at  a  village  in  Shiadma  not  returning,  their  parents  went  in  search 
of  them  and  found  only  a  heap  of  bones  thickly  covered  with  locusts. 
It  was  further  reported  that  a  consignment  of  locusts  from  that  district 
came  in  and  was  sold  chiefly  in  the  Mellah,  and  that  many  Jews  fell  ill  in 
consequence  of  having  unwittingly  partaken  of  insects  which  had  eaten 
human  flesh. — London  Times. 


Identification  of  Insects  (Imagos)  for  Subscribers. 

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mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Address  all  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
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164  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

Entomological   Literature. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  June  6,  '91. 
—Descriptions  of  new  species  of  Clytridae  and  Eumolpidae,*  by  E.  Le- 
fevre;  Colaspis  chrevrolati,  St.  Domingo,  n.  sp.  Coleoptera  of  Eastern 
Africa,*  by  L.  Fairmaire;  ffasumius,  Se/oinothns,  Dichotymus,  Blosyri- 
dius  n.  gen.  A  new  genus  of  Myrmecidae,*  by  A.  Forel;  Aerotnyrma. 
Note  on  the  Chrysochroides*  by  C.  Kerremans.  Additions  and  annota- 
tions to  the  lists  of  indigenous  carnivorous  Coleoptera  and  Lamellicorns, 
by  A.  P.  de  Borre.— July  4.  Entomological  miscellanies.  IV.  Diagnoses 
of  Madagascan  Phytophaga,*  by  A.  Duvivier ;  Hfcnioporus,  Neodera, 
Sanckia,  Jfetopasdeitia,  Cynorte/la,  n.  gen. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  PHILOMATHIQUE  DE  PARIS  36  Serie,  III,  2, 
1891. — On  the  function  of  the  sting  in  Heterodera  schachtii;  On  the  buccal 
apparatus  in  the  Phyrganids,  by  J.  Chatin.  On  the  resistance  to  asphyxia 
by  submersion  in  some  insects,  by  M.  Devaux.  Note  on  the  structure  of 
the  venomous  glands  of  Araneids,  by  P.  Gaubert. 

LE  NATURALISTE  (Paris),  Aug.  i,  1891. — Two  new  Parnassius  from 
Central  Asia,*  by  L.  Austaut. — Aug.  15.  Habits  and  metamorphoses  of 
Erastria  scitula  Ramb.,  a  nocturnal  lepidopter,  by  Capt.  &ambeu. 

JAHRESBERICHT  DES  VEREINS  FUR  NATURKUNDE  zu  ZWICKAU  (Saxony), 
1890;  Zwickau,  1891. — The  Gall  formations  (Zoocecidse)  of  the  German 
vascular  plants,  an  introduction  to  their  identification,  by  Dr.  D.  H.  R.      V. 
von  Schlechtendal. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  LEYDEN  MUSEUM,  xiii,  2,  April,  1891. — Descriptions 
of  new  species  of  Curculionidse,*  by  W.  Roelofs.  List  of  the  Lepidop- 
terous  insects  collected  by  Mr.  A.  G.  Vorderman  in  the  island  of  Billiton, 
by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  L/ACADEMIE  DES  SCIENCES  (Paris),  July  27,  1891. — 
Contributions  to  the  natural  history  of  a  cochineal,  Rhizcectis  falcifer 
Kunck.,  discovered  in  the  green  houses  of  the  Museum  and  living  on  the 
roots  of  the  vine  in  Algeria,  by  J.  K.  d'Herculais  and  F.  Saliba. 

IL  NATURALISTA  SICILIANO  (Palermo),  May,  June,  July,  1891. — Cata- 
logues of  the  Coleoptera  of  Sicily,  by  E.  Ragusa.  Entomological  note 
on  some  species  of  the  genus  Reicheia  and  of 'the  genus  Mylabris  (Bru- 
chus),  by  F.  Baudi. 

ERTESITO  AZ  ERDELYI  MUZEUM-EGYLET  ORVOS-TERMESZETTUDO- 
MANYI  SZAKOSZTALYABOL  (Proceedings  of  the  Medical  and  Natural  Sci- 
ence Section  of  the  Transylvanian  Museum  Union),  xvi,  i,  2,  3,  1891.— 
Carabus  violaceus  L.  var.  Wolfi  Dej.  L.  v.  Mehely.  List  of  the  Lepid- 
optera  usually  occurring  at  Klausenberg,  by  A.  Pachinger.  Contributions 
to  the  Orthopterous  fauna  of  Szilagyer  Comitates,  by  J.  Pungur. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  165 

ANNALS  OF  THE  QUEENSLAND  MUSEUM,  No.  i,  Brisbane,  1891. — Syno- 
nymical  catalogue  of  the  Lepidoptera  Rhopalocera  (butter  flies  i  of  Aus- 
tralia, with  full  bibliographical  reference,  including  descriptions  of  some 
new  species,  by  W.  H.  Miskin. 

ZEITSCHRIFT  DER  DEUTSCHEN  GEOLOGISCHEN  GESELLSCHAFT,  xlii,  4, 
Berlin,  1891. — Contributions  to  the  knowledge  of  the  fossil  Arachnida,  by 
E.  Haase;  two  plates. 

BERLINER  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITUNG,  xxxvi.July,  1891. — Orthoptero- 
logical  contributions,  IV:  The  Pseudophyllidse  of  Africa;*!  three  plates; 
List  of  the  Acridiodse  collected  by  Dr.  Paul  Preuss  in  Cameroons,®  figs.; 
Sumatran  Phaneropteridae,  figs.,  by  F.  Karsch.  New  beetles  from  East 
Africa, *f  by  G.  Quedenfeldt.  Greek  Heteroptera  collected  by  E.  von 
Oertzen  and  }.  Emge,*  by  O.  M.  Reuter.  Communications  on  Gallflies 
from  KreiseSiegen,*  one  plate;  Three  new  gallflies,*  by  E.  H.  Rubsaamen. 
Prussian  Amber  Beetles,  new  forms  from  the  Helm  collection  in  the 
Dantzig  Provincial  Museum,*!  by  C.  Schaufuss.  On  the  Hymenopterous 
genera  Evania  and  Gasteruption*  by  E.  Taschenberg.  On  some  North 
African  Chilopods,*  by  C.  Verhoeff.  A  contribution  to  the  Central  Eu- 
ropean Diplopod  fauna,*  id.,  four  plates.  A  contribution  to  the  knowledge 
of  the  Saldeo;  and  Leptopods,*  id.,  fig.  Some  remarks  on  Apidse,*  id., 
rigs.  On  the  spinning  of  an  Aphidius  larva  upon  Aphis  (Drepanosiphuin) 
platanoides  Schrnk.,  by  Dr.  W.  Weltner,  figs.  Obituary  notice  of  Dr. 
L.  \V.  Schaufuss,  with  portrait. 

RENDICONTO  DELL  'ACCADEMIA  DELLE  SCIENZE  FISICHE  E  MATHE- 
MATICHE  (Sezione  della  Societa  Reale  di  Napoli),  2e  Serie,  iv,  6,  June, 
1890. — Miscellanea  Entomologica  III  :  Species  of  Tenthredinidae  from 
Greece; '-  A  new  genus  of  Italian  Tenthredinidae;*  Four  species  of  Hy- 
menoptera  from  Armenia:*  A  new  species  of  Derocalymma*  by  A.  Costa. 

XV.  BEKICHT  DER  NATURFORSCHENDEN  GESELLSCHAFT  IN  BAMBERG. 
1890. — The  Hemiptera  and  Cicadina  of  the  vicinity  of  Bamberg.  by  Dr. 
Funk. 

OFVERSIGT  AF  KONGL.  VETENSKAPS-AKADEMIENS  F'ORHANUI.INGAR. 
Arg.  48,  No.  6,  June  10,  1891. — The  African  genera  of  Calandridae  allied 
to  Oxyopisthen  Thomson,*!  by  C.  Aurivillius,  figs. 

A  .WALES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  E.NTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  XXxiv,   BrUX- 

elles,  1890. — Note  on  the  Coleoptera  brought  from  the  Congo  by  MM.  le 
Capt.  Bia,  Leon  Cloetens,  Fern,  de  Meuse,  Joseph  Duvivier  and  Lieut. 
Paul  Lemarinel.  List  of  the  species  and  new  descriptions,*!  by  A.  Du- 
vivier. Catalogue  of  the  Ichneumonida;  of  Belgium  belonging  to  the 
group  Tryphonidae.*  by  Dr.  Jacobs  and  Dr.  Tosquinet.  Essay  on  the 
Malacoderms  of  Belgium,  by  E.  Rousseau. 


*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American.  mains  new  genera. 


166  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

DEUTSCHE  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT  (Iris,  Dresden,  iv,  i), 
Jahrgang,  1891,  Lepidopterological  No.  i,  Berlin,  1891. — On  the  syste- 
matic classification  of  the  butterflies,  by  Dr.  E.  Haase.  List  of  the  Le- 
pidoptera  collected  in  Palestine  and  Syria  by  Dr.  Alphons  Stubel,  in- 
cluding three  new  species,*  by  H.  Calberla.  On  a  collection  of  Lepidoptera 
from  Bangala,  by  Emily  Mary  Sharpe.  New  exotic  Lepidoptera,*  by  Dr. 
O.  Staudinger,  two  plates.  A  new  Parnassius-form  and  two  new  Palae- 
arctic  species  of  Arctia*  id.  The  Macrolepidoptera  of  the  neighborhood 
of  Dresden,  by  H.  Steinert. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  15,  August,  1891. — Cryptid 
studies,  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer.  On  Chiastocheta  (Aricia]  trolli  Zett.,  V. 
von  Roder.  The  Zoocecidas  of  Lorraine  (continued),  byj.  J.  Kieffer.— 
No.  16.  August,  1891.  A  new  Ornithoptera*  by  E.  G.  Honrath.  Su- 
matran  Odonata  collected  by  Dr.  L.  Martin  in  Bindjei  (Deli),*  by  Dr.  F. 
Karsch.  Tryphonid  studies,*  by  Dr.  Kriechbaumer.  The  Zoocecidse  of 
Lorraine  (concluded),  by  J.  J.  Kieffer. 

MlTTHEILUNGEN  DER  SCHWEIZERISCHEN  ENTOMOLOGISCHEN  GESELL- 

SCHAFT.  viii,  6,  7,  Schaffhausen,  1890. — Lepidopterological  gleanings,*  by 
P.  Ratzer.  Norwegian  ants  and  glandular  cement  as  material  for  the 
nest  building  of  ants,  by  Dr.  A.  Forel.  A  new  Orthosia  from  southern 
France,*  by  Dr.  M.  Standfuss.  A  new  Ichneumon  from  Switzerland,*  by 
Dr.  Kreichbaumer.  Ephippigera  crucigera  Fieb.,  by  Dr.  G.  Schoch. 
On  some  varieties  of  Carabns  auronifens,  by  Dr.  G.  Stierlin.  Remarks 
on  Coleoptera  and  description  of  new  species,*  id.  On  the  habits  of  the 
\Vustengrill  (Brachytrypus  inegacephaliis  Serv.),  by  Dr.  A.  Forel.  Col- 
lecting note  (a  new  species  of  Coleoptera)  and  Coleoptera  Helvetiae  (con- 
tinued), by  Dr.  G.  Stierlin.  New  Hymenoptera  from  Madagascar,*  by 
H.  de  Saussure.  Description  of  some  new  snout  beetles,*  by  Dr.  G. 
Stierlin. 

YERHANDLUNGEN  D.  K.  K.  ZOOLOGISCH-BOTANISCHEN  GESELLSCHAFT 
IN  WIEN,  xli,  2. — Contribution  to  the  Microlepidopterous  fauna  of  Dal- 
matia,*  by  Dr.  H.  Rebel.  Diagnoses  of  new  butterflies  in  the  k.  k.  Natural 
History  Court  Museum,*  by  A.  F.  Rogenhofer. 

ANNALES  DES  SCIENCES  NATURELLES.  ZOOLOGIE  ye  Serie,  xi,  6,  July 
20,  1891. — On  some  points  in  the  history  of  the  embryonal  development 
of  the  praying  Mantis  (Mantis  religiosa),  by  H.  Viallanes;  two  plates. 

MELANGES  BIOLOGIQUES  TIRES  DU  BULLETIN  DE  L'ACADEMIE  IMPE- 
RIALS DES  SCIENCES  DE  ST.  PETERSBOURG,  xiii,  i,  1891. — Entomological 
contributions  :  I.  Two  new  Central  Asian  species  of  Carahus.  II.  On  the 
synonymy  of  some  Carabids,  by  A.  Morawitz.  List  of  the  species  of  the 
genus  Scolytus  in  the  collection  of  the  Musee  de  I'Academie  Imperiale 
des  Sciences  of  St.  Petersbourg,*  by  I.  Schevyrew. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  IMPERIALE  DES  NATURALISTES  DE  Moscow, 
1890,  No.  4;  1891. —  Tarantula  opiphex  mi  hi*  by  W.  A.  Wagner;  i  plate. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  167 

TKAVAUX  DE  LA  SOCIETE  DES  NATURALISTES  A.  L'UNIVERSITE  IMPE- 
RIALE  DE  KHARKOW,  xxiv,  1891. — List  of  the  Evaniidae  found  in  the  gov- 
ernment of  Kharkow.  by  W.  A.  Jarochewsky. 

WEST  AMERICAN  SCIENTIST,  vol.  vii,  Xo.  61. — New  Bombylidte  from 
California,  by  D.  W.  Coquillett.  Lordotus  junceus  n.  sp.,  L.  divcrsus 
n.  sp.,  Toxophora  vasta  n.  sp. 

TRANSACTIONS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  NEW  ZEALAND  INSTITUTE, 
vol.  xxiii,  1890.— Further  Coccicl  notes,  with  descriptions  of  new  species 
from  New  Zealand,  Australia  and  Fiji,  by  W.  M.  Maskell.  The  habits 
and  life-history  of  the  New  Zealand  Glowworm,  by  G.  V.  Hudson.  On 
New  Zealand  Cicadae,  by  G.  V.  Hudson.  A  few  words  on  the  Codlin- 
moths  Carpocapsa  pomonella  and  Caccecia  excessana,  by  G.  V.  Hudson. 
New  species  of  Lepidoptera,  by  E.  Meyrick.  On  new  species  of  Araneae; 
by  A.  T.  Urquhart.  On  the  occurrence  of  Danais  archippus  and  Sphinx 
convolvuli  (?)  in  Nelson,  by  R.  I.  Kingsley. 

THE  JOURNAL  OF  THE  LINNEAN  SOCIETY,  vol.  xxiii,  No.  146. — On  the 
tongues  of  the  British  Hymenoptera  Anthophila,  by  Edward  Saunders. 
Vol.  xx,  Nos.  124-25. — Notes  on  the  zoology  of  Fernando  Noronha,  by 
H.  N.  Ridley.  Insects,  excepting  Coleoptera,  by  W.  F.  Kirby.  Coleop- 
tera,  by  C.  O.  Waterhouse. 

ENTOMOLOGIST'S  MONTHLY  MAGAZINE,  September  9. — Entomological 
notes  from  Port  Darwin,  by  ].  J.  Walker.  Larva  of  Eupoecilia  geyeriana, 
by  N.  M.  Richardson.  New  genera  of  Agdistidae  and  Pterophorida^,  by 
Lord  Walsingham.  Notes  on  British  and  exotic  Coccidae,  by  J.  \V. 
Douglas.  Above  paper  describes  two  new  species,  Orthezia  occidentalis 
from  Colorado,  and  Orthezia  pt\rlon»-a  from  Trinidad.  On  two  species  . 
of  Elcatis  found  in  Japan,  by  S.  Lewis.  Notes  on  food-plants  of  Thccla 
ruin,  by  R.  M.  Prideux.  Stenophylax  alpestris  in  Yorkshire,  by  G.  T. 
Porritt.  Nothochrysa  capitata  near  Weymouth,  by  N.  M.  Richardson. 
Dnfonrea  vulgaris  at  Cobham  Surrey,  by  E.  Saunders.  Various  captures 
in  June  and  |uly,  by  C.  W.  Dale.  On  oviposition  and  ovipositor  in  certain 
Lepidoptera,  by  John  H.  Wood. 

THE  ENTOMOLOGIST,  vol.  xxiv,  No.  338. — Cucullia  vcrbasci  and  its 
allies  (with  plate),  by  Richard  South.  A  preliminary  list  of  the  insect 
fauna  ot  Middlesex,  by  T.  D.  A.  Cockerell.  Entomology  of  Granada 
and  its  neighborhood,  by  F.  A.  Walker.  Contributions  to  the  chemistry 
of  insect  colors,  by  F.  H.  P.  Coste.  Notes,  news,  captures,  etc.  Doings 
of  societies. 

OBITUARY.— The  death  is  announced  of  Mr.  Ferdinand  Grut,  F.L.S.. 
who  was  at  one  time  vice-president  of  the  Entomological  Society  of  Lon- 
don, and  also  occupied  other  important  positions  in  the  Society  at  various 
times. 


168  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [October, 

Doings  of   Societies. 


THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON. — February  5,  1891. 
Mr.  Schwarz  presented  for  publication  descriptions  of  two  North  American 
species  of  the  Cuculionid  genus  Phytobius,  and  one  of  them  he  considered 
to  be  identical  with  the  European  P.  velatus.  The  other  is  described  under 
the  name  of  Ph.  griseomicans.  Mr.  Schwarz  also  spoke  of  the  diffi- 
culty in  recognizing,  from  the  descriptions,  the  North  American  species 
of  Pityophthorus  and  pointed  out  that  only  secondary  sexual  charac- 
ters seemed  to  offer  a  satisfactory  criterion  for  the  separation  of  many 
closely  allied  species.  The  Pityophthorus  so  common  under  bark  of 
Liquid  Amber  is  not  P.  annectens  as  formerly  assumed  by  him,  but  is 
identical  with  the  species  occurring  under  bark  of  Sumach,  and  which  is 
named  in  collections  P.  consimilis.  Discussed  by  Messrs.  Riley  and 
Schwarz. 

Prof.  Riley  introduced  the  question  of  what,  strictly  speaking,  is  a  co- 
coon, and  said  that  he  was  strongly  of  the  opinion  that  this  term  should 
not  be  applied  to  cells  formed  by  the  hollowing  out  of  plant  substances, 
such  as  the  end,  stalk  or  crown  of  plants,  or  to  cells  made  in  the  earth. 
The  word  "  cocoon,"  he  stated,  should  signify  a  structure  composed  more 
or  less  of  silk  or  gluten.  The  others  could  be  more  strictly  termed  pupal 
cells  or  cradles. 

C.  L.  MARLATT, 

Recording  Secretary. 


OBITUARY 

EDWARD  BURGESS. — "Edward  Burgess,  the  well-known  entomologist 
and  yacht  designer,  died  at  Boston  the  early  part  of  July,  1891.  He  was 
forty-three  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  death.  After  graduating  at  Har 
vard  in  1871,  he  was  instructor  in  entomology  for  some  time,  and  became 
well  known  as  a  student  of  the  Diptera.  He  published  a  number  of  de- 
scriptive papers,  and  brought  together  a  large  collection.  He  also  became 
interested  in  insect  anatomy,  and  published  several  admirable  papers  upon 
this  subject.  His  anatomy  of  the  milk-weed  butterfly,  published  in  the 
Memoirs  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History  is  a  most  admirable 
paper,  and  a  positive  contribution  to  knowledge." 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  September  was  mailed  September  2,  1891. 


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PROCEEDINGS  OE  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION, 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES,  PHILADELPHIA. 

VOL.  ii.  NOVEMBER,   1891.  No.  9. 

CONTENTS: 


Van  Denburg — On  the  method  of  Spin-  Skinner — Elementary  Entomology.  —   177 

ning  the  Cocoon  in  a  certain  species  Notes  and  News 179 

of  Ichneumonidae 169   ;    Entomological  Literature 183 


Kunze — Terias  nicippe  on  Long  Island.  171 

Skinner — A  new  Pamphila. 175 

Neumoegen — On   the  Genus  Anaea  of 
our  Country 175 


Doings  of  Societies 187 


On  the  method  of  Spinning  the  Cocoon  in  a  certain 
species  of  the  Ichneumonidae.    See  PL  vm. 

By  M.  W.  VAN  DENBURG,  A.M.,  M.D.,  Fort  Edward,  N.  Y. 

The  larva  on  which  there  was  already  one  set  of  cocoons  when 
captured,  belonged,  apparently,  to  the  Sphingidae,  was  a  little 
over  two  inches  long,  and  had  a  crop  of  twenty-five  or  thirty 
cocoons  already  scattered  along  its  sides.  It  probably  fed  on  a 
frost  grape  vine,  where  it  was  captured. 

Two  or  three  days  subsequent  to  its  capture,  a  fresh  crop  of 
parasites  were  discovered  pushing  their  way  into  the  outside 
world. 

When  this  was  first  observed,  all  the  stages  were  in  progress — 
from  boring  beneath  the  skin  to  half  woven  cocoons.  Subse- 
quently many  others  appeared,  and  the  whole  stage  from  begin- 
ning to  end  was  carefully  watched. 

At  first  the  little  white,  semi-translucent  worms  could  be  seen 
working  their  way  up  from  the  deeper  layers  toward  the  surface 
of  the  opaque  green  of  the  host's  tissues.  When  finally  they 
reached  the  surface,  immediately  beneath  the  outer  skin,  by  con- 
tinual pressure  of  a  sharp,  but  soft-pointed  head,  and  so  far  as 


1 70  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [November, 

could  be  seen,  by  no  gnawing  or  eating  force,  they  finally  suc- 
ceeded in  pushing  through  a  very  minute  extremity. 

This  soon  began  to  fill  and  enlarge  by  distention  from  within, 
as  if  the  liquid  contents  were  being  forced  into  it  from  beneath 
the  surface.  When  far  enough  advanced  above  the  surface  a  dis- 
tinct wriggling  motion  could  be  perceived.  Finally,  when  free 
or  nearly  free,  the  process  of  spinning  the  cocoon  began. 

Bending  over  siclewise  until  the  head  of  the  little  white  grub 
touched  the  surface  of  its  host,  close  to  where  the  least  fraction 
of  its  body  still  remained  fastened  in  the  hole  whence  it  had 
emerged,  the  head  begins  to  bob  up  and  down,  and  from  side  to 
side,  with  a  ceaseless  regularity.  With  the  naked  eye  this  is  all 
that  can  be  seen,  but  under  a  glass  enlarging  four  or  five  diame- 
ters, a  very  fine  web  is  seen  extending  from  the  mouth;  soon  a 
fine  open-meshed  net  begins  to  arise  about  the  base  and  gradu- 
ally increase  in  height.  Each  time  the  worm  only  touches  the 
edge  of  the  structure,  which  does  not  wholly  surround  the  body, 
but  reaches  only  a  little  more  than  half  its  circumference.  Finally, 
the  meshes  are  brought  up  to  the  full  height  of  the  erect  grub 
and  roofed  in  as  high  as  it  can  reach 

The  next  step  is  not  in  all  cases  the  same.  Sometimes  the  open 
side  is  closed  down  to  near  the  middle  of  the  body,  but  more 
often  the  worm  turns  end  for  end,  and  begins  industriously  to 
spin  the  white  opaque  cocoon  from  the  bottom.  This  it  does  by 
the  same  constant  motion,  bending  to  near  the  middle  of  the  body 
with  each  sweep  of  the  head  and  carrying  it  to  the  full  length  of 
extension.  Soon  the  strokes  grow  shorter,  the  little  creature  is 
wholly  immeshed  and  it  turns  round  and  round,  up  and  down, 
changes  ends  again  and  again,  until  it  can  no  longer  be  seen. 
Finally,  after  the  inner  glazing  has  been  applied,  it  at  lasts  ceases 
its  perpetual  motion  and  passes  into  a  well-earned  sleep. 

The  cocoon  will  now  be  found  slightly  attached  to  the  surface 
of  the  host  by  the  loose  meshes  before  described,  and  it  may  be 
removed  with  very  little  force. 

Some  variations  from  the  above  should  be  mentioned.  Occa- 
sionally a  grub  will  begin  to  spin  the  open  meshes  about  himself 
by  the  time  he  has  only  half  emerged  into  the  outer  world.  The 
two  processes  then  go  on  simultaneously.  Again,  another  will 
not  begin  this  work  of  spinning  until  wholly  free  from  the  hole 
through  which  it  has  forced  its  way.  In  this  case  it  sometimes 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  IJI 

falls  to  the  surface  on  which  the  host  rests,  and  having  no  method 
of  locomotion,  begins  to  spin  its  cocoon  where  it  chances  to  fall. 
This  it  can  do  as  well  lying  on  its  side  as  when  standing  on  end; 
only  in  the  former  case  it  passes  the  head  from  side  to  side,  over 
the  body,  instead  of  up  and  down,  as  when  perpendicular. 

As  to  the  time  occupied  in  the  various  stages — from  five  to  eight 
minutes  elapse  after  the  worm  is  first  discovered  beneath  the  skin 
until  the  small  rounded  head  is  seen  above  the  surface  of  the  skin. 
Not  far  from  ten  minutes  are  consumed  in  fully  freeing  the  body, 
while  the  cocoon  spinning  goes  on  visibly  for  at  least  half  an  hour, 
and  probably  continues  twice  to  four  times  as  long  in  the  privacy 
of  its  own  chamber. 

The  first  crop,  the  one  upon  the  pupa  when  captured,  hatched 
in  about  one  week  from  the  time  it  was  taken.  The  second  crop 
began  to  hatch  on  the  tenth  day  from  the  time  they  first  appeared. 

Unfortunately,  all  the  perfect  insects  of  the  first  lot  were  lost; 
they  were  wholly  black.  Of  the  second  lot  some  specimens  ac- 
company this  paper.  They  all  had  yellowish  legs,  being  con- 
spicuously distinguished  by  these  from  the  first  to  appear. 

The  first  crop  consisted  of  twenty-five  to  thirty-five  cocoons; 
the  second  of  upwards  of  fifty.  It  is  worthy  of  remark  that  no 
visible  mark  or  injury  could  be  found  under  the  glass  at  the  points 
where  the  worms  emerged  from  the  surface  of  their  host. 


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TERIAS  NICIPPE  ON  LONG  ISLAND. 

By  RICHARD  E.   KUNZE,  M.D. 

On  Sunday  morning,  August  2d,  this  year,  a  rainy  and  threat- 
ening kind  of  a  day,  I  started  off  with  a  small  Catocala  net,  ovoid 
in  shape  and  only  5x8  inches  in  respective  diameters.  A  friend 
of  entomological  aspiration  whom  I  met,  went  with  me.  After 
spending  two  hours  inspecting  many  trees  of  Long  Island  City 
in  vain,  we  started  off  in  another  direction,  which  brought  us  to 
the  edge  of  a  swamp  and  low  meadows,  the  water  of  which 
empties  directly  into  the  East  River.  By  this  time  the  sun  came 
out  hot.  I  suggested  to  take  in  the  swamp,  part  of  which  was 
good  cow  pasture  with  a  solitary  thistle — Cnicum  pumilnm  here 
and  there  on  rising  ground.  On  thistles  I  took  a  few  Papilio 
asterias  and  troilus,  also  sometimes  thysbe.  Lower  down  as  far 


1 72  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

as  the  wet  meadow  quantities  of  Hyssop — Hyssopus  officinalis, 
Mountain  Mint — Pycnanthemum  aristatum,  var.  hyssopifolium, 
and  Blue  Vervain —  Verbena  hastata,  were  in  bloom.  Here  I  took 
many  Pamphilae,  Argynnis  myrina,  a  specimen  of  Limenitis 
disippus  and  a  few  Colzas  philodice,  which  swarmed  around  the 
plants  of  the  mint  family.  All  at  once  a — to  me — very  strange 
looking  specimen  with  wings  of  a  golden  hue  and  of  such  con- 
trast from  the  color  of  Colias,  came  out  from  the  Alder  bushes, 
that  it  attracted  my  attention  at  once.  It  had  a  jerky  flight, 
like  Satyrus  alope,  and  gave  me  some  work  before  I  took  it  with 
that  small  net.  Shortly  after  I  started  up  another  male  of  this 
same  rare  visitor  and  took  the  second  Terias  nicippe.  About 
noon  I  saw  a  third  male  sipping  moisture  from  the  black  mud 
along  a  cow  path,  and  not  wishing  to  soil  the  net,  flushed  it  first, 
and,  after  a  fruitless  chase  through  mud  and  mire,  lost  it  alto- 
gether, pursuit  in  that  swamp  of  Alder — Alnus  serrulata,  being 
an  impossibility. 

Hungry  and  parched,  we  started  homeward,  and  reaching  high 
ground  again,  my  companion,  Mr.  Louis  Kohl,  drew  my  attention 
to  a  very  conspicuous  white  flowering  shrub  at  a  distance  from 
us  in  another  part  of  the  swamp.  Thither  we  started,  and  on 
the  way,  near  edge  of  swamp,  I  saw  for  the  first  time  the  food- 
plant  of  the  larva  of  T.  nicippe  in  full  bloom,  which  is  American 
Senna — Cassia  marilandica.  With  its  masses  of  yellow,  pea- 
flower  shaped  blossoms,  it  at  first  hid  from  my  sight  a  female  T. 
nicippe,  which  was  inspecting  its  pinnate  leaves  in  a  fluttering, 
kind  of  a  suggestive  way.  I  gave  the  net  to  my  friend  and  he 
took  a  perfect  female  at  the  first  stroke  of  the  net.  We  discov- 
ered no  ova. 

As  we  neared  the  white-flowering  shrub,  which  proved  to  be 
Sweet-scented  Pepperbush — Clethra  alnifolia,  we  passed  any 
number  of  Cassia  marilandica  from  four  to  eight  feet  high,  and 
which  proved  the  centre  of  attraction  of  T.  nicippe.  These  plants 
grew  in  submerged  meadow  land  mostly  along  the  edge  of  im- 
passable jungle  of  Rhus  venenata,  Alnus  serrulata,  Acer  rubra 
and  a  few  Clethra  alnifolia,  intermingled  with  briars  and  the  vines 
of  Clematis  virginiana  and  Ampelopsis  quinquefolia.  Most  of 
these  senna  plants  grew  on  the  edge  of  a  horseshoe-shaped  piece 
of  meadow,  at  the  concave  end  of  which  stood  the  fragrant 
White  Alder,  or  Pepperbush  so  called.  This  spot  proved  to  be 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  1 73 

the  El  Dorado  of  the  day.  Countless  numbers  of  insects  visited 
it,  mostly  Hymenoptera,  some  Lepidoptera,  and  a  few  Coleoptera. 
Here  I  took  Hemaris  thysbe,  Pyrameis  huntera,  Eudamus  tifyrus, 
Danais  archippus,  Lyceena  pseudargiolus  and  also  missed  a  Pa- 
pilio.  But  while  busying  myself  with  the  aforementioned  I  was 
three  times  surprised  by  specimens  of  T.  nicippe,  all  males,  which 
tried  to  fly  past  me  in  making  the  circuit  of  that  horseshoe.  Of 
these  I  took  one  more  specimen  which  was  slightly  injured. 
When  chased  they  would  fly  straight  for  the  bushes  and  disappear. 

It  was  so  submerged  a  locality  that  I  had  to  cover  the  grass 
with  an  armful  of  Alder  brush,  and  which  did  not  prevent  the 
soles  of  shoes  from  being  out  of  water.  Trying  as  this  was,  the 
most  vexed  circumstance  happened  after  handing  my  net  to  Mr. 
Kohl,  wishing  him  to  take  a  nicippe,  which  flew  hard  by.  He 
chased  the  beauty  until  he  landed  knee-deep  in  a  meadow  hole 
full  of  water.  With  an  exclamation  more  vigorous  than  virtuous, 
he  returned  the  net  without  the  prize.  During  this  exciting  epi- 
sode, and  while  admiring  the  many  forms  of  insect  life  visiting 
the  showy,  white  racemes  which  terminated  every  branchlet, 
much  like  that  of  Larkspur  (^Delphinium)  of  the  Pepperbush — 
a  very  rare  and  swift  flyer  appeared  and  hovered  over  the  fragrant 
blossoms  for  a  few  seconds  only.  It  was  Aellopos  titan,  feeding 
within  three  feet  of  my  eyes,  and  I  with  no  net  at  hand.  It  was 
twice  the  size  of  a  large  H.  thysbe,  had  clear  wings  with  a  very 
dark  or  blackish  border,  and  a  body  as  stout  as  that  of  a  Smer- 
inthid.  In  my  anxiety  to  take  it,  I  put  one  foot  forward  with 
cyanide  bottle  in  hand,  when,  like  lightning,  it  disappeared  as 
suddenly  as  it  came.  Other  Macroglossids  came,  but  no  more 
titans.  My  friend  afterwards  took  a  fine  male  Ckrysophanus 
thce,  feeding  on  the  flowers  of  Hyssop,  in  close  proximity. 

August  8th  I  returned  to  same  locality  with  my  largest  net  and 
stood  for  two  hours  in  a  broiling  sun  taking  specimens  from  that 
Pepperbush.  While  thus  engaged  three  more  male  T.  nicippe 
came  around  the  horseshoe  curve  and  were  all  taken.  At  exactly 
1.30  P.  M.  A.  titan  struck  the  opposite  and  unapproachable  side 
of  the  Pepperbush  again.  I  heard  but  did  not  see  plainly  enough 
which  intruder  it  was.  After  a  very  few  moments  I  recognized 
the  object  plainly  as  it  took  its  swift  departure. 

Sunday,  August  i6th,  myself  and  young  friend  returned  to 
that  sweet-scented  Pepperbush  early  in  the  day  and  took  turns 


174  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

watching  it  for  rarities  with  nets  of  all  sizes.  Up  to  1.30  P.  M.  took 
seven  more  fine  specimens  of  T.  nicippe,  all  flying  close  by  to 
their  food-plant  (of  the  larva),  and  suggestive  of  their  search  for 
females.  Of  the  whole  number  one,  a  female,  was  surprised  ex- 
amining the  leaflets  of  Cassia  marilandica.  No  ova  were  found. 
So  much  poison  Sumach  grew  everywhere  beside  the  Senna  that 
I  could  not  make  a  thorough  search,  it  affects  me  with  a  fell  viru- 
lence. My  friend,  Mr.  L.  Kohl,  took  a  male  nicippe  out  of  that 
number  on  opposite  side  of  swamps,  where  Hyssop  was  more 
plentiful  than  Senna  bushes.  There  he  captured  another  fine 
male  of  Chrysophanus  thce.  The  flight  of  nicippe  is  peculiarly 
low,  a  kind  of  zigzag  sort  of  a  way,  which  they  persist  in  unless 
hard  pursued.  6".  alope  flies  often  higher,  but  otherwise  not  un- 
like this  species  of  Terias.  Three  specimens,  all  males,  made 
their  escape  that  day,  and  with  the  exercise  of  a  little  more  care 
there  was  no  excuse  that  they  got  away  except  for  the  benefit  of 
the  species.  Altogether,  we  captured  fourteen  specimens  in  Long 
Island  City,  all  fresh  looking  and  but  one  defective  of  the  lot. 
No  doubt  exists  in  my  mind  that  they  were  bred  in  this  locality. 
It  is  reported  that  they  have  not  been  seen  in  large  numbers  since 
1879  in  this  neighborhood. 

Another  woi'd  about  A.  titan  and  Clethra  alnifolia.  I  watched 
from  n. 30  A.  M.  up  to  1.30  p.  M.  parched,  sunburnt  and  mos- 
quito-bit, gazing  at  the  flowers  of  the  White  Alder  and  now  past 
their  prime,  without  having  another  glimpse  of  that  southern 
Sphingid.  I  would  advise  all  lovers  of  the  flora  and  insect  fauna 
to  plant  a  sweet-scented  Pepperbush  in  their  garden.  Although 
naturally  found  in  swamps,  it  thrives  well  in  any  garden  soil  with 
sufficient  sun  and  water  to  develop  its  growth.  Most  of  the  nur- 
serymen have  it  on  sale,  and  it  will  repay  any  naturalist  for  the 
trouble  of  cultivating  this  charming  plant.  In  swamps  it  attains 
a  height  of  eight  feet,  in  gardens  from  four  to  five,  and  remains 
in  full  bloom  for  nearly  five  weeks.  Its  fragrance  is  widespread 
and  delicious. 

WHISKY  is  BUG  JUICE. — Peoria,  111.,  September  24th.  The  Distillers 
and  Cattle  Feeding  Company  has  been  experimenting  with  the  Takamine 
or  Japanese  process  of  making  whisky.  The  distillers  are  so  well  pleased 
that  they  have  decided  to  fit  up  the  Manhattan  Distillery  with  new  ma- 
chinery. The  new  plan  greatly  reduces  the  cost  of  manufacture.  A 
queer  feature  is  that  a  species  of  bug  found  on  the  rice  is  used  instead  of 
yeast  for  the  fermenting  process. — Philadelphia  Record. 


[iSgi.  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  175 

A  NEW  PAMPHILA. 

By  HENRY  SKINNER,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia. 

P.  panoquinoides  n.  sp. — Expands  one  inch.  Color  brown. 
Superiors  have  two  minute  fulvous  spots  on  the  subcostal  ner- 
vules  and  a  larger  spot  in  the  disc  below  these.  Inferiors  im- 
maculate. Underside. — Superiors  are  same  color  as  above,  but 
of  a  lighter  shade,  with  a  patch  of  fulvous  scales  about  one-eighth 
inch  from  base;  the  spots  seen  above  are  repeated,  and  there  are 
two  additional  ones.  One  of  these  is  V-shaped,  and  is  the  largest 
and  situated  between  the  first  and  second  median  nervules.  The 
last  spot  is  near  the  middle  of  the  interior  margin.  The  inferiors 
have  a  row  of  three  white  spots  near  the  centre  of  the  wing;  they 
are  half  as  wide  as  long.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  same  color 
as  wings  above,  lighter  beneath.  Described  from  specimens  from 
Key  West,  Fla.  and  Texas  in  the  collection  of  I.  C.  Martindale, 
Esq.  This  species  in  color  and  size  may  be  said  to  stand  between 
P.  panoquin  and  P.  fusca;  being  smaller  and  darker  than  pano- 
quiti  and  larger  and  lighter  than  fusca.  '  Approaches  panoquin 
nearer  than  any  other  species,  but  has  fewer  and  more  indistinct 
markings.  Looks  very  much  like  panoquin  beneath. 

o 

On  the  Genus  Anaea  Hb.  (Paphia  Westw.)  of  Our  Country. 

By  B.  NEUMOEGEN,  Newr  York. 

There  is  evidently  some  misunderstanding  about  the  classifica- 
tion of  the  two  species  of  Antza  found  in  this  country.  W.  H. 
Edwards,  Prof.  Scudder  and  Riley,  and  other  authors  have  written 
on  it,  but  the  questions  have  never  been  satisfactorily  settled. 

According  to  W.  H.  Edwards'  "  Revised  Catalogue,"  1884, 
p.  45,  A.  (papilla)  troghdvta  Fabr. 

=  astianax  Cr. 

=  glycerium  Edw.  (nee.  Doubl.) 
=  andria  Scud, 
is  found  in  our  Western  States,  from  Illinois  to  Texas  and  Neb. 

I  will  herewith  prove  that  the  typical  troglodyta  is  an  insect 
flying  in  the  Antilles,  and  that  our  species  should  correctly  bear 
the  name  of  andria  Scud. 

Dr.  John  Gundlach,  who  is  an  expert  on  the  Lepidoptera  of 
the  West  Indies,  especially  of  Cuba  and  Puerto  Rico,  has  sent 


176  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

me,  repeatedly,  in  the  last  fifteen  years,  specimens  identified  by 
him  as  troglodyta  Fabr.  Dr.  Staudinger  received  of  the  same 
specimens,  which  always  proved  to  be  uniform  in  coloring  and 
appearance,  and  likewise  determined  them  as  troglodyta  Fabr. 
Kirby,  in  his  Catalogue,  p.  276,  gives  "Jamaica"  as  the  home 
of  troglodyta.  In  1888,  Dr.  Staudinger  published  that  incom- 
parable and  beautifully  illustrated  work  entitled,  "  Exotic  Lepid- 
optera,"  by  Dr.  O.  Staudinger  and  Dr.  E.  Schatz.  Rhopalocera 
by  Dr.  Staudinger."  On  pages  177  and  178  of  this  work,  re- 
ferring to  the  revision  of  the  genus  An&a  by  Druce,  in  the  "  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London,"  1877,  Dr. 
Staudinger  says  the  following  : 

"  The  genus  Ancea  is  found  throughout  the  whole  dominion  of 
the  neotropical  fauna  from  Southern  Brazil  to  Mexico  and  the 
Antilles,  one  species  even  flying  in  the  Southwestern  States  of 
the  American  Union,  from  Illinois  to  Texas.  The  American 
authors  call  it  troglodyta  Fabr.  If  astianax  Cr. ,  which  is  always 
given  as  a  synonym  of  it,  really  belongs  to  it,  then  it  is  a  similar 
species,  exclusively  flying  in  the  Antilles,  and  this  is  the  reason 
that  Scudder,  in  1875,  named  the  North  American  species  andria 
(==  Ops.  Druce,  p.  177,  1877)." 

On  p.  178  he  says: 

"In  Jamaica  is  found  A.  troglodyta  Fabr.,  which  I  received 
directly  from  there,  as  well  as  from  Sommer's  collections  from 
Hayti  (Port  au  Prince)  and  Sta.  Cruz.  One  specimen  out  of  the 
collection  of  v.  Schenck  is  marked  '  Mexico,'  but  surely  did  not 
come  from  there,  but  from  the  Antilles.  This  troglodyta  has  a 
long-drawn,  sharply-pointed  apex  of  primaries,  and  the  seconda- 
ries sharply  dentated  from  anal  angle  to  tail.  The  brown  prima- 
ries in  both  sexes  show  beyond  the  centre  a  black,  dentated, 
transverse  line,  and  a  darker  marginal  band.  A.  andria  Scud. 
(=  Ops,  Druce,  troglodyta,  Edwards  and  Strecker)  from  the 
United  States,  resembles  this  insect,  but  the  male  does  not  show 
the  transverse  line;  the  female  has  it,  but  is  in  many  ways  differ- 
ent from  troglodyta.  A.  portia  Fabr.,  which  I  possess  from  Som- 
mer's collections  in  Hayti  (Domingo),  as  well  as  from  Cuba,  I 
cannot,  according  to  the  specimens  which  I  possess,  separate  as 
a  species  from  troglodyta,  although  the  black  transverse  line  of 
the  male  is  nearly  extinct.  According  to  the  descriptions  of 
Fabricius,  who  gives  as  habitat  of  both  species  '  America,'  there 


iSgi.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  1 77 

is  a  slight  possibility  that  portia  may  be  the  Antilles  form  and 
troglodyta  the  North  American,  but  it  can  never  be  decided  with 
certainty." 

Now,  according  to  what  Dr.  Staudinger,  Dr.  Gundlach,  W. 
F.  Kirby  and  Druce,  all  good  authorities,  say,  on  this  point,  the 
home  of  troglodyta  is  the  Antilles,  and  our  North  American  rep- 
resentative is  a  different  insect,  which  should  bear  the  name  of 
andria  Scud. 

I,  for  my  part,  can  only  add  that  on  a  first,  even  superficial 
glance,  every  body  can  at  once  see  that  the  West  Indian  insect 
troglodyta  is  entirely  different  from  ours.  A  bright,  reddish  brown 
.color  well  marked,  transverse  lines  and  bands,  the  anal  part  of 
margin  of  secondaries,  well  scalloped  and  longer  tails,  show  it 
conclusively. 

A,  Morrisonii  Edw. ,  of  which  I  possess  the  types,  is  nearer  to 
troglodyta  than  andria,  but  a  smaller  insect,  oi  duller  brown, 
and  with  slight  indications  only  of  the  transverse  line  of  primaries. 

All  the  European  authors  have  adhered  to  the  name  of  Ancsa 
Hiib.,  instead  of  Paphia,  and  I  do  not  see  why  we  should  not 
follow  in  their  footsteps.  I,  therefore,  propose  that  in  the  new 
Check  List  of  North  America  Lepidoptera  the  names  stand: 

Ancsa  Hub. 

andria  Scud. 

=  gly cerium  Edw.  1871  (nee.  Doubl.). 
=  Ops.  Druce,  1877. 

Western  States,  Illinois  to  Nebraska. 
Morrisonii  Edw. 

Arizona,  Mexico. 


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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 


In  studying  Lepidoptera  it  is  necessary  to  have  a  knowledge 
of  certain  anatomical  details  which  can  only  be  learned  from  in- 
seption  and  dissection  of  the  specimens  themselves.  The  classifi- 
cation is  based  on  the  difference  in  structure  of  various  parts — as 
the  head,  body,  legs,  antennae,  and  venation  of  the  wings.  Slight 
changes  in  these  parts  separate  them  into  families,  genera  and 
species.  Size  and  coloration  are  also  taken  into  account,  and 
are  good  characters,  although  subject  to  individual  variation. 


178  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [November, 

The  Rhopalocera,  or  Diurnals,  are  divided  into  four  families: 
the  Nympalidae,  Lycaenidae,  Papilionidae  and  Hesperidae.  The 
first  family  mentioned  is  the  most  extensive  one,  containing  the 
greatest  number  of  species.  The  butterflies  in  this  family  may 
be  distinguished  from  the  others  by  the  structure  of  the  front 
legs  in  both  sexes,  which,  on  examination,  will  be  found  to  be 
aborted  or  atrophied.  The  chrysalids  of  the  butterflies  of  this 
family  are  suspended  by  the  tail  and  hang  downward.  ' '  Al- 
though other  families  contain  butterflies  which  vie  with  the  Nym- 
phalidse  in  lustrous  beauty,  this  largest  family  contains  upon  the 
whole  by  far  the  greatest  number  and  variety  of  striking  forms, 
whether  we  consider  the  butterfly,  the  egg,  the  caterpillar,  or  the. 
chrysalis.  Moreover,  they  are  the  forms  which  are  most  com- 
monly seen  and  noticed  by  those  who  have  but  a  popular  interest 
in  natural  history,  for  they  are  the  butterflies  par  excellence  of 
the  temperate  zone,  of  the  region  where  civilization  has  most 
flourished  and  the  praises  of  Nature  have  been  most  sounded  by 
the  poets.  It  is  from  the  transformation  of  this  group  of  butter- 
flies that  ancient  mythology  has  drawn  inspiration.  The  very 
name  chrysalis,  the  '  golden  thing'  of  the  Greeks,  was  drawn 
from  observation  of  this  family,  where  alone  the  pupa  often  as- 
sumes a  golden  hue.  And  it  is  not  strange  that  they  should  have 
so  observed  them,  for  of  all  butterflies  these  are  the  most  spritely 
and  vivacious,  the  most  audacious,  most  fond  of  propinquity  to 
man  and  his  cultivations,  and  endowed  with  most  varied  psycho- 
logical traits."* 

The  Nymphalidae  are  divided  into  four  subfamilies:  the  Saty- 
rinae,  Euplceinae,  Nymphalinae  and  Libytheinae.  These  further 
divisions  are  characterized  as  follows:  In  the  Satyrinae  some  of 
the  nervures  of  the  forewings  are  swollen  at  the  base,  and  the 
palpi  are  slender,  compressed,  heavily  fringed  with  long  scale- 
hairs.  In  the  Euplceinae  none  of  the  nervures  are  swollen;  palpi 
rather  stout,  not  greatly  compressed,  the  fringe  slight,  short  and 
delicate;  antennae  naked.  The  Nymphalinae  have  the  palpi  not 
so  long  as  the  thorax;  fore  legs  of  both  sexes  atrophied  and  im- 
perfect. In  the  Libytheinae  have  the  palpi  much  longer  than  the 
thorax;  fore  legs  of  male  atrophied,  of  female  normal,  except  in 
being  shorter  than  the  others.  The  family  Lycaenidae  is  made  up 
of  small  and  delicate  butterflies  of  generally  bright  color  and 

*  Butterflies  of  the  Eastern  United  States  and  Canada.— S.  H.  Scudder. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  179 

delicate  wings.  The  structure  of  the  fore  legs  this  family  stands 
midway  between  the  Nymphalidae  and  the  Papilionidae.  The  fore 
legs  of  the  female  are  always  perfectly  formed,  though  usually 
slightly  smaller  than  the  middle  pair;  while  those  of  the  male  are 
always  more  or  less  atrophied,  yet  never  to  the  extent  that  pre- 
vails among  the  Nymphalidae.  The  family  Lycaenidae  is  divided 
into  two  subfamilies:  the  Lemoniinae  and  Lycaeninae.  The  Le- 
moniinae  are  distinguished  by  having  the  labial  palpi  minute,  only 
the  minute  apical  joint  surpassing  the  face;  fore  wings  provided 
with  a  distinct  internal  nervure;  hind  wings  scarcely  channeled  to 
receive  the  abdomen,  furnished  with  a  precostal  nervure,  the 
costal  nervure  only  running  to  the  middle  of  the  costal  margin; 
fore  tarsi  of  male,  with  rare  exceptions,  without  spines  or  claws. 
The  Lycaeninae  have  the  labial  palpi  well  developed,  porrect,  half 
or  more  of  the  middle  joint  surpassing  the  face;  fore  wings  with 
excessively  brief,  hardly  perceptible,  internal  nervure;  hind  wings 
channeled  on  basal  half  to  receive  the  abdomen,  without  a  pre- 
costal  nervure,  the  costal  nervure  running  nearly  to  the  end  of 
the  costal  margin;  fore  tarsi  of  male  armed  abundantly  beneath 
and  at  tip  with  spines.  [This  article  is  largely  made  up  from  the 
excellent  treatise  on  classification  in  Scudder's  "  Butterflies  of  the 
Eastern  United  States  and  Canada."] — ED. 


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THE  following  may  perhaps  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of  the  ENTO- 
MOLOGICAL NEWS,  especially  to  any  such  as  are  particularly  interested  in 
the  Dragon  Fly  and  its  life  habits.  It  is  concerning  the  time  required  for 
the  nymph  forms  of  the  larger  species  of  sEschna  to  mature.  According 
to  all  the  writings  by  entomologists  to  which  I  have  had  access,  little  is 
definitely  known  about  this  part  of  the  subiect.  Some  of  them,  and  amon.i; 
them  Packard  claims  that  two  or  three  years  is  required  for  the  growth 
of  the  nymph  from  the  time  it  hatches  from  the  egg  until  the  winged  form 
appears.  During  the  past  Summer  I  had  an  opportunity  to  settle  this 


i8o  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [November, 

point  as  far  as  the  species  Anax  junius  is  concerned.  In  Franklin  Park, 
in  this  city  (Columbus,  O .),  a  small  lake  was  dug  last  Winter  in  a  place 
which  was  before  entirely  dry  and  well  drained,  and  during  the  last  of 
April  and  the  first  of  May  this  lake  was  filled  with  water  from  the  city 
water-works  pipes,  which  I  am  sure  contain  do  dragon  fly  nymphs;  and 
on  the  3oth  day  of  August  last,  the  shores  of  this  artificial  lake  were 
literally  lined  with  the  exuvia  of  Anax  junius  nymphs;  so  they  could  not 
have  been  older  than  four  months  at  the  utmost.  I  saw  the  first  Anax 
junius  flying  in  the  last  week  of  April,  and  I  think  I  am  safe  in  saying 
that  none  appeared  much  earlier,  as  I  was  on  a  special  lookout  for  them. 

PAUL  FISCHER,  Columbus,  O. 

CANNIBALISTIC  HABITS  OF  THE  CRICKET. — In  the  "Canadian  Ento- 
mologist," vol.  xxiii,  p.  137,  Mr.  Wm.  Brodie  cites  several  cases  of  canni- 
balism that  came  under  his  notice.  My  attention  was  first  called  to  the 
cannibalistic  habits  of  the  cricket  some  four  years  ago  while  bass  fishing 
in  the  upper  Delaware  River.  Wishing  to  make  an  early  start,  I  had  taken 
the  precaution  to  secure  my  bait  the  evening  previous;  part  of  the  bait 
consisted  of  about  fifty  large  crickets,  which  I  placed  in  a  good-sized  tin- 
box;  the  next  morning  I  was  surprised  to  find  only  thirty-five  live  crickets 
in  the  box,  with  the  legs,  heads  and  other  hard  parts  of  the  missing  fifteen. 
The  day  selected  for  fishing  turned  out  to  be  a  rainy  one,  so  our  trip  was 
postponed;  the  box  of  crickets  was  laid  aside,  and  the  next  morning  on 
examining  the  contents  of  the  box  I  was  not  surprised  to  find  about  ten 
more  missing.  I  now  determined  to  use  the  remaining  crickets  for  an 
experiment;  I  kept  the  box  in  my  room,  and  on  several  occasions  on  ap- 
proaching the  box  very  carefully  and  peeping  in,  I  would  be  rewarded  for 
my  trouble  by  sights  of  cannibalism.  In  a  week  or  ten  days  I  removed 
the  contents  of  the  box,  which  consisted  of  some  eight  or  ten  large,  fat 
crickets,  and  an  innumerable  mass  of  legs,  heads  and  other  hard  parts  of 
crickets.  In  this  case  it  was  no  doubt  the  survival  of  the  fittest  (or  fattest), 
the  stronger  overcoming  the  weaker. — PHILIP  LAURENT. 

INSECTS  BLOCK  THE  TRACK. — Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  May  3ist.  South  of 
Brighton  Corners,  between  this  place  and  Jamesville,  on  the  D.,  L.  and 
W.  R.  R.  are  extensive  limestone  quarries,  which  have  been  in  operation 
for  many  years,  and  have  penetrated  deeply  into  the  rock.  Through  the 
cut  thus  made,  and  into  the  quarries  a  branch  track  has  been  laid  from  the 
Lackawanna  road  for  the  accommodation  of  the  hewn  stone.  Night  work 
being  necessary,  a  large  part  of  the  time,  an  arc  light  has  been  placed 
high  over  the  track  at  the  darkest  part  of  the  cut. 

Several  cars  were  loaded  with  stone  for  shipment  on  Friday  and  left 
on  the  switch,  pending  the  observation  of  Memorial  Day.  To-night,  in 
preparation  for  drawing  the  cars  out,  the  electric  light  was  cut  in  and  an 
engine  with  the  necessary  crew  left  from  the  city  for  the  quarries.  Upon 
reaching  the  cut  the  track  was  found  to  be  covered  for  sixty  feet  on  either 
side  with  strange  insects  of  immense  proportions.  The  swarm  was  so 
great  that  the  engine  became  stallen,  the  rails  having  become  so  slippery 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  iSl 

from  the  crushed  insects.  Examination  of  the  new  insects  shows  a  re- 
semblance to  what  is  known  as  the  electric  light  bug,  though  the  new 
comer  is  much  larger. 

The  outer  shell  of  the  back  is  about  the  size  and  shape  of  half  an  egg- 
shell, which,  when  crushed  by  the  engine  wheels,  gave  out  a  crackling 
sound  like  the  explosion  of  a  toy  torpedo.    The  shell  is  black,  of  a  slatey 
structure  and  very  brittle.     It  is  supposed  to  be  a  species  of  lithedome- 
a  rock-boring  mollusk— crossed  with  some  kind  of  predatory  insects. 

To  secure  the  shipment  of  the  freight  to-night  it  became  necessary  to 
let  the  loaded  train  from  above  in  the  quarry  come  down  the  giade  of  the 
cut.  Gathering  momentum  all  the  time,  its  impetus,  when  it  came  to  the 
obstruction,  carried  it  by  the  bugs.— Boston  Daily  Traveller. 

SPRAYED  GRAPES  ARE  HARMLESS.— Albany,  September  2gth.  State 
Entomologist,  John  A.  Lintner,  regards  the  recent  activity  of  New  York 
City's  Board  of  Health  as  misdirected,  and  thinks  the  grape  growers  and 
dealers  whose  grapes  were  seized  and  condemned,  have  a  good  cause  of 
action  against  the  health  officers.  He  declares  that  the  grapes  were  not 
poisoned,  and  those  having  the  most  suspicious  spots  could  have  been 
dipped  in  a  solution  of  water  and  vinegar  and  thoroughly  cleansed. 

Prof.. Lintner  says  that  last  Winter  he  met  the  grapegrowers  of  the  Hud- 
son Valley,  and  together  they  discussed  the  best  methods  of  killing  insects 
that  infest  grape-vines,  and  decided  in  favor  of  this  Bordeaux  mixture. 
Its  only  bad  feature  was  that  it  clung  to  the  grapes  after  maturity.  The 
mixture  contains  copper,  but  in  such  minute  quantities  that  a  person  would 
have  to  eat  a  ton  of  grapes  to  get  enough  poison  in  his  system  to  kill  him. 
Hence  he  considers  the  wholesale  destruction  of  the  grapes  in  New  York 
City  as  foolish  in  the  extreme  and  not  warranted  by  any  consideration  for 
the  public  health. — Evening  Star. 

"  IN  NATURE,"  notes  Mr.  R.  T.  Lewis,  on  the  authority  of  a  correspon- 
dent in  whose  trustworthiness  he  has  entire  confidence,  gives  a  curious 
account  of  the  appreciation  with  which  the  song  of  the  Cicada  is  heard 
by  insects  other  than  those  of  its  own  genus.  The  correspondent  has 
frequently  observed  in  Natal  that  when  the  Cicada  is  singing  its  loudest, 
in  the  hottest  portion  of  the  day,  it  is  attended  by  a  number  of  other  in- 
sects with  lovely  gauze-like,  irridescent  wings,  whose  demeanor  has  left 
no  doubt  on  his  mind  that  the  music  is  the  attraction.  The  Cicada,  when 
singing,  usually  stations  itself  upon  the  trunk  of  a  tree  with  its  head  up- 
permost, and  the  insects  in  question,  to  the  number  sometimes  of  fifteen 
or  sixteen,  form  themselves  into  a  rough  semicircle  at  a  short  distance 
around  its  head.  During  a  performance  one  of  the  insects  was  observed 
occasionally  approach  the  Cicada  and  to  touch  it  upon  its  front  leg  or  an- 
tennae, which  proceeding  was  resented  by  a  vigorous  stroke  of  the  foot 
by  the  Cicada,  without,  however,  any  cessation  of  its  song.  The  insects 
composing  the  audience  are  extremely  active;  and  so  wary  that  they  take 
flight  at  the  least  alarm  on  the  too  near  approach  of  any  intruder.  Some 
of  them,  however,  have  been  captured;  and  on  examination  these  proved 


182  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [November, 

to  belong  to  the  same  family  as  that  most  beautiful  of  British  insects — the 
lace-wing  fly,  which,  indeed,  they  closely  resemble,  except  as  to  size, 
their  measurement  across  the  expanded  wings  being  a  little  over  two 
inches;  they  have  since  been  identified  by  Mr.  Kirby  at  the  British  Mu- 
seum as  Nothochrysa  gigantea. 

THE  PLAGUE  OF  LOCUSTS  IN  ALGERIA. — Sir  Lambert  Playfair  in  his 
last  report  on  Algerian  agriculture  remarks  on  the  spread  of  locusts  from 
the  eastern  part  of  the  province,  to  which  they  had  hitherto  for  the  most 
part  confined  their  ravages,  to  the  central  regions.  Until  the  eminent 
entomologist,  D'Herculais,  studied  the  matter  carefully,  no  specific  distinc- 
tion amongst  the  locust  was  recognized.  He  has  now  shown  that  there  are 
two  species,  belonging  to  separate  genera,  each  of  which  has  very  marked 
peculiarities.  These  are,  the  best  known  or  the  Biblical  species,  Acridiiini 
perligrinuni,  and  the  Strauronotus  maroccanns.  Their  habits  are  quite 
different;  the  former  generally  arriving  suddenly  about  April  or  May,  in 
immense  flights,  and  devastating  the  green  crops.  The  females  penetrate 
deeply  into  the  moist  earth  and  deposit  their  eggs,  from  So  to  90  in  num- 
ber, enclosed  in  a  cocoon.  Two  months  afterwards  the  young  locusts  or 
crickets  are  hatched;  they  grow  rapidly,  get  their  wings  in  45  days,  and 
then  continue  their  career  of  devastation  far  in  advance.  The  other  spe- 
cies appear  in  a  winged  state  in  July  and  August;  they  also  ravage  what 
green  exists  at  that  season,  and  the  females  deposit  their  eggs  at  a  much 
less  depth  than  the  others,  generally  on  rocky  ground.  The  cocoons  do 
not  contain  more  than  30  or  40  eggs,  and  they  remain  without  being 
hatched  till  the  Spring  of  the  following  year.  The  first  species  finds  in 
Central  Africa  the  most  favorable  circumstances  for  its  development;  the 
second,  in  more  temperate  countries,  such  as  the  Mediteranean  region, 
and  even  the  Caucasus,  Crimea  and  Asia  Minor.  It  is  the  latter  that  has 
ravaged  Algeria  during  the  last  few  years,  but  about  the  middle  of  De- 
cember last  the  arrival  of  flights  of  the  Acridium  was  reported  from 
several  of  the  oases  of  the  extreme  south. 

Fortunately,  man  is  not  the  only  enemy  of  the  locust.  Starlings  and 
Larks  feed  eagerly  on  the  eggs;  wagon-loads  of  these  birds  used  con- 
stantly to  be  sent  to  the  French  market,  but  now  the  killing  of  them  has 
been  prohibited  in  the  province  of  Constantine.  The  larvae  of  the  Boni- 
byx  cantharis  and  other  insects,  also  get  into  the  cocoons,  and  often  kill 
from  ten  to  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  eggs,  while  minute  cryptogamic  organ- 
isms destroy  many  more.  The  best  method  of  contending  against  the 
locust  has  been  very  carefully  studied.  Much  has  been  accomplished  by 
ploughing  the  ground  deeply  as  soon  as  possible  after  the  eggs  have  been 
laid,  so  as  to  bring  them  to  the  surface,  and  thus  allow  them  to  become ' 
an  easy  prey  to  birds  and  insects. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  183 

Identification  of  Insects  (Jmagos)  for  Subscribers. 


Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions  :  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Address,  all  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Entomological   Litera.tu.re. 


LEPIDOPTERA  HETEROCERA  in  the  British  Museum  part  8. — Illustrations 
of  typical  specimens  of  Lepidoptera-Heterocera  in  the  collection  of  the 
British  Museum.  The  Lepidoptera-Heterocera  of  the  Nilgiri  district,  by 
George  Francis  Hampson,  144  pp.  plates  139  to  156.  These  are  fine  col- 
ored lithographic  plates,  and  contain  many  figures. 

THE  ANNALS  AND  MAGAZINE  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  vol.  viii,  No.  45. 
—Descriptions  of  two  new  species  of  Lycaenidae  from  West  Africa,  in  the 
collection  of  Mr.  Philip  Crowley,  by  Emily  Mary  Sharpe. 

MEMOIRS  AND  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  MANCHESTER  LITERARY  AND 
PHILOSOPHICAL  SOCIETY,  1890-91. — Hymenoptera  Orientalis;  or,  Contri- 
butions to  a  knowledge  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  the  Oriental  zoological 
region,  by  P.  Cameron. 

JOURNAL  OF  THE  ASIATIC  SOCIETY  OF  BENGAL,  vol.  hx,  pt.  2,  Suppl. 
No.  2. — Catalogue  of  the  Insecta  of  the  Oriental  region.  No.  4,  Order 
Coleoptera,  Families  Dytiscidae,  Gyrinidae,  Paussidae,  Hydrophilidae,  Sil- 
phidae,  Corylophidse,  Scydmaenidae,  Pselaphidae,  Staphylinidce.  Vol.  Ix, 
part  2,  No.  i.  A  list  of  butterflies  of  Engano,  with  some  remarks  on  the 
Danaidae,  by  William  Doherty,  Cincinnati,  U.  S.  A.  New  and  rare  Ly- 
caenidae, by  William  Doherty. 

THE  REPORT  OF  THE  STATE  HORTICULTURAL  ASSOCIATION  OF  PENN- 
SYLVANIA contains  "A  pen  sketch  (with  portrait)  of  Dr.  S.  S.  Rathvon, 
Professor  of  Entomology,"  by  T.  W.  Goding,  Rutland,  111. 

ON  A  BACTERIAL  DISEASE  by  S.  A.  Forbes,  Ph.  D.  (reprint  from  the 
"  North  American  Practitioner,"  September,  1891.)  The  paper  describes 
the  internal  anatomy  of  the  chinch  bug  JS/issus  leiicopfcms,  and  gives  an 
account  of  the  Micrococcus  inscctonun  which  is  found  in  the  alimentary 
canal.  This  subject  of  bacterial  disease  is  a  very  interesting  and  impor 
tant  one  not  only  to  the  economic  entomologist,  but  to  the  general 
bacteriologist. 

LE  NATURALISTE  (Paris),  Sept.  i,  1891. — Some  different  galls  produced 
by  Acarines  on  vegetables,  by  M.  Menegaux,  figs.  Description  of  a  new 
Hccatera,  by  P.  Dognin. 


184  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEW  s.  [November, 

BULLETIN  OF  THE  OHIO  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION,  vol.  iv, 
No.  5. — This  contains  an  article  on  the  wheat  midge,  Diplosis  tritici  Kby., 
by  Prof.  F.  M.  Webster.  Figures  are  given  of  the  insect,  its  stages  and 
anatomy,  and  a  complete  history  of  its  ravages,  etc.,  in  various  parts  of 
the  countiy. 

INDEX  TO  THE  KNOWN  FOSSIL  INSECTS  OF  THE  WORLD,  including  My- 
riapods  and  Arachnids,  by  Samuel  H.  Scudder. — This  is  Bulletin  of  the 
U.  S.  Geological  Survey,  No.  71.  This  is  a  large  work  of  744  pages,  and 
the  author  states  that  he  believes  it  to  be  practically  complete,  and  says: 
"  With  the  view  of  furthering  study  in  the  too  neglected  field  of  fossil  in- 
sects, I  transmit  for  publication  the  card  catalogue  of  described  fossil 
insects  which  I  have  used  for  twenty  years,  and  kept  constantly  up  to  date.'' 
The  great  value  of  this  book  as  a  work  of  reference  can  be  seen  at  a 
glance,  and  all  workers  in  this  field  as  well  as  entomologists  in  general, 
are  indebted  to  Mr.  Scudder,  whose  industry  and  talent  as  a  writer  are 
phenomenal. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  PHILOMATHIQUE  DE  PARIS  (8),  III,  3,  1891.— 
Patellary  Glands  of  Araneids,  by  P.  Gaubert. 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE  (Lille),  September,  1891. 
—On  the  presence  of  Cecidoinyia  sisyinbrii  Schk.  at  Chinon,  by  Dr.  H. 
Fockeu. 

JOURNAL  DE  L'ANATOMIE  ET  DE  LA  PHYSIOLOGIE  NORMALES  ET  PATH- 
OLOGIQUES,  etc.,  xxvii,  3,  Paris,  1891. — Abstract  genealogy  of  Arthro- 
pods :  Determination  of  the  typical  forms,  (concluded),  by  A.  Segond 

ZEITSCHRIFT  FUR  WISSENSCHAFTLICHE  MIKROSCOPIE  UNO  FUR  Mi- 
KROSCOPISCHE  TscHNiK,  viii,  2,  Braunschweig,  1891. — Methods  in  em- 
bryological  researches  on  insect  eggs,  by  Dr.  H.  Henking. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  Aug.  i, 
1891. — List  of  the  Carabidae  (order  Coleoptera)  obtained  by  Pere  Cardon 
in  Bengal,  and  chiefly  from  Chota-Nagpore,*  by  H.  W.  Bates.  Contribu- 
tions to  the  Belgian  fauna  (Hemiptera,  Coleoptera),  by  A.  J.  F.  Fokker. 
Dichotomous  tables  for  the  determination  of  the  Belgian  species  of  Cole- 
optera Heteromera,  by  L.  Coucke. 

BULLETIN  DE  LA  SOCIETE  LINNEENNE  DE  NORMANDIE  (4),  v,  2,  Caen, 
1891. — The  Anthonomus  of  the  apple  tree,  by  E.  Lecoeur;  i  pi.  The  use 
of  tarred  bands  against  the  caterpillars  of  Cheniatobia,  id. 

ARCHIV  FUR  NATURGESCHICHTE,  Ivii,  I  Bd.,  2  heft,  Berlin,  July,  1891. 
-The  sound  apparatus  of  the  Dytiscidae,  by  H.  Reeker;  i  pi.     Descrip- 
tion of  a  hermaphrodite  Arthropod,  by  Dr.  P.  Bertkau;  .1  pi.  (a  Lycosa). 

IL  NATURALISTA  SICILIANO  (Palermo),  August  and  September,  1891.— 
Catalogues  of  the  Coleoptera  of  Sicily,*  by  E.  Ragusa. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


iggi.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  185 

LE  NATURALISTE  (Paris),  No.  no,  Nov.  i,  1891.— The  tertiary  insects 
of  North  America  from  the  works  of  M.  Scudder,  by  Dr.  E.  Trouessart. 
The  wandering  cricket,  Acrid!  inn  pelegrinum  (concluded),  by  C.  Brong- 
niart. 

JAHRESHEFTE  DES  VEREINS  FUR  VATERLANDISCHE  NATURKUNDE  IN 
WURTTEMBERG,  xlvii,  Stuttgart,  1891.— On  some  Thrips  injurious  to 
grain,  by  Dr.  E.  Hofmann.  Roser's  Hemipterous  fauna  of  \Vurtteniberg, 
published  by  Dr.  T.  Hueber. 

ANALES  DE  LA  SOCIEDAD  CIENTIFICA  ARGENTINA,  xxxii,  Xo.  i, 
Buenos  Ayres,  July,  \^\.—Dyscophtis  onthophagus,  a  new  cavern-dwel- 
ling cricket  from  Uruguay,  by  Dr.  C.  Berg,  No.  2,  August,  1891.  Argen- 
tine Dipterology  (Syrphidae),  by  F.  L.  Arribalzaga  (to  be  continued). 

DEUTSCHE  ENTOMOLOGISCHE  ZEITSCHRIFT,  JAHRGANG  1891,  i  heft, 
Berlin,  June,  1891.— A  new  Lucanid  of  the  group  Cladognathidae  from 
Java,*  On  Sclerostomus  fasciatus  Germain,  by  G.  Albers.  Description 
of  the  larva  and  the  female  of  Homalisus  suturalis,  by  Dr.  P.  Bertkau;  i 
pi.  Cochliophorus  nov.  gen.  of  Meloidae,*  by  K.  Escherich.  List  of  the 
Snout  Beetles  collected  near  Djizak,  Tschimkent  and  Nauka,*by  J.  Faust. 
[Additions]  to  the  list  of  German  beetles,*  by  K.  Fuegner.  Collecting 
notes  for  1890,  by  J.  Gerhardt  (Coleoptera).  Rectification  of  the  hitherto 
described  species  of  Castalia,  by  Dr.  K.  M.  Heller;  Microcastalia  n.  g. 
Remarks  on  Herr  Wilkins'  work  on  the  Cicindelidae  of  Turkestan,  by  W. 
Horn.  Cicindela  inscripta  Zoubk.  new  to  Europe,  Cetonia  floricola  var. 
Fausti,  Smaragdesthes  subsuturalis  n.  sp.  from  Congo,  Ptyllopertha  Int- 
i/icra/is  n.  sp.  from  Asia  Minor,  On  the  Greek  Trichophorns  Schamni 
Cand.,  On  DiacantJms  sulcafns  Cand.  from  Silesia,  On  the  African  Cetonid 
genus  Stcthodcsnia  Bainbr.,  On  Tmesorrhina  conco/or\\'estw.  and  allied 
species,*  On  A.  Kuwert's  Identification  table  of  European  Coleoptera, 
xxii,  heft,  Heterocerid^,  On  the  genus  Kraatzia  Fel  de  Saulcy,  The  va- 
rieties of  Trichius  rosaceus  Voet.,  T.  gallicus  Heer,  T.  fasciatus  L.,  all 
by  Dr.  G.  Kraatz.  Systematic  review  of  the  species  and  genera  of  Pas- 
salidae,  by  A.  Kmvert.  New  Coleoptera  from  Europa,  the  surrounding 
countries  and  Siberia,  with  remarks  on  known  species,  twelfth  part,  The 
true  Cetonid  genera  and  the  species  known  to  me  from  Europe  and  the 
surrounding  countries,*  by  E.  Reitter.  Leistns  elegans  n.  sp.,*  by  C. 
Rost.  Supplement  to  the  Thuringian  beetle  fauna,  by  C.  Schenkling. 
Sixth  contribution  to  the  knowledge  of  the  German  beetle  fauna,  byj. 
Schilsky.  Revision  of  the  palaearctic  species  of  the  Elaterid  genus 
Agriotes  Eschsch.;*  2  plates,  Two  new  Elaterids  from  Syria  and  Mada- 
gascar, by  O.  Schwarz.  A  new  East  African  Cicindela.  by  A.  Srnka. 
/!i  itinns  frivittatus  n.  sp.  from  the  Suaheli  coast,  Trachodius  tibia/is  \\. 
sp.  from  Macugnaga,  Known  and  new  Chrysomelidae  from  Spain  I,  How 
many  species  does  the  genus  Sclcroplurdon  contain?,  On  varieties  of  1'liy- 
todccta,  all  by  J.  Weise.. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 

9* 


1 86  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [November, 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  17,  Berlin,  September,  1891.— 
Osinia  studies,*  by  H.  Friese;  figs.  Two  new  South  American  Libellu- 
lidse,  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  Platyplax  n.  gen.  Pimpla  species  from  Norder- 
ney  and  three  new  varieties,*  by  C.  Verhoeff.  No.  18,  Sept.  1891.  Criti- 
cism of  the  system  of  the  Aeschnidae,*  Dr.  F.  Karsch. 

| 

LE  NATURALISTS  (Paris),  Sept.  15,  1891. — Description  of  a  new  Lepid- 
opter,*  by  P.  Dognin. 

SPECIES  DES  HYMENOPTERES  D'EUROPE  ET  D'ALGERIE  FONDE  PAR 
EDMOND  ANDRE  ET  CONTINUE  sous  LA  DIRECTION  SCIENTIFIQUE  DE 
ERNEST  ANDRE,  396  Fascicule,  July  i,  1891,  forming  pp.  1-88  of  tome  vi, 
Chrysides,*  by  Robert  du  Buysson;  2  plates.  406  Fascicule,  Oct.  i,  1891, 
forming  pp.  57-136  of  tome  v;  2  plates. 

ARCHIVES  DE  ZOOLOGIE  EXPERIMENTALE  ET  GENERALE,  2e  Serie,  ix, 
3,  Paris,  1891. — Studies  on  the  blood  and  the  lymphatic  glands  in  the 
animal  series  (second  memoir),  by  L.  Cuenot ;  plates.  This  memoir 
includes  the  insects. 

BULLETINS  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ZOOLOGIQUE  DE  FRANCE  (Paris  i,  xvi,  No. 
i,  January,  1891. — An  error  of  the  senses  in  a  Lepidopter,  by  Dr.  R. 
Blanchard. — No.  2,  February.  On  the  Pseudo-parasitism  of  the  larvae  of 
Cule x pipiens,  by  Dr.  R.  Blanchard.  New  or  little-known  Diptera  \_Hce- 
inatopota~\,  by  J.  M.  F.  Bigot. — No.  4,  April.  List  of  the  Arachnids  col- 
lected by  M.  Ch.  Rabot  in  western  Siberia  in  1890,  and  Descriptions  of 
some  Arachnids  from  Costa  Rica  from  M.  A.  Getaz,  of  Geneva,  by  E. 
Simon;  Cupiennius  n.  g. — No.  6,  June.  Descriptions  of  two  new  species 
of  Arachnids  collected  by  Dr.  R.  Blanchard  in  the  Sahara,*  by  E.  Simon. 

MEMOIRES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  ZOOLOGIQUE  DE  FRANCE,  iv,  i,  2,  1891.— 
Coleoptera  collected  in  the  Azores  by  M.  f.  de  Guerne  during  the  voyages 
of  the  yacht  "  Hirondelle"  (1887-88),  by  C.  Allaud. 

MEMOIRES  DE  LA  SOCIETE  DES  SCIENCES  PHYSIQUES  ET  NATURELLES 
DE  BORDEAUX,  36  Serie,  v,  2,  1890. — Hermann  Mueller  and  the  coloration 
of  the  collecting  apparatus  of  bees,  by  M.  J.  Perez. 

NOUVELLES  ARCHIVES  DU  MUSEUM  D'HISTOIRE  NATURELLE  (Paris), 
36  Serie,  II,  2,  1890. — The  collection  of  insects  formed  in  Indo-China  by 
M.  Pavie,  French  consul  at  Cambodia:  I  Coleoptera,  Cebrionidae,  Rhi- 
pidoceridae,  Dascillidae,*  and  Malacodermidae,*  by  M.  J.  Bourgeois;  Cly- 
tidae*  and  Eumolpidae,*  by  E.  Lefevre;  Diptera,*  by  J.  M.  F.  Bigot. 

ATTI  DELLA  R.  ACCADEMIA  DELLE  SCIENZE  Di  TORINO,  xxv,  disp.  ga, 
1889-90.  —  Diagnoses  of  some  new  species  of  Diptera,*  by  Dr.  E.  Giglio- 
Tos. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN,  xvii,  No.  19,  October,  1891. — List 
of  the  Sphingidae  collected  by  Dr.  Paul  Preuss  at  Barombi  Station  in 
Cameroon,*  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  i  plate.  Tryphonid  studies,*  by  Dr. 
Kriechbaumer. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  187 

ZOOLOGISCHER  ANZEiGER  (Leipzig),  Aug.  31,  1891. — On  the  embry- 
ology of  insects,  by  V.  Graber. 

MORPHOLOGISCHES  JAHRBUCH  (Leipzig),  xvii,  3,  1891.  On  the  morpho- 
logical significance  of  the  ventral  abdominal  appendages  of  insect  embryos, 
by  V.  Graber;  figs. 

VERHANDLUNGEN  DER  K.  K.  ZOOLOGISCH-BOTANISCHEN  GESELLS- 
CHAFT  IN  WIEN,  xli,  Bd.,  I  Quartal.  April,  1891. — Additamenta  to  the 
monograph  of  the  Phaneropteridae,*t  by  C.  Brunner  v.  Wattemvyl;  2 
plates;  a  paper  of  196  pages,  describing  many  new  genera  and  species. 
On  noteworthy  forms  among  Acarids,*  by  Dr.  L.  Karpelles,  6  zincographs. 

COMPTE  RENDU.  SOCIETE  ENTOMOLOGIQUE  DE  BELGIQUE,  Sept.  5,  '91. 
— Curculionidae  and  Brenthidae  from  western  Bengal,  collected  by  R.  P. 
Cardon,  with  descriptions  of  new  species, *f  by  M.  J.  Desbrochers  des 
Loges.  Melanges  Entomologiques:  V.  Diagnoses  of  Coleoptera  from  the 
Congo.*f  VI.  Diagnoses  of  Phytophaga  from  Madagascar,*  by  A.  Du- 
vivier.  Third  Dichotomous  table  to  aid  in  determining  Belgian  species 
of  Coleoptera  Heteromera,  by  L.  Coucke. 

XXXVI  UNO  XXXVII  BERICHT  DES  VEREINS  FUR  NATURKUNDE  zu 
KASSEL,  1891. — Lepidopterology:  On  the  local  fauna  of  Cassel  and  vi- 
cinity, by  L.  Knatz.  Observations  on  the  development  history  of  Coleo- 
phora  gryphipennella  Hbn.,  by  Dr.  H.  F.  Kessler.  The  development 
history  of  Tribolium  ferrugineum  Fab.,  ibid. 

VERHANDLUNGEN  DES  VEREINS  FUR  NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE  UN- 
TERHALTUNG  zu  HAMBURG,  1886-90.  Hamburg,  rSgi. — Contributions  to 
fauna  of  the  lower  Elbe:  New  and  rare  beetles,  by  T.  Wimmel  and  R. 
Niemeyer;  On  beetles  imported  with  drugs,  by  T.  Wimmel;  Additions  to 
the  list  of  macrolepidoptera  of  the  lower  Elbe,  by  J.  C.  H.  Zimmermann; 
On  the  occurrence  of  Panthea  ccenobita  in  this  locality,  by  H.  Burmeister; 
On  Plusia  i/lustris,  by  R.  Schmidt;  My  prey  at  Eulen  in  1890  [Lepidop- 
tera],  by  G.  Jaeschke;  Additions  to  the  Lepidopterous  fauna  of  the  lower 
Elbe,  by  A.  Sauber;  The  Lepidopterous  fauna  of  Horn  and  vicinity,  by 
A.  Junge;  Entomological  brevities  [Lepidoptera],  ibid. 


Doings  of   Societies. 


A  REGULAR  STATED  MEETING  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION  OF 
THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES  was  held  Sept.  24,  1891,  at  the 
hall  S.  \Y.  cor.  Nineteenth  and  Race  Streets,  Dr.  Horn,  Director,  presid- 
ing. Meeting  called  to  order  at  8.20  P.M.  Members  present:  MartiiulaK  , 
Cresson,  Welles,  Ridings,  Skinner  and  Laurent.  Associates:  Bland,  See- 
ber,  Westcott,  Fox,  Liebeck,  Johnson,  Dr.  Castle  and  Haimbach.  Mr. 
Martinclale  spoke  of  the  great  scarcity  of  Lepidoptera  during  the  past 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American.  t  Contains  new  genera. 


i88  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [November, 

Summer,  both  in  the  field  and  at  the  electric  lights.  He  had  caught  two 
specimens  of  Terias  nicippe  and  a  female  of  Pamphila  campestris  in 
Fairmount  Park.  Both  of  these  species  are  rare  here,  the  latter  being 
exceedingly  rare.  Dr.  Castle  stated  that  he  had  visited  his  old  locality 
for  Blaps  sitnilis  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  and  had  not  found  any  owing  to 
trenches  having  been  dug  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  and  filled 
with  boiling  water.  Mr.  Welles  had  found  Lycomorphus^pholus  very 
abundant  at  Elwyn,  Delaware  County,  Pa.  Dr.  Skinner  exhibited  the 
insects  collected  by  Mr.  Mengel  and  Dr.  Hughes  on  the  west  coast  of 
Greenland.  There  were  about  25  specimens  of  Hymenoptera,  166  Dip- 
tera,  8  Coleoptera,  106  butterflies  and  143  moths.  Mr.  Seeber  exhibited 
and  presented  260  Hymenoptera,  65  Diptera  and  2  Neuroptera,  all  taken 
in  and  around  the  city.  He  had  found  that  in  using  a  cyanide  bottle  that 
constantly  opening  it  greatly  deteriorated  its  killing  qualities,  and  in  the 
future  he  intended  to  try  ether,  as  he  could  then  replenish  the  killing 
bottle  with  ether  when  necessary.  Dr.  Horn  said  that  his  work  on  Agrilus 
was  finished,  and  he  exhibited  all  the  known  species  of  our  faunal  limits, 
54  species  all  told,  22  of  which  were  described  as  new.  He  had  dealt 
with  but  one  unique;  most  species  were  exceedingly  well  represented. 
They  are  readily  separated  into  groups  by  pretty  good  characters.  Some 
of  the  characters  noted  and  described  were  new.  He  also  stated  that  he 
had  recently  been  studying  Amara  and  some  other  things.  Mr.  Westcott 
spoke  of  the  good  luck  he  had  had  in  collecting  moths  at  sugar,  etc.,  but 
had  found  diurnals  very  scarce.  Mr.  Nathan  Banks,  of  Washington,  was 
proposed  as  an  associate  of  the  Section. — H.  SKINNER,  Recorder. 


OBITUARY 

EDWARD  W.  JANSON,  died  in  London,  Sept.  14,  1891,  aged  69.  He 
was  especially  known  to  entomologists  as  a  dealer  in  insects,  boxes  and 
appliances.  While  he  possessed  skill  and  judgment  as  an  entomologist, 
he  has  written  but  little,  preferring  to  devote  his  talents  to  the  assistance 
of  others.  He  possessed  what  is  probably  the  best  collection  of  Elateridae 
known,  having  acquired  the  first  typical  series  from  Dr.  Cande'ze  by  pur- 
chase. His  library  was  very  full,  and  was  especially  rich  in  pamphlets. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  for  October  was  mailed  September  29,  1891. 


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VOL.    II. 


DECEMBER,   1891. 


No.  10. 


CONTENTS: 


Bruce — Sphingidae  of  Colorado 190 

Banks — Synonymical  Notes  in  Spiders..  193 

Fox — Hymenopterological  Notes 194 

Skinner— Elementary  Entomology 196 

Townsend — A     Tachinid     Parasite    of 
Chrysophanus  dione 197 


Calvert — A  new  genus  and   species  of 

Odonata 199 

Cresson — A  Conjecture  200 

Notes  and  News 206 

Entomological  Literature 209 

Doings  of  Societies 212 


Our  illustration  represents  some  butterflies  which  were  photo- 
graphed to  see  if  the  colors  could  be  identified  by  a  color  key. 
The  possibility  of  this  has  been  investigated  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Sachse, 
editor  of  the  "  American  Journal  of  Photography,"  who  read  a 
paper  on  the  subject  before  the  Photographic  Society  of  Phila- 
delphia entitled.  "  A  Suggestion  for  a  Possible  Method  of  Iden- 
tifying Colors  Photographed."  It  can  readily  be  seen  how  useful 
such  a  method  would  be  in  the  illustration  of  Natural  History 
objects. 

We  quote  from  the  paper  above  referred  to  "  The  production 
of  orthochromatic  or  color-stained  plates,  which  will  yield  nega- 
tives or  prints  giving  approximately  true  color  values  is  at  present 
one  of  the  active  problems  of  the  photographic  world,  attracting 
the  attention  of  specialists  and  active  researchers  in  almost  every 
country."  Ever  since  the  orthochromatic  principle  was  first 
broached,  the  hope  was  fostered  that  by  some  means,  in  addition 
to  giving  true  color  value,  it  would  become  possible  to  find  a 
method  to  distinguish  or  identify  by  the  print  the  colors  of  the 
original.  "In  connection  with  this  subject  I  wish  to  bring  to 
your  notice  a  suggestion  for  a  simple  method  by  which  this  much 
desired  object  may  be  obtained,  at  least  under  certain  conditions 
in  suitable  subjects.  The  suggestion,  as  you  will  see,  is  simply 


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190  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [December, 

to  photograph  a  color  key  along  with  the  subject,  which  shall 
explain  itself.  The  first  picture,  a  print  of  eight  butterflies,  se- 
lected on  account  of  their  varied  colors,  which  comprised  lemon- 
yellow,  brilliant  blue,  blood-red,  orange,  bright  red  and  black." 
The  colors  of  the  key  are  marked  with  letters  which  identify  the 
colors,  and  by  comparing  the  key  with  the  colors  of  the  print, 
the  colors  of  the  butterflies  may  be  determined.  We  only  have 
sufficient  space  to  quote  a  few  sentences  from  this  interesting 
paper  of  Mr.  Sachse,  and  will  merely  state  that  the  paper  attracted 
great  attention,  both  here  and  abroad,  and  it  has  been  translated 
into  several  languages  and  reprinted  in  some  of  the  English  pho- 
tographic journals.  This  plate,  like  others  we  have  published, 
was  made  by  the  Crosscup  &  West  Company  of  Philadelphia, 
and  we  are  indebted  for  the  loan  of  the  plate  to  the  kindness  of 
Mr.  Sachse. 


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The  Sphingidae  of  Colorado. 

By  DAVID  BRUCE. 

1.  Hemaris  sp.  ? — A  small  species,  is  not  uncommon  among 
yellow  flowering  Ribes  in  May  and  early  June,  near  Denver  and 
just  in  the  foothills;  it  is  very  like  H.  rubens  H.   Edw. ,  but  is 
smaller;  it  agrees  pretty  well  in  size  and  color  with  Mr.  Strecker's 
description  of  H.  senta,  and  may  be  that  species. 

2.  Hemaris  Brucei  French. — On   blossoms  of   Mertensia   in 
July,  above  10,000  feet  elevation  near  South  Park;  not  common. 

3.  Lepisesia  flavofasciata  Barnst. — On  flowers  of  Ribes  in  June, 
same  places  as  last  species;  have  taken  the  larva  and  bred  it;  it 
feeds  on  Epilobium  in  August;  not  common. 

4.  Lepisesia  Clarkice  Bdl. — Not  rare  in  western  Colorado  in 
June;  very  partial  to  flowers  of  Phlox  and  allied  plants,  and  when 
thus  engaged,  easy  to  capture. 

5.  Amphion  nessus  Cram. — Not  uncommon  in  Clear  Creek  and 
Platte  Canons  below  6000  feet  elevation;  fond  of  damp  places  by 
the  sides  of  irrigating  ditches,  frequently  alighting  on  mud;  this 
habit  I  have  not  observed  in  any  other  of  the  Sphingidae. 

6.  Deilophila  Chamoenerii  Harr. — Common  throughout  Colo- 
rado and  frequent  at  light;  I  have  found  the  larvae  on  Epilobium. 

7.  Deilephila  lineata  Fab. — Abundant  everywhere,   flying  by 


[1891.  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 

day  and  night;  I  have  found  it  on  the  mountain  tops  at  14,000 
feet  elevation,  the  larvae  sometimes  occurring  by  thousands  on 
low  plants  near  north  Denver  in  boggy  places. 

8.  Chcerocampa  tersa  Linn. — One  example  only,   found  on  a 
window  in  the  Union  Depot,  Denver,  probably  attracted  by  light. 

9.  Philampehis  achemon  Dru. — Larvae  very  common  on  Am- 
pelopsis  and  Grape  from  Denver  City  to  about  7500  in  the  Canons; 
the  moth  occasionally  at  light. 

10.  Dilophonota  ello  Linn. — Not  rare  at  light  from  Denver  to 
Utah,  all  I  have  taken  in  Colorado  are  rather  light  colored. 

11.  Protoparce  celeus  Burm. — Common  all  over  the  State,  ap- 
parently getting  more  abundant  every  year,  June  and  September, 
probably  a  part  of  the  larva  give  moths  the  same  season. 

12.  Protoparce  Carolina  Linn. — Occasionally  at  light  (Denver). 

13.  Sphinx  drupiferamm  S.  &  A. — Very  common  at  light  all 
over  the  State;  the  large  form  (var.  utahensis  H.  Edw.)  irequently 
in  central  and  western  Colorado;  larvae  common  on  wild  plum. 

14.  Sphinx  perelegans    Hy.    Edw. — Uncommon    at    light   in 
central  and  western  Colorado;  my  examples  are  larger  than  Cali- 
fornia specimens. 

15.  Sphinx  vashti  Strecker. — Not  rare;  I  have  taken  it  wher- 
ever I  have  collected  in  the  State  east  or  west;  varies  in  size  and 
color.      I  have  them  from  2^2  inches  to  3^3  inches  in  extent.      I 
am  not  surprised  that  it  has  received  several  names. 

1 6.  Sphinx  gordiiis  Cram. — Not  rare  in  central  and  western 
Colorado.     I  have  never  taken  it  near  Denver;  Colorado  exam- 
ples are  very  large  (I  have  some  extending  four  inches)  and  show 
the  soft  warm  color  of  luscitiosa. 

17.  Sphinx  luscitiosa. — Not  very  rare;  at  light  and  over  flowers 
in  the  evening  in  Denver  City.     I  have  also  taken  it  flying  by 
day  over  flowers. 

1 8.  Sphinx  oreodaphne  Edw. — Common  in  central  Colorado. 
Mr.   Hy.   Edwards  saw  several  of   my  examples  and  identified 
them  as  the  form  he  had  so  named;  the  Colorado  specimens  are 
a  clear  gray,  with  fine  markings,  and  extend  3^  to  3^  inches. 
I  have  seen  nothing  in  Colorado  like  the  eastern  chersis. 

19.  Sphinx  coloradiis  Smith. — Not  very  rare  in  western  Colo- 
rado.   I  have  beaten  it  from  Cedars  and  taken  it  at  light.     It  is  so 
variable  in  size  and  distinctness  of  markings  that  I  think  S.  Do/Hi 
Neum.  may  be  a  small  form  of  this  species. 


iQ2  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

20.  Sphinx  lug  ens  Wlk. — At  light  and  over  flowers  at  dusk; 
not  uncommon  round  Denver. 

21.  Triptogon  occidentalis  H.  Edw. — Common  throughout  the 
State;  larvae  frequent  on  Poplars  of  any  species.      I  have  bred  a 
great  number;  they  are  easily  reared  from  the  egg;  have  fed  them 
on  Cottonwood,  in  Denver,  until  half  grown  and  then  brought 
them  home  to  New  York  State  and  gave  them  Willow  until  full- 
grown,  with  no  evil  result.     Smerinthus  imperator  Strecker,  if 
not  a  true  species,  deserves  its  name.     This  form  is  very  robust, 
and  the  markings  very  distinct  and  high  colored.     I  found  a  full 
grown  larva  on  Cottonwood  in  August;  it  was  very  dark  green 
compared  with  the  larva  of  occidentalis  (of  which  I  had  at  the 
time  many  feeding)  and  larger  than  any  I  had  before  met  with; 
this  larva  pupated,  and,  to  my  surprise,  produced  an  imago,  in 
September  the  same  year,   of  the  imperator  form;  it  was  a    9 
5^  inches  in  extent  of  wings.     I  have  a  $  precisely  of  the  same 
stamp  taken  in  west  Colorado  measuring  5^/2   inches  in  expanse. 
I  have  a  series  of  the  ordinary  occidentalis  form,  all  selected  for 
their  good  size  and  color,  and  the  difference  between  these  and 
the  imperator  form  is  obvions  enough. 

22.  Smerinthus  geminatus  Say. — Rather  common  throughout 
the  State;  the  late  brood  has  pale  upper  wings  and  the  rose  color 
on  under  wings  is  very  bright. 

23.  Smerinthus  astarte  Strecker. — This  insect  is  rather  common 
on  trunks  of  Cottonwoods  and  comes  freely  to  light;  it  varies 
interminably  in  size,  coloration  and  outline  of  upper  wings.     I 
have  bred  quite  a  number  from  the  eggs,  and  occasionally  found 
the  full  grown  larva  on  Populus  angustifolia,  and  in  confinement 
it  thrives  best  on  that  tree. 

24.  Paonias  exccecalus, — Occasionally  comes  to  light,   but  is 
not  common;  all  I  have  seen  are  high  colored. 

25.  Paonias  myops. — Common    throughout  the  State,    comes 
freely  to  light  and  the  larvae  frequent  on  Choke  Cherry.     I  have 
not  seen  eastern  examples  so  brightly  colored  as  some  I  found  in 
western  Colorado. 

There  are  decidedly  two  generations  of  the  last  four  species 
every  year. 


The  damage  to  the  cereal  crops  in  Canada  by  insects  has  been  estimated 
at  138,000,000. — {Newspaper  Entomology.} 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 

Synonymical  Notes  in  Spiders. 

By  NATHAN  BANKS. 


Anypheena  rubra  Em.  =  A.  (clubiona)  gracilis  Hentz. 
•Pythonissa.  sericata  Koch.  =  P.  (herpyllus]  bicolor  Hentz. 

AGALENID^E. 

Amaurobius  sylvestris  Em.  =  A.  (cinifld]  bennetti  Blk. 

THERIDID/E. 

Theridium.  brassiccz  Fitch  =  T.  frondeum  Hentz. 
Theridium  hypophyllum  Fitch  =  a  $  Didyna. 
As  it  cannot  be  farther  identified  it  may  be  dropped  from  the 

lists. 
Erigone  zonaria  Keys  =  Bathyphantes  micaria  Em. 

EPEIRID^E. 

Epeira  decipiens  Fitch  =  E.  displicata  Hentz. 
Epeira  canadensis  Blk.  =  Cyclosa  conica  Pallas. 
Epeira  approximate.  Blk.  —  E.  trifoliuin  Hentz. 
Epeira  rubella  Hentz  =  E.  directa  Hentz. 
Epeira  spiculata  Hentz  =  E.  placida  Hentz. 
Tetragnatha  armigera  Blk. 

This  is  probably  T.  laboriosa  Hentz;  it  certainly  does  not  per- 
tain to  anything  different  from  T.  grallator,  T.  extensa  and 
T.  laboriosa,  and  so  may  be  dropped  from  the  lists.  It 
cannot  be  recognized  as  different. 

LYCOSID^E. 

Lycosa  nidicola  Em.  —  R.  babingtoni  Blk. 
Lvcosa  maritima  Hentz  =  Trochosa  cinerea  Fab. 
Pardosa  albopatella  Em.  :  -  P  (Lycosa}  minima  Keys. 
Pardosa  nigra  Stone  --  Aulonia?  (Lycosa)  funerea  Hentz. 


Icins  vittatus  Keys  =  Ictus  mitratus  Hentz. 

Salticus  sundevalli  Blk.  —  Marptusa  familiaris  Hentz. 

In  my  paper  on  "Hentz  Spiders"  in  ENT.  NEWS  for  May, 
1891,  Dendryphantes  capitatus  (Hentz)  Peck,  and  D.  octavus 
Hentz  were  so  printed  as  to  appear  as  distinct  species; 
whereas,  as  might  be  observed  from  the  text,  it  was  intended 
that  the  former  should  stand  as  a  synonym  of  the  latter. 


194  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [December, 

HYMENOPTEROLOGICAL  NOTES.-I. 

By  WILLIAM  J.   Fox,  Phila.,  Pa. 

Larra  aurantia  n.  sp. 

9 . — Black,  the  abdomen  orange.  Head  and  thorax  with  exceedingly 
fine,  even  punctures;  front  with  a  faintly  impressed  line,  which  begins  at 
the  base  of  antennae  and  extend  to  the  anterior  ocellus,  beginning  again 
from  a  strong  curved  foveae,  behind  the  posterior  ocelli,  it  extends  to  the 
top  of  the  vertex;  the  space  between  the  ocelli  much  swollen,  with  a  deep, 
curved  sulcus  on  each  side,  which  almost  connects  with  the  foveae  behind 
the  posterior  ocelli;  the  face  somewhat  excavated  on  each  side,  behind 
the  base  of  the  antennae;  the  anterior  portion  of  the  clypeus  shining, 
strongly  punctured,  with  a  transverse  furrow  before  its  margin,  which  has 
an  exceedingly  slight  tooth  each  side  just  before  its  lateral  angles;  eyes 
strongly  converging  towards  the  top,  the  distance  between  them  at  this 
point  barely  equal  to  the  length  of  the  second  and  third  antennal  joints 
united;  antennae  shorter  than  head  and  thorax  together,  tapering  to  the 
apex,  flagellum  brownish,  with  a  microscopic  pile;  scape  short  and  stout, 
narrowed  one-half  towards  the  base,  in  length  about  equal  to  the  third 
antennal  joint,  this  latter  joint  is  about  four  times  longer  than  the  pre- 
ceding one,  and  about  equal  to  the  following  joint,  the  fifth  and  sixth 
joints  longest;  scutellum  and  post-scutellum  with  a  very  faint  medial  im- 
pressed line;  metathorax  above  finely  roughened,  with  a  few  indistinct, 
longitudinal  striae  at  the  base,  the  posterior  face  more  strongly  roughened, 
with  a  distinct  medial  sulcus,  which  is  broadest  basally,  the  furrow  not 
reaching  to  the  apex;  wings  fusco-hyaline,  nervures  dark,  the  distance 
between  the  first  transverse-cubital  nervure  and  the  first  recurrent  nervure 
is  greater  than  the  space  between  the  first  and  second  recurrent  nervures 
on  the  cubital  nervure.  Legs  black,  finely  punctured,  the  tibial  spurs  and 
the  tarsi  ferruginous;  posterior  femora  within  glabrous.  Abdomen  orange, 
the  apical  margins  of  the  segments  subopaque,  beneath  it  is  marked  with 
dark  blotches;  pygidium  with  a  few  scattered  punctures,  towards  the  apex 
with  sparse,  bright  hairs.  Length  14 — 15  mm. 
Two  specimens;  Montana. 

Larra  punctifrons  n.  sp. 

9, — Black,  slightly  shining;  sides  of  the  face  and  thorax  with  sparse, 
silvery-sericeous  pile.  Head  and  thorax  with  fine,  even  punctures,  more 
fine  on  the  cheeks  and  pleurae;  clypeus  strongly  convex,  the  posterior 
half  finely  punctured  and  subopaque,  the  anterior  half  polished,  and  with 
large  scattered  punctures,  a  transverse  furrow  before  the  anterior  margin, 
the  latter  being  polished  and  entire;  front  bituberculate  above  the  antennae; 
a  distinct  impressed  line  begins  immediately  behind  the  tubercles  and  ex- 
tends to  the  lower  ocellus,  beginning  again  behind  this  ocellus,  it  passes 
up  through  a  strong  swelling  between  the  posterior  ocelli  to  the  base  of 
the  occiput,  behind  the  posterior  ocelli  there  is  a  strong  foveae;  eyes 
strongly  converging  towards  the  top,  the  distance  between  them  at  this 


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point  is  equal  to  the  length  of  the  scape  and  second  antennal  joints  united; 
antennas  shorter  than  head  and  thorax  together,  tapering  to  the  apex,  the 
third  joint  shorter  than  the  fourth,  which  is  slightly  longer  than  the  fifth 
joint;  scape  much  narrowed  to  the  base,  punctate  beneath;  dorsulum  with 
a  longitudinal  depression  on  each  side  near  the  tegulae,  the  latter  as  well 
as  the  apical  portion  of  the  tarsi,  rufo-testaceous;  metathorax  above  very 
finely  granulated  or  shagreened,  with  a  slight,  polished,  longitudinal  line 
medially;  tibiae  and  tarsi  strongly  spinose,  the  inner  side  of  posterior  pair 
clothed  with  dense,  sericeous  pile.  Wings  with  a  slight  yellowish  tinge, 
nervures  brownish,  the  distance  between  the  first  recurrent  and  the  first 
transverse-cubital  nervure  is  distinctly  less  than  the  breadth  of  the  second 
submarginal  cell  at  the  top,  and  is  about  equal  to  the  space  between  the 
first  and  second  recurrent  nervures  on  the  cubital  nervure.  Abdomen 
smooth,  the  apical  margins  of  the  segments  obscurely  rufo-testaceous, 
the  first  three  segments  with  a  silvery,  apical  band;  pygidium  shining, 
convex,  with  sparse,  large  punctures;  beneath,  the  abdomen  has  a  few 
stiff  hairs.  Length  12  mm. 

This  species  has  a  wide  range,  as  I  have  one  from  Camden 
County,  N.  J.,  taken  Sept.  12,  1891,  and  two  others  from  Mon- 
tana. Resembles  L.  pennsylvanica,  but  the  metathorax  is  not 
striated  as  in  that  species.  I  think,  however,  it  is  more  closely 
related  to  L.  acuta  Patton. 

Trypoxylon  ornatipes  Mihi. 

T.  ornatipes  Fox,  Trans.  Amer.  Ent.  Soc.  vol.  xviii,  p.  148,  1891. 

The  original  description  of  this  species  was  drawn  up  from  a 
very  dirty  specimen,  and  as  I  have  since  received  a  fresh  example 
from  Mr.  C.  W.  Johnson,  collected  in  the  vicinity  of  Philadelphia, 
I  am  able  to  detect  several  characters  not  mentioned  in  the  first 
description,  viz. :  beginning  on  the  apical  portion  of  the  sixth 
joint  the  antennae  are  distinctly  thickened,  this  is  also  the  case 
with  joints  10-12,  these  joints  being  stouter  than  joints  6-9,  the 
second  antennal  joint  is  larger  than  the  third,  the  latter  being  a 
little  more  than  half  as  long  as  the  fourth  joint;  the  space  between 
eyes  at  the  top  is  broader  than  the  length  of  the  three  first  an- 
tennal joints  united.  All  the  legs  in.  this  specimen  are  yellowish. 
In  line  10  of  the  previous  description  for  inesdnotum  read  meta- 
notum. 

Steniolia  dnplicata  Prov. 

S.  duplicata  Prov.,  Add.  Hym.  Queb.  p.  414,  $<^.     Nov.,  1888. 

S.  scolopacea  Hdl.,  Sitz.  k.  Akad.  Wiss.  VVien.  xcviii,  p.  510,  9cf-  '89. 

I  Jean  see  no  reason  why  duplicala  and  scolopacea  should  be 
separated.  I  have  specimens  which  agree  with  the  descriptions 


196  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [December, 

of  both  authors,  and  with  the  figure  of  scolopacea  given  by  Cam- 
eron (Biol.  Cent.  Amer.  Hym.  ii,  pi.  6,  fig.  n).  As  Handlirsch 
makes  no  mention  of  dupHcata  in  his  monograph,  it  is  evident 
that  he  either  did  not  see  the  description  at  all,  or  that  he  re- 
ceived it  too  late  to  have  it  included  in  his  work. 

Miscoplms  americanus  Mihi. 

Since  describing  this  species,  which  was  founded  on  a  single 
specimen,  I  have  taken  ten  additional  specimens,  among  which 
were,  fortunately,  several  males.  These  latter  are  slightly  smaller 
than  the  females,  and  differ  otherwise  as  follows:  the  posterior 
face  of  the  metathorax  with  irregular,  strong,  transverse  stria- 
tions,  with  a  strong  medial  sulcus,  which  begins  from  a  strong 
foveae ;  the  marginal  cell  is  subangular  beneath.  Length  3-3. 5  mm. 

Gorytes  microcephalus  Handl. 

Described  originally  from  Georgia.  I  have  two  specimens 
from  Camden  County,  N.  J.,  June  28,  1891.  This  will  probably 
prove  to  be  the  male  of  G.  nebulosus  Pack. 

Gorytes  floridanus. 

Hoplisus  foveolatus  Fox  (nee.  Handl.),  Entom.  News,  vol.  i,  1890. 

I  propose  the  name  floridamis  for  this  species,  as  Hoplisus  and 
Gorytes  have  been  merged  into  one,  and  there  being  a  Gorytes 
foveolatus  described  in  1888. 

Agenia  caliptera  Say. 

This  species  described  as  Popipilus,  belongs  to  Agenia.  I  have 
two  specimens  from  Philadelphia  and  Camden  County,  N.  J., 
June  28,  1891,  respectively,  which  agree  with  Say's  description. 
Mr.  Cresson,  in  his  "Notes  on  the  Pompilidae,"  doubtfully  re- 
ferred this  species  to  Agenia,  but  as  he  did  not  see  any  specimens 

this  note  verifies  it. 

(To  be  continued.) 


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ELEMENTARY  ENTOMOLOGY. 


LEPIDOPTERA. 

The  next  family  to  be  considered  is  the  Papilionidae.  It  con- 
sists mostly  of  quite  large  species  which  are  found  all  over  the 
world,  and  they  may  be  known  by  the  front  legs  of  both  sexes 
being  perfect  and  always  used  in  locomotion.  Quite  a  number 


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are  provided  with  a  lanceolate  appendage  upon  the  fore  tibiae,  but 
this  also  occurs  in  the  Hesperidse.  The  caterpillars  are  naked, 
and  the  chrysalis  is  attached  by  the  tail  and  has  a  loose  girth 
around  the  middle  and  the  head  points  upward.  The  family  is 
divided  into  the  Papilioninae  and  the  Pierinae,  and  they  may  be 
separated  as  follows:  In  the  Pierinae  the  antennae  are  straight, 
median  nervure  of  fore  wings  with  three  branches,  hind  wings 
partially  enclosing  abdomen,  fore  tibiae  with  no  epiphysis,  claws 
bifid.  The  Papilioninae  have  the  antennae  more  or  less  arcuate, 
median  nervure  of  fore  wings  with  four  branches,  hind  wings  not 
enclosing  the  abdomen,  fore  tibiae  with  a  distinct  epiphysis  on  the 
inner  side,  claws  simple  and  long.  The  last  family,  the  Hesper- 
idae,  are  generally  small  butterflies,  and  sombre  in  appearance. 
The  body  is  robust,  and  the  head  broad,  the  antennae  are  widely 
separated  at  the  base  and  curved  or  crooked  at  the  tip;  their 
flight  is  peculiar,  and  they  are  often  called  "  skippers"  on  account 
of  its  jerky  character.  When  at  rest  the  front  pair  of  wings  are 
more  elevated  than  the  hind  pair,  and  this  gives  them  an  odd  and 
characteristic  appearance.  The  character  of  the  antennae,  their 
peculiar  flight  and  the  drooping  of  the  inferior  wings  enable  this 
family  to  be  readily  recognized.  The  Hesperidae  are  well  repre- 
sented in  this  country,  but  their  true  home  seems  to  be  tropical 
America,  where  the  species  are  very  numerous. — ED. 


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A  Tachinid  Parasite  of  Chrysophanus  dione. 
Exorista  chrysophani  n.  sp. 

By  C.  H.  TYLER  TOWNSEND,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

The  following  is  a  description  of  a  Tachinid  received  from  Mr. 
Chas.  W.  Johnson,  of  Philadelphia,  and  which  bears  the  label: 
"  From  chrysalis  of  Chrysophanus  dione  June  9,  Iowa." 

Generic  characters.  —  Eyes  thickly  hairy ;  front  and  face  of  9 
about  one-third  width  of  head,  which  is  a  little  wider  than  the 
thorax  and  abdomen  ;.  frontal  bristles  extending  a  little  below  base 
of  antennae;  t\vo  orbital  bristles  in  ?.  Antennae  about  as  loni; 
as  face;  second  joint  hardly  elongate,  third  joint  two  or  three 
times  as  long  as  second;  arista  thickened  half  its  length,  micro- 
scopically pubescent,  distinctly  3-jointed,  the  second  joint  quite 
strongly  elongated;  front  hardly  prominent,  face  receding;  sides 


198  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

of  face  bare,  rather  narrow,  facial  depression  much  widened 
below;  facial  ridges  bare,  except  a  few  weak  bristles  above  vi- 
brissae,  the  latter  inserted  well  above  the  oral  margin;  cheeks 
narrow,  hairy  on  lower  portions.  Proboscis  withdrawn,  short, 
fleshy,  labella  well  developed;  palpi  very  distinct,  considerably 
thickened  at  tip.  Abdomen  not  wide,  short,  oval  or  elliptical, 
first  joint  hardly  shortened;  macrochaetae  only  marginal,  except 
on  anal  segment.  Legs  not  long;  metatarsi  nearly  as  long  as 
following  joints;  hind  tibiae  with  fringe  of  bristles  on  outer  edge. 
Wings  longer  than  abdomen,  not  wide,  without  costal  spine; 
apical  cell  narrowly  open,  ending  well  before  tip  of  wing;  fourth 
vein  bent  at  an  obtuse  angle,  without  stump  or  wrinkle;  hind 
cross-vein  nearer  to  bow  of  fourth  vein. 

Exorista  Chrysojhani  nov.  sp.  9-— Black,  silvery.  Eyes  brown;  front, 
face  and  cheeks  silvery,  the  front  shading  to  brassy  or  golden;  frontal 
vitta  about  one-fourth  width  of  front,  black  or  dark  brown,  fringed  behind; 
antennas  and  arista  wholly  black,  second  antennal  joint  bristly;  cheeks 
cinereous  and  hairy  on  lower  portions,  with  some  bristles  on  lower  border; 
proboscis  and  palpi  black,  or  brown;  occiput  cinereous,  gray  hairy,  with 
broad  black  band  from  vertex  to  center,  fringed  with  black  hairs  on  orbi- 
tal margins.  Thorax  cinereous,  or  silvery  pollinose,  hairy  and  bristly, 
with  three  narrow,  well  defined,  median  black  vitta?,  and  a  heavier  inter- 
rupted one  outside  them;  scutellum  ochreous,  blackish  at  base,  with  an 
apical  decussate  pair  of  macrochaetae  and  three  lateral  pairs.  Abdomen 
covered  with  short  black  bristles;  first  segment  entirely  black,  without 
macrochaetae;  second  and  third  segments  shining  black,  broadly  silvery  at 
base  with  a  brassy  tinge;  second  segment  with  a  median  marginal  pair  of 
macrochaetae  and  a  lateral  one;  third  segment  with  a  marginal  row,  six 
or  eight  of  which  are  on  upper  surface;  anal  segment  shining  jet  black, 
very  narrowly  silvery  at  base,  armed  with  macrochaetae  and  bristly  hairs. 
Legs  black,  femora  slightly  silvery,  femora  and  tibiae  bristly;  claws  and 
pulvilli  short.  Wings  grayish  hyaline,  third  vein  spined  at  base;  hind 
cross-vein  sinuate;  tegulae  tawny  white,  borders  darker;  halteres  fuscous. 
Length  5.5  mm.;  of  wing  4.5  mm. 

Described  from  one  specimen;  Iowa. 

Mr.  Johnson  writes:  "Two  specimens  were  given  to  me  by 
Dr.  Skinner.  They  are  from  Iowa,  and  came  out  of  the  chrysalis 
of  Chrysophanus  dione,  the  larvae  having  been  sent  to  Dr.  Skin- 
ner by  Mr.  Henry  G.  Willard.  I  infer,  therefore,  that  they  were 
accidentally  bred  by  Dr.  Skinner.  I  had  at  first  thought  it  nec- 
essary to  describe  this  form  as  a  new  genus,  but  subsequent  re- 
flection has  induced  me  to  locate  it  in  Exorista,  from  which  it 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  IQ9 

differs  appreciably  only  in  the  elongate  second  aristal  joint,  and 
the  vibrissae  being  inserted  at  a  short  distance  above  the  oral 
margin.  Besides,  Messrs.  Brauer  and  von  Bergenstamm  have 
erected  several  new  genera  which  are  founded  on  practically  the 
same  characters." 


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A  NEW  GENUS  AND  SPECIES  OF  ODONATA 
FROM  JAMAICA. 

By  PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 
ORTHOLESTES  n.  gen. 

Wings  ceasing  to  be  petioled  just  before  the  first  postcostal 
cross-vein.  Median  sector  arising  from  the  principal  at  less  than 
one-third  the  distance  from  the  arculus  to  the  nodus,  the  subnodal 
one  cell  after  the  median.  Quadrilateral  distinctly  trapezoidal, 
superior  side  longer  than  one-half  the  inferior,  internal  side  one- 
third  to  one-fourth  the  inferior.  Ultra-nodal  sector  unbroken, 
or  but  very  slightly  angulated;  subnodal  and  short  sectors  hardly 
more  angulated.  Nodal  sector  arising  from  two-and-a-half  to 
four  cells  after  the  nodus.  No  supplementary  sectors  between 
the  median  and  short  sectors.  With  supplementary  sectors, 
forming  an  irregular  network  (7-16  marginal  cells),  between  the 
subnodal  and  median  sectors.  Pterostigma  three  times  as  long 
as  broad.  Hairs  of  the  feet  long. 

0.  Clara  n.  sp.—  Abdomen  $  38  mm.,  9  29-31.  Hind  wing  <^  29,  $ 
25-27.  Yellow  and  dark  brown  or  black.  Labrum,  epistoma  and  frons, 
dark  metallic  blue.  Abdomen  dark  brown,  3-7  with  a  yellow  basal  ring; 
17-23  postcubitals. 

J\ — Superior  appendages  forcipated,  dilated  to  form  two  rounded,  in- 
ferior ante-apical  teeth.  Inferior  appendages  half  as  long. 

$. — Appendages  longer  than  the  last  segment.  Dorsal  apical  half  of 
9  bright  yellow. 

Described  from  one  S  ,  one  9  from  Kingston,  Jamaica,  May, 
1890,  by  Mr.  E.  M.  Aaron,  to  whose  kindness  I  am  indebted  for 
them;  one  £  ,  Kingston,  by  Mr.  Wm.  J.  Fox,  (Amer.  Ent.  Soc. 
coll.);  one  9,  Jamaica,  Mr.  Charles  W.  Johnson  (Wagn.  Ins. 
coll.). 

This  interesting  form  belongs  to  the  Legion  Lestes  Selys.  A 
detailed  description  will  appear  later. 


200  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

A  CONJECTURE. 

By  CHARLES  C.  CRESSON,  Germantown,  Phila.,  Pa. 


In  reading  of  the  immense  congregations  of  Butterflies,  that 
sometimes  have  been  observed  in  the  Fall  of  the  year,  it  is  an 
interesting  subject  for  reflection  as  to  the  Divine  intention  in  en- 
dowing them  with  the  instinct  of  collecting  together,  and  the 
purpose  intended  to  be  carried  out.  This  habit  of  immense  con- 
gregations is  not  confined  to  Butterflies,  but  is  to  be  observed  in 
an  unknown  number  of  other  animals.  Our  American  Buffalo, 
or  Bison,  collect  in  very  large  herds  at  a  certain  season  of  the 
year,  as  Catlin  relates,  for  the  purpose  of  continuing  the  species; 
and  when  so  collected,  the  bulls  forthwith  commence  to  struggle 
and  fight  with  each  other,  the  stronger  conquer  the  weaker  ones, 
and  then  choose  such  mates  as  please  them.  The  large  congre- 
gation then  separates  into  little  family  groups,  each  with  its  own 
masculine  head,  and  so  enters  on  to  the  business  of  multiplication 
and  addition,  and  then  remains  in  peace  and  quiet  until  the  next 
annual  return  of  the  season  for  reassembling — A  clear  and  mani- 
fest instance  of  the  "  Survival  of  the  Fittest,"  the  most  powerful 
bulls  continuing  the  species,  and  many  of  the  weak  ones  being 
killed  or  disabled.  The  Wolves  congregate  in  packs  for  mutual 
assistance,  then  prowl  around  these  herds  and  families,  hunting 
for  something  to  devour;  and  when  they  find  a  stray  Buffalo,  too 
much  alone  for  its  own  good,  they  attack  him,  her,  or  it  (the 
calf),  as  the  case  may  be,  and  breakfast,  or  dine,  on  their  prey 
(as  described  by  Catlin). 

The  Norwegian  Lemming,  as  described  in  the  ' '  Encyclopedia 
Brittanica"  and  elsewhere,  occasionally  migrate  in  great  numbers, 
pursuing  their  course  in  a  straight  line,  regardless  of  every  ob- 
stacle, and  consuming  everything  eatable  in  their  way  (Baird). 
Their  usual  course  is  from  the  East  to  the  West;  they  swim  over 
rivers  and  lakes  until  they  arrive  at  the  Atlantic  Ocean;  then  they 
continue  to  follow  their  leaders,  plunge  together  into  the  ocean 
and  swim  out  to  sea;  they  never  swim  back  again,  but  all  are 
drowned  in  the  mighty  waters.  On  their  journey  from  their 
home  to  the  ocean  (which  lasts  sometimes  for  over  a  year)  they 
procreate  and  largely  increase  the  congregation .  The  young  and 
old  keep  straight  on,  and  all  perish  in  the  company  of  each  other. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  2OI 

At  the  home  they  have  left,  remains  a  sufficient  number  to  get  up 
another  exodus  in  due  season  ("  Encyc.  Brittanica"  condensed). 

We  thus  see  that  the  Buffaloes  congregate  for  procreation;  the 
Wolves  for  mutual  assistance  in  hunting,  and  the  Lemmings  to 
search  for  food,  when  the  supply  at  home  is  insufficient  for  their 
support. 

Zoology,  as  a  part  of  animal  history,  gives  us  accounts  of 
similar  congregations  and  migrations  of  other  animals,  congre- 
gating and  migrating  together,  for  different  reasons.  Swallows, 
Cranes,  Blackbirds,  Reedbirds  and  Pigeons,  going  North  or 
South,  according  to  the  season,  to  avoid  the  cold.  Wild  Ducks 
and  Geese  going  North  to  procreate,  in  seclusion,  where  their 
great  enemy,  man,  is  at  a  distance,  and  where  their  food  is  in 
abundance.* 

Some  kinds  of  caterpillars,  in  their  migrations,  in  passing  over 
our  railroads  in  the  far  West,  have  so  anointed  the  rails  with  their 
carcasses,  crushed  by  the  passing  wheels,  as  to  impede  the  pro- 
gress of  the  trains.  The  great  herds  of  Buffaloes,  at  the  times 
of  their  congregations,  have  sometimes  also  seriously  impeded 
the  progress  of  the  railroad  trains.  This  may  have  been  one 
reason  for  destroying  and  exterminating  the  Buffaloes.  Another 
reason  appears  to  have  been  the  desire  to  weaken  the  Indians  by 
destroying  their  food.  The  profit  accruing  from  their  hides  and 
horns  was,'  no  doubt,  another  reason.  These  three  principal  in- 
terests being  in  conjunction,  the  Buffaloes  had  to  go. 

Now,  in  view  of  the  above  facts,  or  supposed  facts,  it  becomes 
an  interesting  Conjecture  as  to  what  is  the  Divine  intention  in 
endowing  animals  with  such  destructive  instincts.  The  Human 
animals  in  their  instinctive  struggles  as  to  procreation,  food, 
homes  and  other  worldly  possessions,  proceed  to  congregate  into 
armies,  with  their  weapons  of  war,  and  so  proceed,  with  all  con- 
ceivable craft  and  force,  to  thin  out  the  human  crop  on  the  earth, 
in  their  struggles  with  each  other  (just  as  do  the  Buffaloes),  and 

*  In  the  park  of  Schloss  Ruhleben,  according  to  a  local  correspondent  of  a  Berlin  journal, 
a  Stork  set  up  his  house  some  years  ago,  and  regularly  every  Spring  has  returned  to  his 
nest,  along  with  his  "  wife."  There  was  a  doubt  expressed  last  year  whether  it  was  the 
same  bird  who  returned  year  after  year.  In  order  to  prove  the  matter,  a  steel  ring  was 
fastened  around  the  left  leg  of  the  male  Stork,  and  the  name  of  his  European  residence 
engraved  upon  the  ring.  When  the  Stork  again  appeared  this  present  Spring,  he  had  a 
ring  on  each  leg.  His  human  friends  in  his  Eastern  home  had  fastened  a  silver  ring  to  his 
right  leg,  and  on  it  was  engraved  the  inscription,  "  India  sends  her  greeting  to  Germany." 
—  Christian  Intelligencer. 


202  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

thus  obtain  elbow  room  for  the  survivors.  In  the  "  Survival  of 
the  Fittest,"  history  tells  us  that  they?//<?^is  the  party  best  quali- 
fied to  kill  (not  to  cure)  and  to  destroy  (not  to  build  up);  and  so 
civilization  suffers. 

Now,  to  speak  on  the  subject  of  the  Conjecture.  Of  the  But- 
terflies that  congregate  on  the  coast,  some  are  probably  blown 
from  thence  out  to  sea  to  become  food  for  fishes;  some  remaining- 

o 

on  the  land  become  the  food  of  birds,  or  are  otherwise  destroyed, 
and  so  leave  few  or  none  as  successors  to  continue  the  species. 
It  may  be  the  Divine  intention  thus  to  reduce  the  superabundant 
number  of  Butterflies  so  that  the  food,  provided  in  the  ordinary 
course  of  nature,  will  be  sufficient  for  those  left  behind.  If  the 
proper  food  were  scanty  or  absent  in  the  localities  where  the  great 
swarms  of  Butterflies  deposited  their  eggs,  the  young  products 
of  the  eggs  would  not  be  able  to  carry  on  their  usual  changes, 
and  would  die  of  starvation.  And  so  the  continuity  of  the  spe- 
cies be  discontinued  so  far  as  they  would  be  concerned,  as  a  result 
of  a  superabundance  of  larvae,  to  the  supply  of  food. 

As  to  the  sea-going  instinct  of  the  Lemmings,  it  appears  as  if 
no  other  account  or  purpose  can  be  thought  of,  except  that  it  is 
an  instinct  intended  to  reduce  their  superabundant  numbers.  And 
as  to  the  Divine  intention  in  drowning  them,  it  appears  as  if 
drowning  were  Divinely  considered  to  be  the  very  easiest  and 
surest  form  of  death.  In  this  connection  we  may  very  properly 
turn  to  the  Holy  Scriptures  in  our  researches  on  this  matter. 
They  may  be,  by  some,  disregarded  as  an  authority  in  scientific 
matters,  but  with  others  (including  the  writer)  they  are  the  highest 
authority,  so  far  as  they  speak,  on  any  subject  they  speak  of. 

In  the  Scriptures  we  find  the  following  historical  records  in 
Exodus,  chapter  x,  verses  12-21: 

' '  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Stretch  out  thine  hand  over 
"  the  land  of  Egypt  for  the  locusts,  that  they  may  come  up  upon 
"  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  eat  every  herb  of  the  land,  even  all  that 
"  the  hail  hath  left.  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  rod  over  the 
' '  land  of  Egypt,  and  the  Lord  brought  an  east  wind  upon  the 
"  land  all  that  day,  and  all  that  night;  and  when  it  was  morning, 
"the  east  wind  brought  the  locusts.  And  the  locusts  went  up 
' '  over  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  rested  in  all  the  coasts  of  Egypt: 
"  very  grievous  were  they;  before  them  there  were  no  such  locusts 
' '  as  they,  neither  after  them  shall  be  such.  For  they  covered 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  203 

"  the  face  of  the  whole  earth,  so  that  the  land  was  darkened;  and 
' '  they  did  eat  every  herb  of  the  land,  and  all  the  fruit  of  the  trees 
"  which  the  hail  had  left:  and  there  remained  not  any  green  thing 
"  in  the  trees,  or  in  the  herbs  of  the  field,  through  all  the  land  of 
"  Egypt.  Then  Pharaoh  called  for  Moses  and  Aaron  in  haste; 
"and  he  said,  I  have  sinned  against  the  Lord  your  God,  and 
"against  you.  Now  therefore  forgive,  I  pray  thee,  my  sin  only 
"this  once,  and  intreat  the  Lord  your  God,  that  he  may  take 
' '  away  from  me  this  death  only.  And  he  went  out  from  Pharaoh, 
"  and  intreated  the  Lord.  And  the  Lord  turned  a  mighty  strong 
"  west  wind,  which  took  away  the  locusts,  and  cast  them  into  the 
"  Red  Sea;  there  remained  NOT  ONE  locust  in  all  the  coasts  of 
"  Egypt.  But  the  Lord  hardened  Pharaoh's  heart,  so  that  he 
"  would  not  let  the  children  of  Israel  go." 

Here  it  is  evident  that  it  was  the  deliberate  intention  of  the 
Divine  Being  to  destroy  the  Locusts  by  drowning  them  in  the 
Red  Sea. 

How  the  Divine  Being  thought  best  .to  proceed  when  desiring 
to  cleanse  the  Earth,  and  why  He  did  it,  is  shown  clearly  and 
unmistakably  in  Genesis,  chapters  vi  and  vii. 

Chapter  vi,  vs.  5-18:  "And  God  saw  that  the  wickedness  of 
"  man  was  great  in  the  earth,  and  that  every  imagination  of  the 
' '  thoughts  of  his  heart  was  only  evil  continually.  And  it  repented 
"the  Lord  that  he  had  made  man  on  the  earth,  and  it  grieved 
"  him  at  his  heart.  And  the  Lord  said,  I  will  destroy  man  whom 
'  I  have  created  from  the  face  of  the  earth;  both  man,  and  beast, 
"  and  the  creeping  thing,  and  the  fowls  of  the  air;  for  it  repenteth 
"  me  that  I  have  made  them.  But  Noah  found  grace  in  the  eyes 
' '  of  the  Lord  These  are  the  generations  of  Noah :  Noah  was 
"a  just  man  and  perfect  in  his  generations,  and  Noah  walked 
"with  God.  And  Noah  begat  three  sons,  Shem,  Ham,  and 
"  Japheth.  The  earth  also  was  corrupt  before  God,  and  the  earth 
"  was  filled  with  violence.  And  God  looked  upon  the  earth,  and, 
'  behold,  it  was  corrupt;  for  all  tiesh  had  corrupted  his  way  upon 
"  the  earth.  And  God  said  unto  Noah,  The  end  of  all  flesh  is 
"come  before  me;  for  the  earth  is  filled  with  violence  through 
"them;  and  behold,  I  will  destroy  them  with  the  earth.  Make 
"  thee  an  ark  of  gopher  wood;"  (etc.  vs.  14-16).  "And,  behold, 
'  I,  even  I,  do  bring  a  flood  of  waters  upon  the  earth,  to  destroy 
"  all  flesh,  wherein  is  the  breath  of  life,  from  under  heaven;  and 


204  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

"everything  that  is  in  the  earth  shall  die.  But  with  thee  will  I 
"  establish  my  covenant;  and  thou  shalt  come  into  the  ark,  thou, 
"  and  thy  sons"  (etc.  vs.  18-22). 

Chapter  vii  (vs.  1-20,  a  specific  account  of  the  Flood),  vs.  21- 
24:  "  And  a] I  flesh  died\\iz.\.  moved  upon  the  earth,  both  of  fowl, 
"and  of  cattle,  and  of  beast,  and  of  every  creeping  thing  that 
;'creepeth  upon  the  earth,  and  every  man:  all  in  whose  nostrils 
"  was  the  breath  of  life,  of  all  that  was  in  the  dry  land,  died.  And 
"every  living  substance  was  destroyed  which  was  upon  the  face 
"  of  the  ground,  both  man,  and  cattle,  and  the  creeping  things, 
"  and  the  fowl  of  the  heaven;  and  they  were  destroyed  from  the 
"earth:  and  Noah  only  remained  alive,  and  they  that  were  with 
' '  him  in  the  ark.  And  the  waters  prevailed  upon  the  earth  an 
"  hundred  and  fifty  days." 

We  see  by  these  recorded  cases  that  the  Divine  Being  deliber- 
ately drowned  the  Human  race  in  the  Flood,  and  drowned  the 
Locusts  in  the  Red  Sea,  just  to  get  rid  of  them.  It  was  His  way; 
simple  in  design  and  execution,  and  perfectly  effectual.  There 
was  not  one  man  left,  except  Noah  and  his  family;  and  not  one 
locust.  It  is  probably  impossible  for  any  man  to  show,  in  more 
distinct  words  and  language,  the  unmistakable  and  deliberate  de- 
termination of  the  Divine  Being  to  destroy  the  whole  Human 
race  on  the  earth,  except  Noah,  who  was  spared  for  the  reasons 
given  in  Genesis  vi,  9-10.  He  destroyed  all  life  "  which  was  upon 
the  face  of  the  ground"  (vii,  23),  probably  all  life,  animal  and 
vegetable,  excepting  fresh  water  fishes,  and  those  forms  of  vege- 
table life  having  their  proper  habitat  in  fresh  water.  His  reasons 
for  so  doing,  are  also  just  as  clearly  and  definitely  given  and  re- 
corded, as  if  done  to  justify  Himself  to  His  creature,  man,  in  His 
course  of  action,  as  related  in  the  history  of  the  Flood. 

To  those  who  do  not  believe  in  God,  nor  in  the  Bible,  nor  the 
Flood,  nor  any  other  miracle,  it  might  be  a  subject  of  interesting- 
contemplation  to  consider  the  extraordinary  action  of  the  Nor- 
wegian Lemmings.  It  appears  to  me  to  be  unaccountable  on 
agnostic  principles,  so  far  as  I  understand  them.  There  is  here 
no  "Survival  of  the  Fittest"  to  hand  down  this  sea-going  suicidal 
propensity  (or  impulse,  or  instinct,  or  habit,  or  any  other  name 
that  may  be  given  to  it)  from  generation  to  generation;  all  are 
destroyed,  not  one  survives.  There  appears  to  be  a  kind  oi  cul- 
mination of  circumstances  leading  to  the  fatal  termination  of  their 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  205 

travels.  These  little  creatures,  apparently  unconscious  of  their 
approaching  disaster,  go  merrily  on,  crossing  the  waters  of  rivers 
and  lakes,  one  after  another,  successfully  and  safely;  and  thus 
encouraged  by  their  success  and  safety,  plunge  into  the  ocean, 
probably  expecting  successfully  and  safely  to  reach  the  other 
shore.  But  modern  science  has  no  account  to  give  us  of  their 
arrival  in  Canada  or  these  United  States.  Not  one  of  them  has 
successfully  arrived  on  our  side  of  the  Atlantic  in  modern  times.* 

In  conclusion,  I  look  upon  it  as  impossible  to  establish  my 
foregoing  Conjecture  as  a  general  Fact,  by  means  of  specific 
facts  observed  or  recorded,  and  by  reasonings  thereon,  viz. :  that 
the  Divine  Being,  desiring  to  dispose  of,  or  get  rid  of  superabun- 
dant animal  life  by  means  of  drowning,  endowed  the  Lemmings 
with  instincts,  deliberately  intended,  for  the  specific  purpose  of 
thinning  them  out  in  that  way.  The  immense  congregations  of 
Butterflies  may,  in  some  way,  have  the  same  intention  of  thinning 
out  their  superabundant  numbers.  I  may  say,  however,  that  such 
a  conjecture  appears  to  me  to  be  probable,  yet  also,  that  it  is  only 
conjecture,  and  must  always  remain  to  be  such  to  the  end  of  time. 

There  is  no  end  to  conjecture;  too  much  of  it  is  not  profitable 
and  is  unsatisfying.  Its  real  use  is  to  stimulate  research,  and 
observation,  and  reflection.  Conjectures  are  boundless  in  their 
nature,  and  can  only  be  established  as  facts,  or  errors,  by  patient 
and  intelligent  research. 

The  writer  would  be  glad  to  have  the  opinions  of  any  readers 
of  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  on  this  subject,  with  any  facts  that 
have  influenced  their  conclusions;  not  as  matters  of  disputation 
or  contention,  but  for  the  true  advancement  of  science,  and  to 
increase  our  knowledge  of  Nature. 

*  The  presence  of  Lemmings  in  the  northern  part  of  North  America,  of  species  different 
from  those  now  in  Norway,  seems  to  indicate  that  in  remote  ages,  such  a  condition  of 
things  existed  as  to  climate,  as  enabled  the  Lemmings  to  pass  westward  from  Norway  to 
America.  It  is  believed  by  some  scientists  that,  in  the  remote  past,  Greenland  and  other 
north  polar  regions  had  a  climate  different  from  its  present  glacial  character.  Later  re- 
searches have  discovered  fossil  remains  of  trees,  etc.,  with  forms  now  belonging  to  the 
temperate  and  tropical  zones  of  the  earth.  It  may  be  that  the  species  of  Lemmings,  now 
in  North  America,  are  descendents  of  those  who  passed  from  one  continent  to  the  other 
in  those  remote  times  when  the  differences  of  climate  made  such  a  passage  possible  to  them. 


A  recent  importation  of  orange  trees  into  California  from  Tahiti  showed 
them  to  be  infested  by  a  new  insect,  and  the  authorities  will  not  allow 
them  to  be  landed. — (Newspaper  Entomology.} 


2o6  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [December, 

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Homohadena  infixa  (Walker). — The  genus  Homohadena,  distinguished 
from  the  Hadeiue  (Hadeiia,  Luperina  and  Hy/op/iasia)  by  having  no  ab- 
dominal tufts,  revised  by  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  (Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.  vol.  xiii. 
pp.  397-405)  in  1891,  and  having  for  its  type  H.  badistriga  Grote,  affords 
an  unrecorded   synonymy.      Hadena   infixa  Walk,  and  H.  incomitata 
Harvey  were  described  from  rubbed  specimens,  hence  their  identity  with 
badistriga  was  not  recognized.     The  species  occurs  at  Hartford,  Conn., 
and  throughout  the  region  east  of  the  Great  Plains. 
Homohadena  infixa  (Walk.) 
Hadena  infi.va  Walker. 
Homohadena  incomitata  Harvey. 
Homohadena  badistriga  Grote  (unrubbed  variety). 

W.M.  HAMPTON  PATTON,  Hartford,  Conn. 

WHILE  collecting  near  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  on  the  4th  of  last  July,  and 
also  later  during  the  same  month  I  took  winged  specimens  (both  $  and 
$ )  of  Stephania  picta.  Previous  to  this  but  a  single  winged  specimen 
(a.$)  of  this  Hemipter  has  been  recorded  (by  Uhler,  in  "Standard 
Natural  History").  In  addition  to  the  full-winged  form,  there  occurred 
in  still  greater  numbers  a  short-winged  form;  the  thorax  of  this  had  same 
structure  as  full-winged  form  (see  "Standard  Nat.  Hist.").  I  shall  be 
glad  to  correspond  with  hemipterologists  concerning  this  and  other  rari- 
ties, and  regarding  exchanges. 

H.  E.  SUMMERS,  71  N.  Water  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

CAUSE  OF  PEACH  YELLOWS. — What  renders  the  peach-tree  susceptible 
to  the  bacterium  present  in  the  disease  known  as  the  "  yellows"  is  prob- 
ably the  mite  {Bryobia  pratensis  Garman;  for  description  see  "Insect 
Life,"  vol.  iii,  No.  2,  fig.  4,  September,  1890,  p.  47)  which  attacks  the  tree 
in  countless  numbers,  thus  lessening  its  vitality  and  causing  the  foliage  to 
change  color.  This  mite  I  found  to  be  very  plenty  in  Connecticut  in  1883. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  2Oy 

Its  orange-colored  eggs  cover  the  bark  in  Winter,  especially  about  the 
buds,  ready  to  hatch  with  the  opening  of  the  leaves  in  Spring.  Grafts  of 
these  buds  would  thus  inoculate  other  trees.  The  Yellows  Mite  would 
be  an  appropriate  name. — WM.  HAMPTON  PATTON,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Amp/lion  nessus  appeared  long  in  advance  of  the  blossoming  of  Blue- 
Flag — Iris  vcrsicolor;  this  year  at  least.  During  a  very  hot,  Summer- 
like  spell  of  weather  late  in  April,  one  of  my  friends,  who  missed  me 
leaving  for  the  suburbs  on  a  Sunday's  collecting  tour,  saw  two  specimens 
of  A.  ncssits  feeding  on  the  flowers  of  the  lovely  Mountain  Pink — Si/air 
pennsylvanica,  which  covers  the  rocky  ledges  of  the  open  forest.  This 
Wild  Pink  usually  blossoms  in  this  vicinity  from  the  last  week  of  April 
until  the  middle  of  May.  My  friend  being  provided  with  only  a  cyanide 
bottle  for  mothing,  could  not  take  any  of  the  specimens  seen  on  that  day. 
From  the  last  week  of  May  until  after  the  middle  of  following  month  I 
watched  in  vain  for  the  appearance  of  this  Sphingid  on  the  flowers  of 
Blue  Flag.— RICHARD  E.  KUNZE,  M.D. 

WHILE  summering  in  the  Nutmeg  State  this  year  a  friend  of  mine  found 
insects  very  plentiful;  some  kinds  rather  too  plentiful,  in  fact.  He  used 
to  sit  up  nights  and  catch  them.  Some  of  them  came  in  at  the  window, 
and  some  didn't.  Thereby  hangs  a  tale.  At  first  he  was  mad,  then  grew 
sad,  and  finally  glad;  his  heart  was  filled  with  ghoulish  glee — he  caught 
every  blessed  one  he  could  find  and  preserved  the  reeking  carcasses  as 
ghastly  trophies  of  his  sojourn  in  the  land.  They  were  of  all  sizes,  ages 
and  complexions,  from  the  pallid  infant  to  the  ruddy  sire  and  gory  grand- 
sire,  and  he  smiled  with  joy  (?)  at  the  goodly  array.  This  experience  led 
to  the  preparation  of  the  following  placard,  which,  with  its  accompanying 
specimen  (a  fine,  plump  one),  was  posted,  at  his  departure,  on  the  wall 
of  the  room  he  had  occupied,  and  there  left  for  the  edification  of  the  land- 
lady. It  is  to  be  hoped  that  her  feelings  were  not  so  severely  injured  as 
to  disable  her  from  improving  matters  for  the  next  comer. 

Locality,  -       — ,  Conn. 
Date,  Aug.  — ,  1891. 
Number  of  specimens,  39. 

Classification. — Type,  Arthropoda. 

Class,  Insecta. 

Order,  Hemiptera. 

Suborder,  Heteroptera. 

Family,  Acanthiidie. 

Genus,  Acanthia. 

Species,  lectularia. 
Scientific  name,  Acanthia  lectularia, 
Common  name,  BEDBUG. 

Habits. — This  degraded  bug  inhabits  (too  many  of)  the  sleeping  apart- 
ments of  the  human  species.  Secreting  itself  by  day,  it  sallies  forth  at 
night  to  feast  upon  the  blood  of  the  unwary  traveler  and  luckless  lodger. 


208  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

Its  appetite  is  always  keen,  and  although  it  has  been  known  to  live  a  year 
without  food,  it  prefers  to  take  nourishment  oftener,  a  proceeding  which 
usually  provokes  the  following,  or  similar 

Remarks:  Ow!  Ugh!  Whew!  ....  By  Jove!  ....  Great  Scott!  .... 
Gosh  darn  it  all!  .... 

A  true  history  of  the  above  specimen. — X.  Y.  Z. 

NEW  FOOD-PLANTS  of  Parasa  chloris. — While  searching  for  larvae  of 
6".  astylus  on  Huckleberry  bushes  in  Bergen  County,  N.  J.,  I  found,  Sept. 
20,  1891,  two  larvae  of  P.  chloris  on  one  leaf  of  the  Swamp  Blueberry — 
Vaccinium  corynibosum.  Another  I  took  from  the  downy,  or  different- 
leaved  Poplar — Populus  heterophyllus,  young  plants  of  which  grew  near 
the  same  swamp.  These  are  not  mentioned  in  Mr.  Wm.  Beutenmiiller's 
"  Catalogue  of  Lepidoptera,  etc.,  with  their  Food-plants."  Another  larva 
of  Parasa  chloris  fed  on  Wild  Cherry.  Still  another  of  the  same  genus, 
if  not  species,  I  found  on  Black  Willow — Salix  nigra.  The  latter  larva 
had  orange  stripes  and  fleshy  tubercles  in  the  place  of  the  usual  red  mark- 
ings. It  was  parasitized  and  subsequently  died.  Strangest  of  all  was  the 
behavior  of  these  larvae  in  the  breeding-cage,  in  which  I  also  had  some 
of  Limacodes  scapha  feeding  on  Bayberry — Myrica  cerifera,  and  another 
to  me,  unknown  larva,  on  White  Birch.  In  turn,  P.  chloris  would  feed 
on  the  plants  they  were  found  on,  and  again  they  remained  for  days  on 
the  other  plants  of  the  breeding-cage,  feeding  and  thriving  thereon.  One 
has  now  been  feeding  eleven  days,  two  pupated  on  the  underside  of  leaves 
and  two  died  of  parasites.  Was  it  not  strange  that  they  should  go  alter- 
nately on  Downy  Poplar,  Wild  Cherry,  Bayberry,  White  Birch,  Black 
Willow  and  Swamp  Willow?  I  had  them  in  a  large  glass-jar  on  my  office 
desk,  where  I  watched  them  by  day  and  night.  Downy  Poplar  is  likewise 
known  as  Eastern  Cottonwood. — RICHARD  E.  KUNZE,  M.D. 

THERE  ARE  EXCEPTIONS. — "A  beetle  cannot  fly  with  its  elytra  removed." 
F.  H.  Wenham,  Aerial  Locomotion,  Smithsonian  Report  1889,  p.  318. 
A  few  days  ago  along  a  sunny  river-bank  I  found  Cicindela  hirticollis 
abundant.  Examples  were  taken  and  the  elytra  removed;  every  one  flew 
away  instantly,  on  being  released,  with  a  speed  that  defied  the  eye  to 
follow. 

"Insects  are  killed  quickly  by  putting  them  into  a  bottle  containing 
lumps  of  cyanide  of  potassium  covered  by  plaster  of  Paris."  So  every 
body  says.  To  this  I  note  three  exceptional  cases.  One  June  day  I  hap- 
pened to  be  collecting  where  many  species  of  Phalaenidae  were  abundant. 
Examples  of  several  species  taken  were  all  killed  quickly  in  my  cyanide 
bottle  except  one,  that  of  Corycia  vestaliata  (sex  not  noted).  To  my 
surprise  it  was  found  some  time  after  its  imprisonment  alive  and  struggling 
to  escape.  To  test  the  matter  other  moths  were  put  into  the  bottle,  all 
of  which  were  quickly  overcome,  but  C.  vestaliata  still  lingered,  having 
withstood  the  fumes  more  than  an  hour. 

The  second  instance  is  similar;  the  species  was  Caber  odes  confusaria. 
It  was  active  more  than  thirty  minutes  by  the  watch,  and,  to  make  it  sure, 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  2OQ 

the  prisoner  was  resisting  death,  contrary  to  all  reason,  crickets,  grass- 
hoppers, wasps,  moths  and  butterflies  introduced  to  the  same  space,  all 
responded  as  they  should.  The  third  case  occurred  a  few  weeks  since 
the  same  species  as  the  preceding  with  similar  behavior. 

Have  others  observed  similar  behavior  by  any  insect?  What  explana- 
tion occurs  to  any  one? — D.  S.  KKLLICOTT. 

Dana  is  archippus. — Sunday,  September  6th,  present  year,  I  went  after 
Catocala.  It  was  a  showery  day  and  did  not  go  beyond  our  suburbs. 
Only  one  specimen  was  seen  in  a  fine  grove,  but  not  taken.  While  ex- 
amining trees,  a  boy,  who  stood  watching  me,  called  my  attention  to  a 
Danaid  circling  overhead  in  a  near-by  place.  Presently  it  flew  and  set- 
tled on  the  twig  of  a  dead  branch  on  one  of  the  lowermost  limbs  of  an 
Acer  ncbni.  I  told  the  boy  to  watch  it  for  me,  which  he  did,  and  inform 
me  of  its  movements.  A  thunderstorm  could  be  heard  at  a  distance.  It 
was  about  i  P.M.,  and  on  its  approach  the  Danaid  took  refuge  in  the  foliage 
of  a  Liquidambar.  That  maple  had  only  a  very  few  scattered  red  leaves 
among  its  foliage,  and  the  insect  hung  on  that  branch  exactly  half  an  hour 
until  aroused  by  thunder. — RICHARD  E.  KUNZE,  M.D. 


Identification  of  Insects  (Imagos)  for  Subscribers. 


Specimens  will  be  named  under  the  following  conditions:  ist,  The  number  of  speci- 
mens to  be  unlimited  for  each  sending;  2d,  The  sender  to  pay  all  expenses  of  transporta- 
tion and  the  insects  to  become  the  property  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  ; 
3d,  Each  specimen  must  have  a  number  attached  so  that  the  identification  may  be  an- 
nounced accordingly.  Address  all  packages  to  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,  Academy  Natural 
Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Insects  have  been  named  for  F.  L.  Harvey,  H.  C.  Denslow,  J.  H.  Bom- 
berger,  C.  P.  Gillette. 


Entomological   Literature. 


THE  TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 
pt.  3,  1891. — On  a  new  species  of  Prothoe,  by  Philip  Crowley  (illustrated). 
Notes  on  the  Orthopterous  family  Mecopodidas,  by  W.  F.  Kirby.  Note 
on  Siphonophora  artocarpi  Westw.,  byj.  O.  Westwood.  On  the  South 
American  species  of  Diabrotica,  pt.  2,  by  Chas.  J.  Gahan. 

BIOLOGIA  CENTRALI-AMKRICANA:  pt.  94,  July,  1891. — Coleoptera:  vol. 
ii,  pt.  i,  by  D.  Sharp,  pi.  n;  vol.  iv,  pt.  2,  by  G.  C.  Champion,  pp.  257- 
314,  pi.  u;  vol.  vi,  pt.  i,  suppl.,  by  M.  Jacoby,  pp.  265-272.  Lepidoptera- 
Heterocera,  by  H.  Druce,  vol.  i,  pis.  28,  29;  vol.  ii,  pp.  1-5,  pt.  95,  Sep- 
tember, 1891.  Coleoptera:  vol.  ii,  pt.  i,  by  D.  Sharp,  pp.  385-432;  vol. 
iv,  pt.  2,  by  G.  C.  Champion,  pis.  12,  13;  vol.  vi,  pt.  i,  suppl.,  by  M. 
Jacoby,  pi.  41.  Lepidoptera-Heterocera,  by  H.  Druce,  vol.  i,  pis.  40,  41. 


2io  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  [December, 

JOURNAL  OF  THE  BOMBAY  NATURAL  HISTORY  SOCIETY  vol.  vi,  No.  2. 
-The  Butterflies  of  the  Central  Provinces,  pt.  4,  by  J.  A.  B.    Agricultural 
Entomology,    by  E.    C.    Coates.     The   Locust  of  North-western  India 
(Acridium peregrinum)  with  plate,  by  E.  C.  Coates. 

TRANSACTIONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY,  vol. 
xviii,  Nos.  2  and  3. — Notes  on  some  Noctuidae,  with  Descriptions  of  New 
Genera  and  Species,  by  John  B.  Smith.  On  the  Species  of  Trypoxylon 
Inhabiting  America  North  of  Mexico,  by  Wm.  J.  Fox.  A  Revision  of 
the  Species  of  Euclea,  Parasa  and  Packardia,  with  Notes  on  Adoiieta, 
Monolenca  and  Varina  ornata  Neum.,  by  H.  G.  Dyar.  Revision  of  the 
Donaciae  of  Boreal  America,  by  C.  W.  Leng.  Revision  of  the  Genera  and 
Species  of  Anthonomini  Inhabiting  North  America,  by  W.  G.  Dietz,  M.D. 

LEPIDOPTERA  INDICA,  by  F.  Moore,  F.  Z.  S  ,  pt.  7. — This  contains  de- 
scriptions of  the  remainder  of  the  Euploeinae  and  the  beginning  of  the 
Satyrinae,  with  seven  colored  plates  and  about  forty  figures. 

WEST  AMERICAN  SCIENTIST,  September,  1891. — New  Bombylidse  of 
the  group  Paracosmus,  by  D.  W.  Coquillett.  Amphicosmus  nov.  gen. 
A.  elegans  n.  sp.  Metacosmus  nov.  gen.;  M.  exilis  i\  sp.  Paracosmus 
i/isolensn.  sp.  October,  1891,  Revision  of  the  Bombylid  Genus  Apho.'- 
bantus.  An  interesting  and  useful  table  for  the  determination  of  the  spe- 
cies is  given  and  the  following  new  species  in  the  genus  described:  A. 
varius,  A.  tardus,  A.  marcidus,  A.  mixtus,  A.  interruptus,  A.  scrip/us, 
A.  desertus,  A.  capax,  A.  abnormis,  A.fumidus,  A.  brevistylus. 

REVUE  BIOLOGIQUE  DU  NORD  DE  LA  FRANCE,  46  Annee,  No.  i,  Octo- 
ber, 1891. — The  Hymenopterocecids  of  the  Willow,  by  Dr.  H.  Fockeu. 

STUDI  DELLA  REGIASTAZIONE  DI  ENTOMOLOGIA  AGRARIA  DI  FIRENZE, 
1891. — April,  15,  New  Insecticide  Emulsions,  by  A.  Targioni-Tozzetti  and 
Dr.  G.  del  Guercio.  June  28,  Experiments  undertaken  to  determine  the 
endurance  of  young  vegetables  against  the  action  of  various  mixed  in- 
secticides, id.  July  16,  On  the  resistance  to  insecticides  by  the  tender 
shoots  and  fruits  of  the  Appie,  Pear,  Plum,  Peach,  Lemon  and  Celastrus 
in  the  struggle  against  noxious  Lepidoptera  and  Aphids,  id. 

L'AUXILIARE  DE  L' APICULTEUR,  September,  1891,  Amiens. — General 
ideas  on  the  nature  and  physiology  of  the  Bee,  by  Abbe  Ulivi.  Some 
parasites  on  the  front  of  the  head  of  bees,  by  A.  Teynac. 

ANALES  DE  LA  SOCIEDAD  CIENTIFICA  ARGENTINA,  xxxii,  3,  September, 
1891. — Dipterologia  Argentina  (Syrphidae),  continued,*  by  F.  L.  Arribal- 
zaga. 

ANIMALI  ED  INSETTI  DEL  TABACCO  IN  ERBA  E  DEL  TABACCO  SECCO  di 
Ad.  Targioni-Tozzetti,  Direttore  della  R.  Stanzione  di  Entomologia 
Agraria  di  Firenze.  Firenze,  Roma,  1891.  Pp.  Ixiv,  347,  100  text  figures, 
3  lithographic  plates. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


J  ENTOMOLOGICAL     NEWS.  211 

ANNALI  DEL  MUSEO  Civico  DI  STORIA  NATURALE  DI  GENOVA,  Serie 
2,  vii,  1889-90. — Expedition  to  Assab  on  the  Red  Sea  of  G.  Doria  and  O. 
Beccari  in  the  "  Esploratore"  from  Nov.  16,  1879,  to  February  26th;*  iv. 
Coleoptera,  by  R.  Gestro.  Expedition  of  Leonardo  Fea  in  Burmah  and 
the  neighboring  region;  xv.  First  studies  on  Cicindela*  by  R.  Gestro; 
xvi.  On  some  Carabidae,*t  by  H.  W.  Bates;  xvii.  List  of  the  Phytopha- 
gous Coleoptera, *f  by  M.  Jacoby;  xx.  Formicidae,  by  C.  Emery,  2  plates; 
xxi.  Arachnida  Arthrogastri,  by  T.  Thorell,  i  pi. ;  xxii.  Aradidae,  by  E. 
Bergroth,  i  plate.  On  some  Cetonids  collected  by  Dr.  Elio  Modigliani  on 
the  west  coast  of  Sumatra,*  by  R.  Gestro.  Description  of  new  species 
of  Histeridae,*  by  J.  Schmidt.  Enumeration  of  the  Haliplidae,  Dytiscidaa 
and  Gyrinidae,  collected  by  Prof.  L.  Balzan  in  South  America,*  by  M. 
Regimbart.  New  or  little-known  Lycidae  from  the  Museo  Civico  di  Ge- 
nova,*  second  memoir,  first  part,  by  J.  Bourgeois.  List  of  the  Phyto- 
phagous Coleoptera  collected  by  Signer  Modigliani  at  Nias  and  Sumatra, 
with  descriptions  of  the  new  species, *f  by  M.  Jacoby.  Three  new  Sil- 
phidas  from  Italy,*  by  E.  Reitter.  On  some  Italian  cave-dwelling  Myri- 
apoda  collected  by  Sig.  A.  Vacca  and  R.  Barberi,*  by  R.  Latzel.  On 
some  Formicidas  of  the  Palaearctic  fauna,*  by  C.  Emery.  Odonata  of 
Sumatra,  comprising  the  species  collected  at  Pulo  Nias  by  Dr.  E.  Modig- 
liani, *f  by  E.  de  Selys-Longchamps — viii.  1889-90,  Studies  on  Malaysian 
and  Papuan  Spiders:  Part  iv.  Spiders  of  Indo-Malaysia  collected  by  O. 
Beccari,  G.  Doria,  H.  Forbes,  J.  G.  H.  Kinberg  and  others, *f  by  T. 
Thorell. — ix.  1889-90,  Res  Ligusticae;  xi.  Contributions  to  our  knowledge 
of  the  Chilopoda  of  Liguria,*  by  R.  I.  Pocock.  Three  new  species  of 
Zephronia  from  the  Oriental  region,*  id.  Descriptions  of  two  new  species 
of  Malachiidae,*  by  E.  Abeille  de  Perrin.  Expedition  of  Leonardo  Fea 
in  Burmah  and  the  surrounding  region:  xxiii.  Nitidulidae,*  by  A.  Grou- 
velle.  Description  of  a  new  species  of  Cucujid  belonging  to  the  Museo 
Civico  di  Genova,*  id.  Revision  of  the  Pseudoscorpions  of  the  basins 
of  the  Parana  and  Paraguay  Rivers  in  South  America,  by  L.  Balzan ;*f  5 
plates.  Hymenoptera  of  Syria  collected  by  Augusto  Medana,  Italian 
Consul  at  Tripoli  in  Syria,  with  descriptions  of  some  new  species,*  by  P. 
Magretti. 

REVUE  SCIENTIFIQUE  DU  BOURBONNAIS,  etc.,  iv,  10,  October,  1891. — 
The  fossil  insects  of  Commentry,  by  E.  Olivier;  i  plate. 

LE  NATURALISTE  (Paris),  Oct.  15,  1891. — Descriptions  of  new  Lepid- 
optera,*  by  P.  Dognin.  Description  of  the  caterpillar  of  Spilodes  verti- 
calis  L.,  by  P.  Chretien. 

ENTOMOLOGISCHE  NACHRICHTEN  (Berlin),  xvii,  20,  October,  1891. — 
Eight  new  Aeschnidae,  by  Dr.  F.  Karsch;  Aeschna  furcifera,  Mexico,  n. 
sp.  Holomelia  mirabi/is,  a  curiosity  among  Coleoptera,*t  by  E.  Brenske. 
The  Erichsonian  coleopterous  genera  ]\Ionotropus'M*\&  Lasiopsis,  id.  The 
genus  Perissoneura,  by  R.  MacLachlan. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American.  f  Contains  new  genera. 


212  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [December, 

BIOLOGISCHES  CENTRALBLATT  (Erlangen),  Oct.  15,  1891. — On  S.  Ex- 
ner's  physiology  of  the  facetted  eyes  in  crabs  and  insects,  by  Herr  Zacke. 

TIJDSCHRIFT  VOOR  ENTOMOLOGiE  (The  Hague),  xxxiii,  3,  4,  1890.— 
Catalogue  of  the  Araneae  found  in  Holland,  second  supplement,  by  A. 
W.  M.  Van  Hasselt.  List  of  the  Lepidoptera  collected  by  Mr.  H.  B. 
Van  Rhijn  in  Sumatra,*  by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen.  Some  new  Pediculini,*  by 

E.  Piaget;    3  plates.      Remark  on  Phyllopteryx  elongata  Snel!.,  by  C. 
Ritsema  Cz.     Addition  to  the  "  Comparative  Studies  on  Ant  Guests  and 
Termite  Guests,"  by  E.  Wasmann.     Remarks  on  Lepidoptera  Irorn  the 
island  of  Tanah-Djampea  near  Celebes,*  by  P.  C.  T.  Snellen;  i  plate. 
Remarks  on  Lepidoptera  from  the  island  of  Belitoeng  [near  Sumatra],* 
id.;   i  plate,    Apogonia  destructor  n.  sp.,  by  Dr.  H.  Bos;  2  plates.    Some 
remarks  on  a  study  by  Mv.  David  Sharp  on  the  structure  of  the  proster- 
num  in  the  Rhynchophoridse,  by  E.  Everts;  i  plate.     List  of  the  spinners 
[Arachnids]  collected  by  Dr.  A.  M.  J.  Bolsius  at  Soemenep  in  the  island 
of  Madura,  by  Dr.  A.  W.  M.  Van  Hasselt. 

HISTOIRE  PHYSIQUE,  NATURELLE  ET  POLITIQUE  DE  MADAGASCAR, 
publiee  par  Alfred  Grandidier.  Vol.  xxii,  Histoire  Naturelle  des  Cole- 
opteres,  par  M.  Kunckel  d'Herculais.  Tome  II — Atlas,  2e  Partie.  Paris, 
1890;  plates  26-54. 

ENTOMOLOGISKE  MEDDELELSER  (Copenhagen),  Tredie  Bind,  i,  2,  '91. 
—Catalogue  of  the  Coleoptera  of  Denmark  (Staphylinidse,  Part  III),  by 

F.  Meinert.     Bembex  rostrata,  its  life  and  instincts,  by  C.  Wesenberg- 
Lund.    Notes  on  the  entomological  fauna  of  Greenland,  by  W.  Lundbeck. 
On  Ibalia  Latr.,*  by  H.  Borries.     Pediculus  humanus  L.,  and  its  mouth- 
parts,  by  F.  Meinert;  i  plate.     Review  of  the  Danish  Chrysididae,  by  H. 
Borries. 

BIBLIOTHECA  ZooLOGiCA  (Cassel),  viii,  i,  1891. — Researches  on  mimicry 
as  a  basis  for  a  natural  system  of  Papilionidae,  by  Dr.  E.  Hasse  (to  be 
continued),  ix,  1891.  Contributions  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Chilopods 
(glands,  coxal  organs,  vascular  system  and  visceral  nerve  system),  by 
Dr.  C.  Herbst;  5  plates. 


Doings  of  Societies. 


THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SOCIETY  OF  WASHINGTON,  Oct.  i,  1891. — The 
following  persons  were  elected  members  of  the  Society:  E.  W.  Doran, 
A.  G.  Nasius,  F.  C.  Test.  W.  T.  Swingle,  active  members;  H.  E.  Weed, 
W.  H.  Harrington,  E.  A.  Popenoe,  corresponding  members. 

Mr.  Heidemancl  exhibited  some  interesting  new  species  of  Capsidse 
taken  the  past  season  on  Red  Cedar,  Willow  and  Linden. 

*  Contains  new  species  other  than  North  American. 


1891.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS.  213 

Mr.  Ulke  exhibited  and  remarked  on  the  habits  of  a  number  of  rare  or 
new  aquatic  Coleoptera  found  by  him  the  past  Summer  in  the  Blue  Ridge 
Mountains,  near  Monterey,  Md. 

Mr.  Ulke  also  exhibited  a  pale  larviform  female  of  a  species  of  Phen- 
godes  which  he  found  abundantly  in  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains,  no  males, 
however,  being  discovered.  The  species  was  thought,  by  Prof.  Riley,  to 
be  Ph.  laticoUis,  and  the  relative  abundance  of  the  males  and  females  of 
Phcngodes  was  discussed  by  Riley  and  others. 

Mr.  Schwarz  exhibited  specimens  of  Emphylus  americanus  taken  by 
H.  H.  Hubbard  and  himself  in  a  colony  of  formica  sanguined  near  Alta, 
Utah,  at  an  elevation  of  about  9000  feet. 

Mr.  Ashmead  read  a  paper  on  the  peculiar  Chalcid  genus  Melitohia 
Westw.,  in  which  he  discussed  (i)  its  synonymy  with  Anthophorabia 
Newport,  concluding  that  Melitobia  should  take  precedence;  (2)  its  struc- 
ture and  position  in  a  classiricatory  system,  deciding  that  it  belongs  to  the 
subfamily  Tetrastichinae  and  not  with  the  Elachistinse,  where  it  is  now 
placed;  and  (3)  its  habits,  recording  the  rearing  of  M.  megachilis  Pack, 
from  Megachile  centuncularis  Linn.,  J\I.  pelopcsi  Ashm.  from  Celopccus 
cementaria  in  Kansas  by  Prof.  Popenoe  and  in  Florida  by  himself;  and  a 
new  species  which  he  described  as  M.  chalybii,  bred  from  the  cells  of 
Chalybeon  cceruleum  taken  in  Maryland. 

Discussed  by  Messrs.  Howard,  Theo.  Gill,  Riley,  Schwarz  and  others. 

Dr.  Marx  presented  a  paper  entitled  "  Preliminary  Notes  on  the  Classi- 
fication of  the  Ixodidae,"  in  which  he  discussed  the  views  of  previous 
authors  on  the  classification  of  these  parasites  and  concluded  to  accept 
with  some  modification  the  scheme  of  Koch  as  follows:  Order,  Acari; 
Suborder,  Cynorhastes;  Tribe  I,  Cetocari  with  families,  Argasidae  and 
Eschaetorephalidae  ;  Tribe  II,  Antiocari  with  families  Haemelastaridae, 
Ixodidae  and  Rhipistomidas. 

The  paper  also  included  generic  synopses  of  the  genera  of  the  several 
families.  The  scheme  differs  from  Koch's  in  adding  one  new  family,  and 
suppressing  one  genus  and  adding  three  new  ones.  The  paper  was  dis- 
cussed by  Prof.  Gill  and  others. 

Mr.  Howard  read  a  note  on  the  "  Appearance  of  Mealy  Bugs  parasitized 
by  Leptomastix,"  in  which  he  referred  to  the  habits  of  the  species  of  this 
Encytrid  genus  of  Chalcid  parasites,  and  said  that  his  attention  had  been 
recently  called  by  Miss  Sullivan  to  the  curious  fact  that  Mealy  Bugs  para- 
siti/ed  by  L.  dactylopii  almost  entirely  lose  their  waxy  secretion  and  swell 
up  into  yellow  objects  closely  resembling  dipterous  puparia,  which  resem- 
blance is  heightened  by  the  fact  that  the  parasite  in  issuing  cuts  free  a  cap 
at  the  end  of  the  scale  just  as  the  Dipterous  insect  forces  off  the  end  of 
its  puparium.  Discussed  my  Messrs.  Riley,  Ashmead  and  Howard. 

Prof.  Fernow  gave  a  report  on  the  results  in  Europe  of  the  use  of  the 
new  insect  lime  against  Psilura  monacha  the  use  of  which  he  stated  had 
been  a  perfect  success.  He  described  the  process  of  quarantining  infested 
areas  by  surrounding  them  with  poles  which  are  then  smeared  witli  tin- 


214  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [December, 

lime,  and  also  various  machines  used  to  apply  the  lime  to  trees.    Discussed 
by  Prof.  Riley  and  others. 

Prof.  Riley  presented  a  paper  entitled  "A  New  Herbarium  Pest,"  in 
which  he  described  the  transformations  and  habits  of  a  small  Geometrid 
moth  (Carphonera  pelearia  nov.  gen.  etsp.)  which,  during  the  last  two 
years,  has  seriously  infested  and  damaged  the  herbarium  specimens  in  the 
Botanical  Division  of  the  Agricultural  Department.  These  larvae  were 
first  noted  on  plants  from  the  southwest  United  States,  and  have  confined 
their  work  in  the  main  to  plants  from  that  section,  but  are  also  spreading 
to  eastern  plants.  A  list  of  the  particularly  infested  plants  furnished  by 
Mr.  Dewey,  of  the  Botanical  Division,  was  given.  A  description  of  the 
insect,  which  is  a  new  species  and  will  require  a  new  genus  for  its  recep- 
tion, was  given,  and  figures  of  all  stages  were  exhibited.  Various  means 
lor  the  control  of  this  pest  were  given  (see  "  Insect  Life,"  iv,  Nos.  3  and  4). 

Prof.  Riley  gave  some  additional  notes  on  Panchlora  viridis,  in  which 
he  referred  to  the  receipt  of  two  additional  specimens,  one  from  Gustave 
Gutenberg,  of  Pittsburg,  and  the  other  from  Carl  Gissler,  of  Brooklyn. 
The  first  of  these,  shortly  after  capture,  gave  birth  to  a  number  of  living 
young  and  afterwards  extruded  an  imperfect  egg-cluster  including  a  num- 
ber of  unhatched  eggs;  and  the  other,  on  dissection,  was  found  to  contain 
a  perfect  egg-cluster  with  the  young  nearly  mature  and  ready  to  emerge. 
This  egg-cluster,  which  differs  widely  from  that  of  the  other  roaches,  was 
described  and  a  figure  of  it  exhibited. 

Prof.  Riley  described  the  modifications  of  the  abdomen  in  Panchlora 
which  afforded  the  space  necessary  for  the  escape  and  pre-natal  develop- 
ment of  the  young  within  the  abdomen. 

The  enveloping  egg-sac  of  other  roaches  was  in  this  species  reduced  to 
a  scarcely  discernible  pellicle,  which  did  not  cover  the  eggs  entire,  but 
was  limited  to  the  inner  or  concave  half  of  the  egg-mass  (see  "Insect 
Life,"  iv,  Nos.  3  and  4). 

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PAMPHILA  AND  CATOCALA.     Good  value  in  cash  or  exchange  for  perfect 
specimens. — Philip  Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Dragonflies  ( Cdonata)  wanted  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  State  what 
is  desired  in  return. — Ph.  P.  Calvert,  Entom.  Section,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci., 
1 9th  and  Race  Sts.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


The  undersigned  would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  any  one  interested  in 
the  collection  and  study  of  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  either  to  corre- 
spond or  exchange  specimens.  Will  collect  all  orders  in  this  vicinity  and 
exchange  for  Coleoptera  of  other  localities. — Charles  Liebeck,  Entomo- 
logical Section  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Wanted,  Cocoons  and  Crysalids  of  N.  A.  Macrolepidoptera.     Will  ex- 
change exotic  species  for  same.    L.  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 


MEMBRACID<E  :  I  wish  to  purchase,  by  exchange  of  other  orders  or 
otherwise,  JMembracidcs  of  the  world.  Articles  on  Homoptera  desired.— 
Dr.  F.  W.  Coding,  Rutland,  111. 


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EXOTIC  LEPIDOPTERA. 

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his  extensive  stock  of  the  above. 

For  several  years  past  he  has  received  from  experienced  Entomologists, 
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North  American  botanical  specimens  offered  in  exchange  for  butterflies 
and  moths — I.  C.  Martindale,  Camden,  N.  J. 

The  LEPIDOPTERA  of  the  world  offered  in  exchange  for  North  American 
MACROLEPIDOPTERA. — Henry  Skinner,  716  North  2oth  St.,  I'hilada.,  Pa. 

LEPIDOPTERA.  Cocoons  of  hybrids,  ex  Ccaiiothi  et  Cccropia ;  also 
Gloveri  et  Cecropia,  besides  set  specimens  of  N.  Am.  species.  Lists  ex- 
changed.— Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. — New  Windsor  Delivery. 

HEMIPTERA  desired  in  exchange,  especially  in  HOMOPTERA,  either 
named  or  unnamed.  Correspondence  solicited. — E.  P.  Van  Duzee,  Gros- 
venor  Library,  New  York. 

A  limited  number  of  Neo/iympha  IMitchellii  French,  n.  sp. ,  for  exchange. 
Send  lists  to  Irving  N.  Mitchell,  Fond  clu  Lac,  Wisconsin. 

PAMPHILA  AND  CAT<  >CALA.  Good  value  in  cash  or  exchange  for  perfect 
specimens. — Philip  Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dragonflies  (Cdonafa]  wanted  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  State  what 
is  desired  in  return. — Ph.  P.  Calvert,  Entom.  Section,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci. , 
igth  and  Race  Sts.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

The  undersigned  would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  any  one  interested  in 
the  collection  and  study  of  Coleoptera  of  N.  Am.,  either  to  correspond  or 
exchange  specimens.  Will  collect  all  orders  in  this  vicinity  and  exchange 
lor  Coleoptera  of  other  localities. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Phila. 

Wanted,  Cocoons  and  Crysalids  of  N.  A.  Macrolepidoptera.  \Vill  ex- 
change exotic  species  for  same.  L.  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 

MEMBRACIDJE  :  I  wish  to  purchase,  by  exchange  of  other  orders  or 
otherwise,  MeinbracidiC  of  the  world.  Articles  on  Homoptera  desired.— 
Dr.  F.  W.  Goding,  Rutland,  111. 

MACROLEPIDOPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Insects 
of  any  order,  or  other  objects  of  natural  history,  collected  in  exchange. 
State  what  is  wanted.  List  of  Lepidoptera,  that  can  be  furnished  next 
season,  sent  on  application. — C.  S.  Westcott,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.  Phila.,  Pa. 

I  offer  Coleoptera  and  Neuroptera,  principally  European,  carefully  de- 
termined, in  exchange  for  Hemiptera-Heteroptera  from  any  region,  unde- 
termined, but  correctly  labeled  as  to  locality  of  capture. — A.  L.  Montandon, 
strada  viilor  filarete,  Bucarest,  Roumania. 

COLEOPTKKA  and  OKTHOPTKRA  and  Chrysalids  from  New  York  and  N. 
Mexico,  collected  1889,  in  exchange  tor  Coleoptera,  Orthoptera  and  chrys- 
alids  of  N.  America. — H.  Meeske,  1542  Gates  Ave.,  lirooklyn,  X  N'. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepicloptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  ( '.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates.  —  I!.  Neiimoegen, 
P.  ( ).  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTERA.— Rev.  W.  f.  Holland,  D.D.,  Fifth  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
desires  to  obtain,  by  purchase  and  exchange,  Lepidoptera  from  all  parts 
of  the  world.  Liberal  prices  paid.  Asiatic  and  African  Lepidoptcra  de- 
sired, especially  Lyca.-nida_>  and  Hesperida'. 

AMERICAN  LKPIIH>PTKKA. — Any  but  the  most  common  Khopalocera, 
Sphinges,  P.ombycids  and  Catocalas  desired  in  exchange  for  European 
and  exotic  species.  Lists  exchanged.  —  Edward  T.  <  hveii,  Madison,  Wis. 

Coi.Koi'TKKA  ol'Neu  York  in  exchange  for  any  North  American  species 
not  in  my  collection.  Correspondents  in  the  South  and  West  especially 
desired. — John  D.  Sherman,  jr.,  953  Paulding  Street,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 


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EXCHANGES. 

North  American  botanical  specimens  offered  in  exchange  for  butterflies 
and  moths — I.  C.  Martindale,  Camden,  N.  J. 

The  LEPIDOPTERA  of  the  world  offered  in  exchange  for  North  American 
MACROLEPIDOPTERA. — Henry  Skinner,  716  North  2oth  St.,  Philada.,  Pa. 

LEPIDOPTERA.  Cocoons  of  hybrids,  ex  Ceaiiothi  et  Cecropia ;  also 
Gloveri  et  Cecropia,  besides  set  specimens  of  N.  Am.  species.  Lists  ex- 
changed.— Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. — New  Windsor  Delivery. 

HEMIPTERA  desired  in  exchange,  especially  in  HOMOPTERA,  either 
named  or  unnamed.  Correspondence  solicited. — E.  P.  Van  Duzee,  Gros- 
venor  Library,  New  York. 

A  limited  number  of  Neonyinpha  Mifc/ieltii  French,  n.  sp.,  for  exchange. 
Send  lists  to  Irving  N.  Mitchell,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin. 

PAMPHILA  AND  CATOCALA.  Good  value  in  cash  or  exchange  for  perfect 
specimens. — Philip  Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dragonflies  (Cdonafa]  wanted  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  State  what 
is  desired  in  return. — Ph.  P.  Calvert,  Entom.  Section,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci., 
19th  and  Race  Sts.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

The  undersigned  would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  any  one  interested  in 
the  collection  and  study  of  Coleoptera  of  N.  Am.,  either  to  correspond  or 
exchange  specimens.  Will  collect  all  orders  in  this  vicinity  and  exchange 
for  Coleoptera  of  other  localities. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Phila. 

MACROLEPIDOPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Insects 
of  any  order,  or  other  objects  of  natural  history,  collected  in  exchange. 
State  what  is  wanted.  List  of  Lepidoptera,  that  can  be  furnished  next 
season,  sent  on  application. — C.  S.  Westcott,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.  Phila.,  Pa. 

(Continued  on  third  page.) 

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LEPIDOPTERA.  Cocoons  of  hybrids,  ex  Ccanotlii  et  Cecropia ;  also 
Gloveri  et  Cecropia,  besides  set  specimens  of  N.  Am.  species.  I  Jsts  ex- 
changed.— Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. — New  Windsor  Delivery. 

HEMIPTERA  desired  in  exchange,  especially  in  HOMOPTERA,  either 
named  or  unnamed.  Correspondence  solicited. — E.  P.  Van  Duzee,  Gros- 
venor  Library,  Buffalo,  New  York. 

Correspondence  and  exchanges  in  Coleoptera  solicited.  \Yill  collect 
other  orders  for  N.  A.  Coleoptera. — C.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Phila. 

MACROLEPIDOPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Insects 
of  any  order,  or  other  objects  of  natural  history,  collected  in  exchange. 
State  what  is  wanted.  List  of  Lepidoptera,  that  can  be  furnished  next 
season,  sent  on  application. — C.  S.  Westcott,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.  Phila.,  Pa. 

Wanted,  Cocoons  and  Crysalids  of  N.  A.  Macrolepidoptera.  VVill  ex- 
change exotic  species  for  same.  L.  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 

MEMBRACID^E  :  I  wish  to  purchase,  by  exchange  of  other  orders  or 
otherwise,  Membratidas  of  the  world.  Articles  on  Homoptera  desired.— 
Dr.  F.  W.  Coding,  Rutland,  111. 

I  offer  Coleoptera  and  Hemiptera,  carefully  determined,  and  Insects  of 
any  order  unnamed,  principally  European,  in  exchange  for  Hemiptera- 
Heteroptera  from  any  region,  undetermined,  but  correctly  labeled  as  to 
locality. — A.  L.  Montandon,  strada  viilor  filarete,  Bucarest,  Roumania. 

COLEOPTERA  and  ORTHOPTERA  and  Chrysalids  from  New  York  and  N. 
Mexico,  collected  1889,  in  exchange  for  Coleoptera,  Orthoptera  and  chrys- 
alids  of  N.  America. — H.  Meeske,  1542  Gates  Ave. ,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates. — B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTERA.— Rev.  W.  J.  Holland,  D.D.,  Fifth  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
desires  to  obtain,  by  purchase  and  exchange,  Lepidoptera  from  all  parts 
of  the  world.  Liberal  prices  paid.  *  Asiatic  and  African  Lepidoptera  de- 
sired, especially  Lycsenidae  and  Hesperidae. 

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WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  epecies.- — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

COLEOPTERA. — I  wish  to  exchange  G.  spcciosus  and  5".  ralcanita  for 
other  perfect  specimens  of  Cerambycidae.  Send  list  of  duplicates  to 
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Dr.  FRANZ  SPAETH,  I  Kohlmessergasse  3,  Vienna,  Austria,  offers  Eu- 
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venor  Library,  Buffalo,  New  York. 

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change exotic  species  for  same.  L.  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  and  Chrysalids  from  New  York  and  N. 
Mexico,  collected  1889,  in  exchange  for  Coleoptera,  Lepidoptera  and  chrys- 
alids  of  N.  America. — H.  Meeske,  1542  Gates  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates. — B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  any  North  American  species 
not  in  my  collection.  Correspondents  in  the  South  and  West  especially 
desired. — John  D.  Sherman,  Jr.,  953  Paulding  Street,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  papers,  reports  and  clip- 
pings. Will  exchange  for  them  original  drawings  or  paintings  of  insects. 
— Alda  M.  Sharp,  Gladbrook,  Iowa. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LKIMDOPTP:RA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  epecies. — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

COLEOPTERA. — I  wish  to  exchange  C.  speciosns  and  5".  ra/carata  for 
other  perfect  specimens  of  Cerambycicke.  Send  list  of  duplicates  to 
Christ.  Hauschildt,  care  of  Cosack  &  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 

Dr.  FRANZ  SPAETH,  I  Kohlmessergasse  3,  Vienna,  Austria,  desires  to 
exchange  European  and  Syrian  Coleoptera  for  American,  especially  Cer- 
ambycidae  and  Chrysomelicke.  Oblata  from  Henshaw. 

WANTED  for  cash  or  exchange,  determined  or  undetermined,  Melan- 
clryidce  and  Oedemerida;. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O., 
S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Six  pairs  of  Ar^ynnix  Diana,  fine;  also  Exotic  Butterflies. 
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quality;  Darjeeling  Butterflies,  Onrithop.  Cncstis  expected  shortly,  and 
others  from  Baljan.  Duplicate  list  of  exotic  species  wanted.— W.  Dannatt, 
Westcombe  Park,  London,  S.  E.  England. 

WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  etc.,  in  exchange  for 
Japanese  insects. — H.  Looinis,  Yokohama,  Japan. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  for 
entomological  books,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  the  South 
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EXOTIC  LEPIDOPTEKA7 

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cies from  Assam,  Central  Africa,  etc.,  from  my  own  collectors. 

PULL  LIST  ON  APPLICATION. 

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Special  offer  for  clearance  of  surplus  stock.  Mixed  collections  in 
papers  : 

One  hundred  specimens  from  West  Africa,  including  Charaxes  smaragdalis, 
ameliae,  pollux,  etc.  Euphaedia  zampa,  paucina,  arcadius,  fine  Papilios,  etc.  :  in 
all  fifty  species.  Price  $20. 

One  hundred  specimens  from  Assam  (Khasia  Hills)  with  Papilios  gyas,  evan. 
Teinopalpus  imperialis  rT;  in  ail  fifty  species.  Price  $30. 

Above  forwarded  on  receipt  of  remittance.  Selections  of  rare  species  sent 
on  approval  to  known  or  referred  correspondents. 

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FOR  SALE  AT  MODERATE  PRICES. 

Collectors  desiring  perfect  specimens  of  good  species  from  the  West, 
Southwest  and  Northwest,  should  send  for  new  price-list  to 

H.  F.  WICK  HAM, 

Iowa  City,  Iowa 


EXCHANGES. 

\Yanted,  Cocoons  and  Crysalids  of  N.  A.  Macrolepidoptera.     Will  ex- 
change exotic  species  for  same.    L.  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 
COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  and  Chrysalids from  New  York  and  N. 
Mexico,  collected  1889,  in  exchange  for  Coleoptera,  Lepidoptera  and  clirys- 
alids  of  N.  America.— H.  Meeske,  1542  Gates  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates.— B.  Neurnoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  any  North  American  species 
not  in  my  collection.  Correspondents  in  the  South  and  West  especially 
desired.— John  D.  Sherman,  Jr.,  953  Paulding  Street,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  papers,  reports  and  clip- 
pings. Will  exchange  for  them  original  drawings  or  paintings  of  insects. 
— Alda  M.  Sharp,  Gladbrook,  Iowa. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  epecies. — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

COLEOPTERA. — I  Wish  to  exchange  G.  speciosus  and  S.  ralcarata  for 
other  perfect  specimens  of  Cerambycidae.  Send  list  of  duplicates  to 
Christ.  Hauschildt,  care  of  Cosack  &  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 

Dr.  FRANZ  SPAETH,  I  Kohlmessergasse  3,  Vienna,  Austria,  desires  to 
exchange  European  and  Syrian  Coleoptera  for  American,  especially  Cer- 
ambycidae and  Chrysomelidae.  Oblata  from  Henshaw. 

WANTED  for  cash  or  exchange,  determined  or  undetermined,  Melan- 
dryidse  and  Oedemerida;. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O., 
S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Six  pairs  of  Argynnis  Diana,  fine;  also  Exotic  Butterflies. 
Exchange:  Java  Butterflies.  Ornithopte-ra  L'rrUliana,  one  pair,  second 
quality;  Darjeeling  Butterflies,  Ornithop.  Cnvsns  expected  shortly,  and 
others  from  Baljan.  Duplicate  list  of  exotic  species  wanted. — W.  Dannatt, 
Westcombe  Park,  London,  S.  E.  England. 

WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  etc.,  in  exchange  for 
lapanese  insects. — H.  Loomis,  Yokohama,  Japan. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  lor 
entomological  books,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  the  South 
and  West.— Lee  B.  Walton,  Jr.,  Bear  Lake,  Warren  County,  Pa. 

I  have  a  number  of  Patent  Office  and  Agricultural  Reports,  containing 
valuable  plates  and  descriptions  of  insects  which  I  will  exchange  for  con- 
chological  works. — W.  W.  Westgate,  200  Washington  St.,  Houston,  Tex. 
I  have  thirteen  of  the  first  volumes  of  "Canadian  Entomologist."  some 
whole  and  some  broken,  which  I  wish  to  exchange  for  Lepidoptera.— H. 
B.  Hawkins,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 

COLKOPTERA  in  exchange. — Can  supply  species  from  the  West  and 
Northwest.— Dr.  H.  G.  Griffith,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodius  phaleriaides, 
Blepharida  rliois.   Stri^xh-nna  pyginteii,    Dryocainpa  ni/ucian/n.    f\un 
phtla  panoquin,  Citlicnniia  regaliswnA  many  other  good  things.  —  i  hilip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia    Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  /.(-if.cra  /rsculi.  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  inipcrialis.  Would  like  Catocalas,  /:.  ini- 
/XTitr/is  var.  ifidytna,  or  western  Colias.  —  K.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

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BLAKE  &  CO.,  55  N.  Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia. 

For  Sale. — Japanese  Lepidoptera,  Orthoptera,  Coleoptera,  Diptera, 
Hymenoptera,  etc.  Also  Sea,  Land  and  Fresh  Water  Shells. 

H.  LOO  MIS,    Yokohama,  Japan. 

Entomological_Works  for  Sale. 

Classification  of  the  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  by  Drs.  LeConte 
and  Horn,  567  pp.  (Smithsonian  Institution)         .  ...  .$2.50 

List  of  the  Coleoptera  of  America,  North  of  Mexico,  by  Samuel  Hen- 
shaw,  1885,  166  pp.  .     1.25 

First  Supplement  to  the  same,  1887       .         .  .  .         .       .25 

Second  Supplement  to  the  same,  1889  ...  ...       .25 

Monograph  of  the  Sphiugidce  of  America  North  of  Mexico,  by  John 
15.  Smith,  194  pp.  10  plates,  1888  .         .  .  ...     2.00 

Synopsis  of  the  Families  and  Genera  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  America 
North  of  Mexico,  by  E.  T.  Cresson.     Parts  i  and  2  complete,  350  pp.     1887     3.00 

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Teniopalpns  imperialis  v  .  Papilio  antimachus,  Armaudia  lidderdali,  new  spe- 
cies from  Assam,  Central  Africa,  etc.,  from  my  own  collectors. 

PULL  LIST  O1V  APPLICATION. 

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Special  offer  for  clearance  of  surplus  stock.  Mixed  collections  in 
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ameliae,  pollux,  etc.  Euphaeclia  zampa,  paucina,  arcadius,  fine  Papilios,  etc.  ;  in 
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Teinopalpus  imperialis  ^-,  in  ail  fifty  species.  Price  130. 

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Bank  reference:  London  and  County  Croydon. 

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COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  from  New  York  and  N.  Mexico,  in  ex- 
change for  Coleoptera  and  Lepidoptera  of  N.  America.— H.  Meeske,  315 
Wyckoff  Are.,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.S. 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates.— B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  North  American  Cicindelidae, 
Dytiscidce,  Pse'aphiclae,  Scydmaenidae  and  Staphylihidas. — John  I).  Sher- 
man, Jr.,  71  E.  8-th  St..  New  York  City. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 

A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryidae  and  Oedemeridse  espe- 
cially desired.— Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O.,  S.  I.,  I1  .  Y. 

WANTED. — Argynms  Diana,  <^9  fine-  2  or  3  pairs.  Exotic  Butterflies. 
Papilios,  Nymphalidaa;  will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.— W.  Dannatt, 
\\'estcombe  Park,  London,  England. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  for 
entomological  books,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  the  South 
and  West. — Lee  B.  Walton,  Jr.,  Bear  Lake,  Warren  County,  Pa. 

I  have  thirteen  of  the  first  volumes  of  "  Canadian  Entomologist,"  some 
whole  and  some  broken,  which  I  wish  to  exchange  for  Lepidoptera. — H. 

B.  Hawkins,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodius phalerioides, 
Blepharida  rhois,  Strigodcrma  py^uura,  Dryocampa  rubicunda,  Pam- 
phila  panoquin.  Cithcronia  rcgalis  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zeuzera  crscnli,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  imperially.  Would  like  Catocalas,  h.  iui- 
perialis  var.  didyma,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COLEOPTERA  and 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited.— Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  specimens  of  same  not 
in  my  collection.  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  W.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St., 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

DIPTEKA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  collect  in  exchange  any 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity.— j.  M.  Aldrich,  Brookings,  S.  O. 

I  desire  to  exchange  Coleoptera  of  Europe  for  Cerambycida  of  North 
America.  Those  who  have  Cerambycidaa  of  U.  S.  for  sale,  please  send  me 
list  with  prices;  perfect  specimens  only  desired. — L.  Yillard,  Rue  Royale 
33,  Lyon,  France. 

A  few  live  cocoons  of  the  very  rare  Sam  iff  Columbia  Sm.  in  exchange 
for  other  rare  species;  also  set  specimens  of  American  Lepidoptera;  no 
postals;  no  sales;  list  exchanged. — Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
New  Windsor  delivery. 

I  offer  Coleoptera  and  Hemiptcra,  carefully  determined,  and  insects  of 
any  order,  unnamed,  principally  European,  in  exchange  for  Hemiptera- 
Heteroptera  from  any  region,  undetermined. — A.  L.  Montandon,  Strada 
viilor  filarete,  Bucarest,  Roumania. 

COLEOPTERA  of  California  offered  in  exchange  for  other  desired  species 
from  same  localitv.  Correspondence  and  exchange  lists  solicited. — Wm. 
N.  Price,  1212  Jefferson  Street,  Oakland,  Cala. 

P.  C.  STOCKHAUSEN,  ENTOMOLOGICAL  PRINTEH.  55  N.  7TH  ST  ,  PHILA.,  PA. 


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Send  for  my  new  price-list  of  650  species.  Many  new  things.  Also  a  list  of 
fine  Mexican  beetles,  and  a  small  list  of  choice  Lepidoptera. 

gg^"  As  a  special  offer  to  young  entomologists,  I  will  send  150  species,  four 
specimens  of  each,  600  in  all,  correctly  named  California  beetles  for  ten  dollars. 

L.  E.  RICKSECKER,  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 

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of  many  rare  North  American  and  Exotic  Lepidoptera.  Biological  collections 
for  museums  put  up  in  best  style,  especially  of  the  silk  producers  of  the  world. 
it  ordered  in  advance  of  season.  Send  5  cents  for  list  and  postage. 

Prof.  Carl  Braun,  Naturalist,  Bangor,  Maine,  U.  S.  A. 


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OF    THE 

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ment  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  and  with  the  aid  of  an  aimua- 
grant  made  by  that  Society. 

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change exotic  species  for  same.  L.  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  and  Chrysalids  from  New  York  and  N. 
Mexico,  collected  1889,  in  exchange  for  Coleoptera,  Lepidoptera  and  chrys- 
alids  of  N.  America. — H.  Meeske,  1542  Gates  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates. — B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  any  North  American  species 
not  in  my  collection.  Correspondents  in  the  South  and  West  especially 
desired.— John  D.  Sherman,  Jr.,  953  Paulding  Street,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  papers,  reports  and  clip- 
pings. Will  exchange  for  them  original  drawings  or  paintings  of  insects. 
— Alda  M.  Sharp,  Gladbrook,  Iowa. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  epecies. — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

COLEOPTERA. — I  wish  to  exchange  G.  speciosus  and  6".  ra/carata  for 
other  perfect  specimens  of  CeramBycidse.  Send  list  of  duplicates  to 
Christ.  Hauschildt,  care  of  Cosack  &  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 

Dr.  FRANZ  SPAETH,  I  Kohlmessergasse  3,  Vienna,  Austria,  desires  to 
exchange  European  and  Syrian  Coleoptera  for  American,  especially  Cer- 
ambycidse  and  Chrysomelidae.  Oblata  from  Henshaw. 

WANTED  for  cash  or  exchange,  determined  or  undetermined,  Melan- 
dryidce  and  Oedemericke. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O., 
S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Six  pairs  of  Argyn>iis  Diana,  tine;  also  Exotic  Butterllies. 
/-.jfi'hajige:  lava  Butterflies,  Ornithoptera  I'rrilliana,  one  pair,  second 
quality;  Darjeeling  Butterflies,  Ornithof>.  Cnrs/is  expected  sliortly,  and 
others  from  Baljan.  Duplicate  list  of  exotic  species  wanted. — W.  Dannatt, 
Wcstcombe  Park,  London,  S.  E.  England. 

\\' ANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  etc.,  in  exchange  tor 
Japanese  insects. — H.  Loomis,  Yokohama.  Japan. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  for 
entomological  hooks,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  tin-  South 
and  West. — Lee  B.  Walton,  Jr.,  Bear  Lake,  Warren  County,  I 'a. 

1  have  a  number  of  Patent  Office  and  Agricultural  Reports,  containing 
valuable  plates  and  descriptions  of  insects  which   1  will  exchange  tor  con 
chological  works. — W.  W.  Westgatr,  200  Washington  St.,  Houston.  'IV \ 

P.  C  STOCKHAUSEN,  ENTOMOLOGICAL  PRINTER.  55  N.  ?TH  ST  .  PHILA.,  PA. 


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H.  LOOMIS,    Yokohama,  Japan. 

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Synopsis  of  the  Families  and  Genera  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  America 
North  of  Mexico,  by  E.  T.  Cresson.     Parts  i  and  2  complete,  350  pp.     1887     3.00 

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OF   THE 

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OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 

• 

o 

JANUARY,  1891. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINNER,  M.  D. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  : 

GEO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BLAKE. 

EZRA  T.  CRESSON.  PHILIP  P.  CAI.VI  KT. 


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PUBLISHED 

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grant  made  by  that  Society. 

It  will  be  published  monthly,  excepting  July  and  August,  and  will  contain 
not  less  than  160  pages  per  annum.  It  will  maintain  no  free-list  whatever, 
but  will  leave  no  measure  untried  to  make  it  a  necessity  to  every  student  of 
insect  life,  so  that  its  very  moderate  annual  subscription  may  be  considered 
well  spent. 

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Rare  North  American  Coleoptera 

FOR  SALE  AT  MODERATE  PRICES. 

Collectors  desiring  perfect  specimens  of  good  species  from  the  West, 
Southwest  and  Northwest,  should  send  for  new  price-list  to 

H.  F.  WICKHAM, 

Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

EXOTlCfTEPIDOPTERAr 

Teniopalpus  iinperialis  ? ,  Papilio  antimaclms,  Armandia  lidderdali,  new  spe- 
cies from  Assam,  Central  Africa,  etc.,  from  my  own  collectors. 
FULL  LTST  ON  APPLICATION. 

'I  have  by  far  the  largest  stock  of  Exotic  Lepidoptera  in  England. 

Special  offer  for  clearance  of  surplus  stock.  Mixed  collections  in 
papers  : 

One  hundred  specimens  from  West  Africa,  including  Charaxes  smaragdalis, 
ameliae,  pollux,  etc.  Euphaedia  zampa,  paucina,  arcadius,  line  Papilios,  etc. ;  in 
all  fifty  species.  Price  $20. 

One  hundred  specimens  from  Assam  (Khasia  Hills)  with  Papilios  gyas,  evan. 
Teinopalpus  imperialis  r?\  in  ail  fifty  species.  Price  $30. 

Above  forwarded  on  receipt  of  remittance.  Selections  of  rare  species  sent 
on  approval  to  known  or  referred  correspondents. 

Bank  reference:  London  and  County  Croydon. 

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COLEOPTKRA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  and  Chrysalids  from  New  York  and  N- 
Mexico,  collected  1889,  in  exchange  for  Coleoptera,  Lepidoptera  and  chrys' 
alids  of  N.  America. — H.  Meeske,  1542  Gates  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates.— B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  North  American  Cicindelida  , 
Dytiscidae,  Pselaphidae,  Scydmsenidse  and  Staphylinidae. — John  D.  Sher- 
man, Jr.,  71  E.  8jth  St.,  New  York  City. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 

A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

COLEOPTERA. — I  wish  to  exchange  G.  spcciosus  and  5.  ralcaraia  for 
other  perfect  specimens  of  Cerambycidce.  Send  list  of  duplicates  to 
Christ.  Hauschildt,  care  of  Cosack  &  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 

Dr.  FRANZ  SPAETH,  I  Kohlmessergasse  3,  Vienna,  Austria,  desires  to 
exchange  European  and  Syrian  Coleoptera  for  American,  especially  Cer- 
ambycidae  and  Chrysomelidse.  Oblata  from  Henshaw. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryida.'  and  Oedemeridce  espe- 
cially desired.— Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Kosebank  P.  O..  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Argyutiis  Diana,  ^  $  fine,  2  or  3  pairs.  Exotic  Butterflies. 
Papilios,  Nymphalidae;  will  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  Duplicate /fr- 
pilio  Anfenor,  2  or  3  fine,  and  several  pairs  P.  Arjuna,  Krishna,  Arctii- 
nts,  Eudoctius.  Amandia,  Lidderdalii,  Polyctor.  African  Charaxes, 
Ornithoptera  Urvilliana,  fair;  Victoria,  9  fair. — \\r.  Dannatt,  Westcombe 
Park,  London,  England. 

WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  etc.,  in  exchange  for 
Japanese  insects. — H.  Loomis,  Yokohama,  Japan. 

COLEOPTKRA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  lor 
entomological  books,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  the  South 
and  West. — Lee  B.  Walton,  Jr.,  Bear  Lake,  Warren  County,  Pa. 

I  have  a  number  of  Patent  Office  and  Agricultural  Reports,  containing 
valuable  plates  and  descriptions  of  insects  which  I  will  exchange  for  con- 
chological  works. — W.  W.  Westgate,  200  Washington  St.,  Houston,  Tex. 

I  have  thirteen  of  the  first  volumes  of  "Canadian  Entomologist,"  some 
whole  and  some  broken,  which  I  wish  to  exchange  for  Lepidoptera. — H. 

B.  Hawkins,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange. — Can  supply  species  from  the  West  and 
Northwest.— Dr.  H.  G.  Griffith,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchangi-. — Aphodius phalerioidcs, 
Blepharida  rhois,  Strigoderma  pygmcea,  Dryocampa  rnbicunda,  /  \nn- 
phila  panoqidn,  Citherania  >r^a/is  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zcnzera  fcscnli,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  alsu  of  E.  iniperia/is.  Would  like  Catocalas,  /•..  im- 
pend/is var.  didytna,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Oltolengui,  115  .Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

MACROLEPIDOPTERA  from  the  extreme  South  and  Northwest  wanted  in 
exchange  for  central  New  Hampshire  species. — Charles  Y.  (ioodhue. 
Webster,  N.  H. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  W.  Mengel,  620  Pi  nn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COI.EOPTI- K.\  and 
desire  to  exchange  tor  species  not  in  mv  collection.  Correspi  lulence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited.— ("has.  Liebeck,  Knt.  Sec.  A.  N  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic- 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeuay.  Ontario,  Can. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  South  Texas  for  exchange:  P.  palaincdcs,  crcsplwnics, 
Cystineiira  amyunuic,  ( '.  tr^a/is.  In^lyphia,  haroglyphisa,  and  other  good 
things. — J.  T.  Mason.  Houston,  Texas. 

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200  pages  12  x  10  inches,  having  room  for  4,600  entries.  Bound  in  cloth.  Suitable 
also  for  recording  collections  of  birds,  etc.  Price  each,  $2.00. 

BLAKE  &  CO.,  55  N.  Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Collecting  in  the  West  Indies. 


The  advertiser  intends  (D.  V.)  collecting  next  season  in  the  above  islands, 
and  hopes  to  begin  about  April.  He  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  one 
requiring  any  particular  order  collected. 

A  few  specimens  of  Floridian  diurnals  for  sale  cheap,  to  close  out. 


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OF   THE 

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OF 

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ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  : 

GEO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BI.AKK. 

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by  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy,  with  the  endorsel 
ment  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  and  with  the  aid  of  an  annua- 
grant  made  by  that  Society. 

It  will  be  published  monthly,  excepting  July  and  August,  and  will  contain 
not  less  than  160  pages  per  annum.  It  will  maintain  no  free-list  whatever, 
but  will  leave  no  measure  untried  to  make  it  a  necessity  to  every  student  of 
insect  life,  so  that  its  very  moderate  annual  subscription  may  be  considered 
well  spent. 

Annual  subscription  $1.00,  in  advance. 

Exchanges  and  works  for  review  solicited. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  will  be  inserted  at  the  rate  of  15  cents  per  square  inch, 
single  insertion  ;  25  per  cent,  discount  on  longer  insertions  up  to  6  months  ; 
above  that  335/3  per  cent,  discount.  No  advertisement  taken  for  less  than  50 
cents.  Cash  in  advance. 

SgiT  All  remittances  should  be  addressed  to  E.  T.  CRESSON,  Treasurer, 
P.  0.  Box  1577,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  all  other  communications  to 

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and 

SCIENTIFIC  PAPERS  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences, 

SOLICITED.  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  U.  S.  A. 

Entomological  Works  for  Sale. 

Classification  of  the  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  by  Drs.  LeConte 
and  Horn,  567  pp.  (Smithsonian  Institution)  .  .  .  .  .$2.50 

List  of  the  Coleoptera  of  America,  North  of  Mexico,  by  Samuel  Hen- 
shaw,  1885,  166  pp.  .  .  .  .  1.25 

First  and  Second  Supplements  to  the  same  .         .         .         .         .         .       .50 

Second  Supplement  to  the  same,  1889  .         .         .         .         .         .         .       .25 

Monograph  of  the  Sphingidtz  of  America  North  of  Mexico,  by  John 
B  Smith,  194  pp.  10  plates,  1888 2.00 

Synopsis  of  the  Families  and  Genera  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  America 
North  of  Mexico,  by  E.  T.  Cresson.  Parts  i  and  2  complete,  350  pp.  1887  3.00 

Synopsis  of  the  Halticini  of  Boreal  America,  by  G.  H.  Horn,  M.  D., 
1 58  pp.  3  plates,  1889  .  .  1.75 

The  species  of  Heterocerus  and  Ochthebius  of  Boreal  America,  by  G. 
H.  Horn,  M.  D.,  26  pp.  2  plates,  1890  ....  ...  .35 

Notes  on  the  species  of  Dendroctomus  of  Boreal  America,  by  W.  G. 
Dietz,  M.  D.,  6pp.,  cuts,  1890 .15 

Catalogue  of  the  Coleoptera  common  to  North  America,  Northern 
Asia  and  Europe,  by  John  Hamilton,  M.  D.,  75  pp.,  1889  ....  .75 

The  Phycitidae  of  North  America,  by  Geo.  I).  Hulst,  136  pp.  3  plates. 
1890 1.50 

Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  vol.  xvii,  just 
completed.  Subscription  price  per  volume  ......  4.00 

Exchange  List  of  Butterflies  of  America  N.  of  Mexico  (from  "  Ento- 
mological News"  for  January,  1891);  single  copy,  scents;  2-10  copies,  3 
cents  each;  over  10  copies,  2  cents  each. 

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COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTEKA  from  New  York  and  N.  Mexico,  in  ex- 
change for  Coleoptera  and  Lepidoptera  of  N.  America.— H.  Meeske,  315 
Wyckoff  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  . 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates.— H.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  North  American  Cicindelidae, 
DytiscKke,  Pselaphidte,  Scydm;enido.-  and  Staphylinids. — |ohn  I).  Sher- 
man, |r.,  71  E.  87*  St.,  New  York  City. 

WA'NTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIIX  IPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryida;  and  Oedemerida;  espe- 
cially desired.— Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O.,  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodins p/ia/crioiJes, 
Blcpharida  rhois,  Strigodenna  py^nura,  Dryocampa  ruble  unda,  I'atn- 
phila  panoqiiin,  Cithcronia  rega/is  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

•  I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zcitzcru  ffsculi,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  unperialis.  Would  like  Catocalas,  h.  im- 
pend/is var.  didynia,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue.  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTERA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COLEOPTERA  and 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited.— Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Philn.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

COLEI  IPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  specimens  of  same  not 
in  my  collection.  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  W.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St., 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

DIPTEKA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  collect  in  exchange  any 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity. — }.  M.  Aldrich,  Brookings,  S.  D. 

I  desire  to  exchange  Coleoptera  of  Europe  for  Cerambycidce  of  North 
America.  Those  who  have  CerambycKke  of  U.  S.  for  sale,  please  send  me 
list  with  prices;  perfect  specimens  only  desired.— L.  Yiilard,  Rue  Royale 
33,  Ly«  m,  France. 

"A  few  live  cocoons  of  the  very  rare  Samia  Columbia  Sm.  in  exchange 
for  other  rare  species;  also  set  specimens  of  American  Lepidoptera;  no 
postals;  no  sales;  list  exchanged. — Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
New  Windsor  delivery. 

COLKOPTERA  of  California  offered  in  exchange  for  other  desired  species 
from  same  locality.  Correspondence  and  exchange  lists  solicited. — Win. 
N.  Price,  1212  Jefferson  Street,  Oakland,  Cala. 

WAN  IT-:D. — Odonata  (Dragonflies)  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  especially 
Gomphus  from  northern  Illinois.  North  American  Odonata  named  and 
exchanged. — Philip  P.  Calvert,  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Name  1  or  unnamed  Tachinidce  wanted  in  exchange  or  for  study,  from 
any  part  of  N.  Am.,  Mex.,  Cent.  Am.  and  W.  Indies.    Bred  material 
ti<  vilarly  desired.— C.  H.  Tyler  To wnsend,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

European  Coleoptera  and  Lepidoptera,  also  other  insects,  in  exchange 
lor  any  American  or  exotic  species. — <'hr.  Schroder,  Kendslmrg,  <  iermany. 

Hymendptera  (Aculeata).  I  desire  to  exchange  in  this  Order.  Ameri- 
can species  given  in  exchange  for  exotic.  Will  name  specimens  for  du- 
plicates.— Win.  L  Fox,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Live  larva;  and  pupa-  and  papered  imagos  of  /'nphia  trog/uifitu,  Co/itis 
cccsonia,  Triplogon  wodcsta,  Dar<-»nna  nndulosa,  Smerinthus  geminatus, 
etc.,  usually  for  exchange. — K.  R.  Rowley,  Curryville,  Pike  Co.,  Mo. 

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200  pages  i2x  10  inches,  having  room  for  4,600  entries.  Bound  in  cloth.  Suitable 
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BLAKE  &  CO.,  55  N.  Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia. 

COLLECTIONS  FOR  SCHOOLS,  BEGINNERS,  AMATEURS,  ETC. 

I  offer  at  lowest  prices  to  Beginners,  etc.,  collections  of  Lepidoptera  from 
smallest  to  largest  number,  containing  species  from  Fla.,  Atl.  States,  Col.,  Calif., 
Can.,  Mex.,  Cent,  and  S.  Am.  Eur.,  Asia,  etc.,  embracing  principal  groups  and 
genera  of  rarest  and  other  species;  all  expanded  ready  for  collection,  correctly 
named  with  exact  locality.  Lepidoptera  also  gratuitously  identified.  For  par- 
ticulars, address  Dr.  HERMAN  STRECKER,  P.  0.  Box  311,  Reading,  Penna. 

HESPERIDjE  NAMED. 

I  desire  to  buy  or  exchange  "  Skippers,"  and  will  gladly  name  in  this  family 
for  others.—  HENRY  SKINNER,  M.D.,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  Logan  Square, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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Fine  Carlsbader  Insect 
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THE  CANADIAN  ENTOMOLOGIST, 

PUBLISHED    BY    THE 

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of  the  continent.       Filled  with  original  matter. 

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VOL.  II.  No.  3. 


Entomological  News 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION 

OF   THE 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 


-o- 


MARCH,  1891. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINNER,  M.  D. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  : 

GEO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BLAKE. 

EZRA  T.  CRESSON.  PHILIP  P.  CALVERT. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

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Synopsis  of  the  Families  and  Genera  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  America 
North  of  Mexico,  by  E.  T.  Cresson.  Parts  i  and  2  complete,  350  pp.  1887  3.00 

Synopsis  of  the  Hatticini  of  Boreal  America,  by  G.  H.  Horn,  M.  D., 
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The  species  of  Heterocerus  and  Ochthebius  of  Boreal  America,  by  G. 
H.  Horn,  M.  D.,  26  pp.  2  plates,  1890  ....  .  •  -35 

Notes  on  the  species  of  Dendroctomus  of  Boreal  America,  by  W.  G. 
Dietz,  M.  D.,  6pp.,  cuts,  1890 15 

Catalogue  of  the  Coleoptera  common  to  North  America,  Northern 
Asia  and  Europe,  by  John  Hamilton,  M.  D.,  75  pp.,  1889 75 

The  Phycitidae  of  North  America,  by  Geo.  D.  Hulst,  136  pp.  3  plates. 
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venor  Library,  Buffalo,  New  York. 

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I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
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Sphinges,  Bombycids  and  Catocalas  desired  in  exchange  for  European 
and  exotic  species.  Lists  exchanged. — Edward  T.  Owen,  Madison,  Wis. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  any  North  American  species 
not  in  my  collection.  Correspondents  in  the  South  and  West  especially 
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WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  papers,  reports  and  clip- 
pings. Will  exchange  for  them  original  drawings  or  paintings  of  insects. 
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A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

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Christ.  Hauschiklt,  care  of  Cosack  &  Co.,  Buffalo,  X.  Y, 

Dr.  FRAN/.  SPAETH,  I  Kohlmessergasse  3,  Yienna,  Austria,  offers  Eu- 
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promptly  address  the  Editor,  Dr.  H.  Skinner,  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Logan  Square. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

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Lepidoptera. — W.  E.  LONGLEY,  115  So.  Ridgeland  Ave.,  Oak  Park,  111. 

Entomolog|cal_Works  for  Sale. 

Classification  of  the  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  by  Drs.  LeConte 
and  Horn,  567  pp.  (Smithsonian  Institution)         .         .  .         .  .$2.50 

List  of  the  Coleoptera  of  America,  North  of  Mexico,  by  Samuel  Hen- 
shaw,  1885,  1 66  pp .     1.25 

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Second  Supplement  to  the  same,  1889  ...  .25 

Monograph  of  the  Sphingidcs  of  America  North  of  Mexico,  by  John 
B.  Smith,  194  pp.  10  plates,  1888 2.00 

Synopsis  of  the  Families  and  Genera  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  America 
North  of  Mexico,  by  E.  T.  Cresson.     Parts  i  and  2  complete,  350  pp.     1887     3.00 

Synopsis  of  the  Halticini  of  Boreal  America,  by  G.  H.  Horn,  M.  D., 
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EXCHANGES 

Not  exceeding  three  lines  free  to  subscribers. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight",  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  V. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exi  :  ange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryida-  and  Oedemerina-  espe- 
cially desired. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  ().,  S.  I.,  >'.  Y. 

G  M.KOPTEKA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodius phalet xrideS^ 
J-ilcplmrida  r/iois,  S/rigodcnna  py^niu'n,  I  iiyocainpa  ni/ui/u/da,  J\iur 
pliila  panoqiiin,  Citlieroiiia  regalis  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zcitzcra  cescnli,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  iinperialix.  Would  like  Catocalas,  /:.  iin- 
perialis  var.  didyma,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

LEIMDOPTEKA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  NI  n ilnvestern 
LEPIDOPTERA.— Le\  i  \\'.  Mengel,  620  Penn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  GU.KOPTKKA  am! 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Knt.  Sec. 'A.  N.  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic- 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  specimens  of  same  not 
in  my  collection.  •  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  Wr.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St.. 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

DIPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  collect  in  exchange  any 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity. — J.  M.  Aldrich,  Brookings,  S.  I  >. 

A  few  live  cocoons  of  the  very  rare  Sain  in  Columbia  Sm.  in  exchange 
for  other  rare  species;  also  set  specimens  of  American  Lepidoptera;  no 
postals;  no  sales;  list  exchanged. — Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  V. 
New  Windsor  delivery. 

WANTED. — Odonafa  (Dragonflies)  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  especially 
( ,'uiiip/nis  from  northern  Illinois.  North  American  Odonata  named  and 
exchanged. — Philip  P.  Calvert,  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Named  or  unnamed  Tachinidae  wanted  in  exchange  or  for  study,  from 
any  part  of  N.  Am.,  Mex.,  Cent.  Am.  and  W.  Indies.  Bred  material  par- 
ticularly desired. — C.  H.  Tyler  Townsend,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

European  Lepidoptera  and  Chrysalids  in  exchange  for  any  others.— 
Chr.  Schroder,  Rendsburg,  Germany. 

Hymenoptera  (Aculeata).  1  desire  to  exchange  in  this  Order.  Ameri- 
can species  given  in  exchange  for  exotic.  Will  name  specimens  for  du- 
plicates.— Wm.  }.  Fox,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Live  larva?  and  pupa-  and  papered  imagos  of  l\iphia  fn>^//>di'a,  Collar 
ctrsonia,  Triplogon  modes/a.  Dart'iiiina  midii/oxa,  Smerinthus geminatus^ 
etc..  usually  for  exchange. — R.  R.  Rowley.  Curryville,  Pike  Co.,  Mo. 

Painphila  aaroui  and  many  other  rare  spe<  i«-s  1<>r  exchange.  Send  list 
of  duplicates  to  II.  Skinner,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Logan  Square,  Phila.,  Pa. 

CoLK.oi'TKRA   for   exchange. — Phymaphora    pitlchc/la.    My^ti'um   pei- 
pttlclira,  Ips  conflucntus  and  many  other  good  species  in  perfect  condi- 
tion.    Endomychidae,  Lejitune  and  < 'icindeliila'.  especially  desired. — 1  e< 
P..  Walton,  Jr.",  Kenka  College,  ^'ates  Co.,  N.  V. 

ORTHOPTERA  of  northeastern  United  States  and  provinces.  Acridida- 
and  N.  E.  specimens  particularly  desired.  Correspondence  and  exchanges. 
—Albert  P.  Morse,  \\'ellesle\  College,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

I  have  for  exchange  /'.  llairdii.  /'.  indra,  .\._fri^^-ti,  }'.  saga,  /'..  mag- 
da/a/a,  Hipparcliia  dioi/ysii/s,  C/iit»n)l>as  Hrncd,  Sphinx  ctiloradns,  S. 
I'lis/iti,  G.  pandora,  Cosxits  Urn r<  /and  other  rare  species.  1  \\ish  for  (.'a/o- 
ca/tis  and  /'/usiax. — I).  Bruce.  Brockport,  Monroe  Co.,  X.  ^'. 

I  will  gi\-e  good  exchange  for  species  of  /:7i'i>c/<'s  and  /Haps/inns.    Pi 
Lists  desired.     Erank  E.  I'.laisdell,  M.I).,  Coronado,  San  Diego  Co.,  Cal. 

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VOL.  II.  No.  5. 


Entomological  News 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION 

OF   THE 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 


MAY,  1891. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINNER,  M.  D. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  : 

GEO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BLAKE. 

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PHILADELPHIA  : 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  ROOMS  OF 

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LOGAN  SQUARE. 

1891. 


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One  thousand  (1000)  cocoons  of  Samia  cecropia  for  sale  or  exchange  for  other 
Lepidoptera.  —  W.  E.  LONGLEY,  115  So.  Ridgeland  Ave.,  Oak  Park,  111. 


HESPERD>C 

I  desire  to  buy  or  exchange  "  Skippers,"  and  will  gladly  name  in  this  family 
for  others.—  HENRY  SKINNER,  M.D.,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  Logan  Square, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Entomological  Works  for  Sale. 

Classification  of  the  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  by  Drs.  LeConte 
and  Horn,  567  pp.  (Smithsonian  Institution)         .  .         .          -$2.50 

List  of  the  Coleoptera  of  America,  North  of  Mexico,  by  Samuel  Hen- 
shaw,  1885,  166  pp  ............     1.25 

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Synopsis  of  the  Families  and  Genera  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  America 
North  of  Mexico,  by  E.  T.  Cresson.     Parts  i  and  2  complete,  350  pp.     1887     3.00 

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COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  from  New  York  and  N.  Mexico,  in  ex- 
change for  Coleoptera  and  Lepidoptera  of  N.  America.— H.  Meeske.  31  s 
Wyckoff  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N  V. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates. — 15.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  North  American  Cicindelidie, 
Dytiscidce,  Pselaphidae,  Scydmaenidae  and  Staphylinida,*. — John  I).  Sher- 
man, Jr.,  71  E.  87 th  St..  New  York  City. 

WANTED. — Macrqlepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 

A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryidae  and  Oedemeridze  espe- 
cially desired. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O.,  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Ar^ynnis  Diana,  $  9  mie-  2  or  3  pairs.  Exotic  Butterflies. 
Papilios,  Nymphalidae;  will  give  cash  or  good  exchange. — W.  Dannatt, 
Westcombe  Park,  London,  England. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  for 
entomological  books,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  the  South 
and  West. — Lee  B.  Walton,  Jr.,  Bear  Lake,  Warren  County,  Pa. 

I  have  thirteen  of  the  first  volumes  of  "Canadian  Entomologist,"  some 
whole  and  some  broken,  which  I  wish  to  exchange  for  Lepidoptera. — H. 

B.  Hawkins,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodius phalerioides, 
Blepharida  rliois.  Strigoderma  pygmeea,  Dryocanipa  ntbiciaida.  J'ain- 
phila  panoqnin,  Ciiheronia  regalis  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zeitzeva  (rsculi,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  iiupcrialis.  Would  like  Catocalas,  /:.  //;/- 
perialis  var.  didynia,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COLEOPTEKA  and 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  PI.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  South  Texas  for  exchange:  /'.  pa/aiiicdes,  crcsplioul:  .s, 
Cysfiiieura  aiiiyiiioiie,  C.  ir^a/is.  //i^/yp/iia,  /iaro^/yp/iisa,  and  other  good 
things. — J.  T.  Mason,  Houston,  Texas. 

COLEOPTERA  of  Nonh  America  in  exchange  for  specimens  <  if  same  not 
in  my  collection.  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  W.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St., 
East  Liverpool,  (  >hio. 

DIPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  collect  in  exchange  any 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity. — J.  M.  Aldrich,  Ilrookings,  S.  I). 

I  desire  to  exchange  Coleoptera  of  Europe  for  Cerambycida'  of  North 
America.  Those  who  have  Cerambycuke  of  L*.  S.  for  sale,  please  send  me 
list  with  prices;  perfect  specimens  only  desired. — L.  Yillard,  Rue  l\o\al< 
35,  Lyon,  Erance. 

A  few  live  cocoons  of  the  very  rare  Saniia  coluinhia  Sin.  in  exchange 
for  other  rare  species;  also  set  specimens  of  American  Eepidopiera;  no 
postals;  no  sales;  li-4  exchanged. — I'.mily  L.  Morton,  Newlmrgh,  N.  N'. 
New  \Vindsc  >r  delivt-ry. 

I  offer  Coleoplcni  and  Ilcnnplcfa,  carefully  determined,  and  insects  oi 
any  order,  unnamed,  principally  European,  in  exchange-  for  I  foniptcra- 
ILicroptcra  from  any  region,  undetermined. — A.  L.  Montandon,  Strada 
viilor  filarete,  lUicarest,  Roumania. 


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Send  for  my  new  price-list  of  650  species.  Many  new  things.  Also  a  list  of 
tine  .Mexican  beetles,  and  a  small  list  of  choice  Lepidoptera. 

gOP"  As  a  special  offer  to  young  entomologists,  I  will  send  150  species,  four 
specimens  of  each,  600  in  all,  correctly  named  California  beetles  for  ten  dollars. 

L.  E.  KICKSECKER,  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 

Live  Cocoons  and  Pupa*,  Fertilized  Ova  and  Inflated  Larvae 

of  many  rare  North  American  and  Exotic  Lepidoptera.  Biological  collections 
for  museums  put  up  in  best  style,  especially  of  the  silk  producers  of  the  world. 
i.  ordered  in  advance  of  season.  Send  5  cents  for  list  and  postage. 

Prof.  (Jarl  Braun,  Naturalist,  liaugor,  Maine,  U.  S.  A. 


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VOL   II.  No.  6. 


Entomological  News 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OE  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION 

OF    THE 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 


-o- 


JUNE,  1891. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINNER,  M.  D. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  : 

GEO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BLAKE. 

EZRA  T.  CRESSON.  PHILIP  P.  CALVEET. 


— O- 


PHILADELPHIA: 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  ROOMS  OF 

THE  ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES, 

LOGAN  SQUARE. 

* 

1891. 


Filtered  at  the  Philadelphia  Post  Office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


Entomological  News 

AND 

Proceedings  of  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  A.  N.  S.  of  Philadelphia, 

PUBLISHED 

by  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy,  with  the  endorse- 
ment of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  and  with  the  aid  of  an  annual 
grant  made  by  that  Society. 

It  will  be  published  monthly,  excepting  July  and  August,  and  will  contain 
not  less  than  160  pages  per  annum.  It  will  maintain  no  free-list  whatever, 
but  will  leave  no  measure  untried  to  make  it  a  necessity  to  every  student  of 
insect  life,  so  that  its  very  moderate  annual  subscription  may  be  considered 
well  spent. 

Annual   subscription  $1.00,  in  advance. 

Exchanges  and  works  for  review  solicited. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  will  be  inserted  at  the  rate  of  15  cents  per  square  inch, 
single  insertion  ;  25  per  cent,  discount  on  longer  insertions  up  to  6  months  ; 
above  that  33 '3'  per  cent,  discount.  No  advertisement  taken  for  less  than  50 
cents.  Cash  in  advance. 

g@^  All  remittances  should  be  addressed  to  E.  T.  CRESSON,  Treasurer, 
P.  0.  Box  1577,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  all  other  communications  to 

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and 
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on  application  to  undersigned)  to  the  value  of  25  cents  for  each  new  subscriber 

at  One  Dollar  per  annum. 

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scribers; or  a  copy  of 

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bers; or  a  copy  of 

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Entomological^WorksJbr  Sale. 

Classification  of  the  Coleoptera  of  North  America,  by  Drs.  LeConte 
and  Horn,  567  pp.  (Smithsonian  Institution.) -$2-5° 

List  of  the  Coleoptera  of  America,  North  of  Mexico,  by  Samuel  Hen- 
shaw,  1885,  166  pp 1.25 

First  and  Second  Supplements  to- the  same  .         .         .         .         .         .       .50 

Synopsis  of  the  Families  and  Genera  of  the  Hymenoptera  of  America 
North  of  Mexico,  by  E.  T.  Cresson.     Parts  i  and  2  complete,  350  pp.     1887     3.00 

Our  price-lists  can  be  had  on  application.     Address, 

E.  T.  CRESSO]V,  Treasurer, 

P.  O.  Box  1577,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


EXCHANGES 

Not  exceeding  three  lines  free  to  subscribers. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  from  New  York  and  N.  Mexico,  in  ex- 
change for  Coleoptera  and  Lepidoptera  of  N.  America.—  H.  Meeske,  315 
Wyckoff  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates. — B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  North  American  Cicindelidce, 
Dytiscidae,  Pselaphidae,  Scydmaniclte  and  Staphylinidse. — John  D.  Sher- 
man, Jr.,  71  E.  Sjth  St.,  New  York  City. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 

A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryidae  and  Oedemeridae  espe- 
cially desired. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O.,  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Argynnis  Diana,  $  9  fine,  2  or  3  pairs.  Exotic  Butterflies. 
Papilios,  Nymphalidse;  wiil  give  cash  or  good  exchange.  Duplicate  Pa- 
pilio  Anfenor,  2  or  3  fine,  and  several  pairs  P.  Arjuna,  Krishna,  Arctu- 
i'ns,  Eudoctius.  Amandia,  Lidderda/ii,  Polyctor.  African  Charaxes, 
Ornithoptera  Urvillicma,  fair;  Victoria-,  9  fair. — W.  Dannatt,  Westcombe 
Park,  London,  England. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  for 
entomological  books,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  the  South 
and  West. — Lee  B.  Walton,  Jr.,  Bear  Lake,  Warren  County,  Pa. 

I  have  thirteen  of  the  first  volumes  of  "  Canadian  Entomologist,"  some 
whole  and  some  broken,  which  I  wish  to  exchange  for  Lepidoptera. — H. 

B.  Hawkins,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange. — Can  supply  species  from  the  West  and 
Northwest. — Dr.  H.  G.  Griffith,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodius phalerioidcs, 
Blcpharida  rhois,  Strigoderma  pygnuca,  Dryoca-ntpa  rubicnnda,  Pani- 
phila panoquin,  Cithcronia  rcgalis  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street.  Philadelphia.' Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zcuzera  a'sculi,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  imperialis.  Would  like  Catocalas,  h.  i»i- 
perialis  var.  didyma,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Oitolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue.  New  York  City. 

MACROLEPIDOPTERA  from  the  extreme  South  and  Northwest  wanted  in 
exchange  for  central  New  Hampshire  species. — Charles  F.  Goodhue, 
Webster,  N.  H. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  \V.  Mengel,  620  Penn  Street.  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COLEOPTERA  and 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic- 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Ahv.  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  South  Texas  for  exchange:  P.  palamedes,  crcsplionfes, 
Cystineura  auiymonc,  C.  rcgalis  Inglyphia,  haroglyphisa,  and  other  good 
things. — J.  T.  Mason,  Houston,  Texas. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  Specimens  of  S.UIH-  not 
in  my  collection.  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  W.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St., 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

DIPTEKA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  c.  llect  in  exchange  am 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity. — J.  M.  Aldrich,  Urookings,  S.  I). 

I  desire  to  exchange  Coleoptera  of  Europe  for  Cerambycida-  of  North 
America.  Those  who  have  Cerambycidse  of  U.  S.  for  sale,  pli-asr  s<  ml  me 
list  with  prices;  perfect  specimens  only  desired. — L.  Yillard,  Rue  Royale 
33,  Lyon,  France. 

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Aculeate  Hymenoptera  Named. 

Collections  of  Aculeate  Hymenoptera  (except  Formicidae)  accurately  de- 
termined on  reasonable  conditions  and  without  pecuniary  consideration.  For 
particulars  address  iiEORGE  B.  CRESSOiN, 

P.  O.  Box  1577,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

EXCHANGE  LIST  OF  N.  AMERICAN  BUTTERFLIES,  " 

See  sample  copy  in  ENT.  NEWS  for  January,  1891.  Single  copy,  5  cents; 
two  to  ten  copies,  3  cents  each;  over  ten  copies,  2  cents  each.  A  few  more 
copies  left.  Those  desiring  to  secure  a  supply,  please  promptly  address  the 
Editor,  Dr.  H.  Skinner,  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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Fine  Carlsbader  Insect 
Pins  a  specialty.     Price- 
list  sent  on  application. 
78  Ashland  Place, 
Improved  Entomological  Forceps.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

THE  CANADIAN  ENTOMOLOGIST, 

PUBLISHED    BY    THE 

Entomological  Society  of  Ontario, 

Numbers  among  its  contributors   most  of  the  leading  entomologists 
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Wyckoff  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

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from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates. — B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  North  American  Cicindeuda  . 
Dytiscidce,  Pselaphidaj,  Scydnuenid;e  and  Staphylinidae. — John  I ).  Sher- 
man, Jr.,  71  E.  Sjth  St.,  New  York  City. 

WANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  •  r 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  fc  >r  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryidae  and  Oedemeridse  espe- 
cially desired. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O.,  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  "and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodius phalerioides., 
Blepharida  rhois,  Strigoderma  pY^nnra,  Dryocainpa  rubicunda,  Pain- 
phila  panoquin,  Cithcronia  regalis  and  many  other  good  things. — 1  hilip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zenzera  crsculi,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  imperialis.  Would  like  Catocalas,  h.  iiu- 
peria/is  var.  didyina,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTERA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  W '.  Mengel,  620  Perm  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COLEOPTERA  and 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic- 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

COLEOPTERA  of  Nordi  America  iir  exchange  for  specimens  of  same  not 
in  my  collection.  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  W.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St., 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

DIPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  collect  in  exchange  any 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity. — J.  M.  Aldrich,  Brookings,  S.  D. 

I  desire  to  exchange  Coleoptera  of  Europe  for  Cerambycidae  of  North 
America.  Those  who  have  Cerambycidae  of  U.  S.  for  sale,  please  send  me 
list  with  prices;  perfect  specimens  only  desired. — L.  Yillard,  Rne  Royale 
33,  Lyon,  France. 

A  few  live  cocoons  of  the  very  rare  Sainia  Columbia  Sin.  in  exchange 
for  other  rare  species;  also  set  specimens  of  American  Lepidoptera;  no 
postals;  no  sales;  list  exchanged. — Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
New  Windsor  delivery. 

I  offer  Coleoptera  and  Hcniip/cm,  carefully  determined,  and  insects  of 
any  order,  unnamed,  principally  European,  in  exchange  for  Ffemiptera- 
Heteroptera  from  any  region,  undetermined. — A.  L.  Montandon,  Strada 
viilor  filarete,  Bucarest,  Roumania. 

COLEOPTERA  of  California  offered  in  exchange  for  other  desired  species 
frriri  same  locality.  Correspondence  and  exchange  lists  solicited. — Win. 
N.  Price,  1212  Jefferson  Street,  Oakland,  Cala. 

WANTED. — Odonata  (Dragonflies)  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  especially 
Gonip/uis  from  northern  Illinois.  North  American  Odonata  named  and 
exchanged. — Philip  P.  Calvert,  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

~HESPERID>E  NAMED. 

1  desire  to  buy  or  exchange  "Skippers,"  and  will  gladly  name  in  tin's 
family  for  others.— HENRY  SKINNER,  M.D.,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences, 
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OF    THE 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 

o 


OCTOBER,  1891. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINXKR,  M.  D. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE: 

GKO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BI.AKK. 

EZRA  T.  CRESSON.  PHILIP  P.  CAI.YKRT. 


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Wyckoff  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N,  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates. — 15.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

WANTED. — Macfolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTERA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  species. — Chas. 
A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  to  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryidse  and  Oedemeridae  espe- 
cially desired. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O.,  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange.— Aphudins  phalenoidcs, 
Blepharida  r/iois,  Strigoderina  py^nura,  Dryocampa  rubicnnda,  Pam- 
phila  panoquin,  Citheronia  regalis  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zcuzera  crscnli,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  imperialis.  Would  like  Catocalas,  E.  ini- 
perialis  var.  didyina,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COLEOPTERA  and 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

COLEOPTERA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  specimens  of  same  not 
in  my  collection.  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  W.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St., 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

DIPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  collect  in  exchange  any 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity. — J.  M.  Aldrich,  Brookings,  S.  1). 

A  few  live  cocoons  of  the  very  rare  Samia  Columbia  Sm.  in  exchange 
for  other  rare  species;  also  set  specimens  of  American  Lepidoptera;  no 
postals;  no  sales;  list  exchanged. — Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
New  Windsor  delivery. 

COLEOPTERA  of  California  offered  in  exchange  for  other  desired  species 
fruni  same  locality.  Correspondence  and  exchange  lists  solicited. — Win. 
N.  Price,  1212  Jefferson  Street,  Oakland,  Cala. 

WANTED. — Odonata  (  Dragonflies)  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  especially 
Gomphns  from  northern  Illinois.  North  American  Odonata  named  and 
exchanged. — Philip  P.  Calvert,  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Named  or  unnamed  Tachinida-  wanted  in  exchange  or  for  study,  fnnn 
any  part  of  N.  Am.,  Mex.,  Cent.  Am.  and  W.  Indies.  P. red  material  par- 
ticularly desired. — C.  H.  Tyler  Townsend,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

European  Lepidoptera  and  Chrysalids  in  exchange  for  any  others.— 
Chr.  Schroder,  Rendsburg,  Germany. 

Hymeimptera  (Aculeata).  I  desire  to  exchange  in  this  Order.  Ameri- 
can species  given  in  exchange  for  exotic.  Will  name  specimens  for  du- 
plicates.— Win.  J.  Fox,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Live  larva-  and  pupa-  and  papered  imagos  of  Paphia  /ro^Au/i/ti.  C'o/iat 
ctzsonia,  Tripto^ou  inodeshi.  Daremma  undulosa,  Smerinthus  geminatus, 
etc.,  usually  for  exchange. — K.  R.  Rowley,  Curryville,  Pike  Co.,  M<>. 

Pauiphila  aannii  and  many  other  rare  species  for  exchange.  Sciul  list 
of  duplicates  to  H.  Skinner,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Logan  Square.  Phila.,  Pa. 

Coi.i  oi'TKRA  for  exchange.  —  /'/n'liiupliuni  pitlcliclla,  Mycdiua  /><•>- 
pulclii'a,  Ips  coHJlncnlns  and  many  other  good  species  in  perfect  condi- 
tion. Kndomychida-,  Leptura-  and  ('icindelitlse,  especially  desired.  —  Lt-c 
P..  Walton,  Jr.",  Kenka  College,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y. 

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COLLECTIONS  FOR  SCHOOLS,  BEGINNERS,  AMATEURS,  ETC. 

I  offer  at  lowest  prices  to  Beginners,  etc.,  collections  of  Lepidoptera  from 
smallest  to  largest  number,  containing  species  from  Fla.,  Atl.  States,  Col.,  Calif., 
("an.,  Mex.,  Cent,  and  S.  Am.  Eur.,  Asia,  etc.,  embracing  principal  groups  and 
genera  of  rarest  and  other  species;  all  expanded  ready  for  collection,  correctly 
named  with  exact  locality.  Lepidoptera  also  gratuitously  identified.  For  par- 
ticulars, address  Dr.  HERMAN  STRECKER,  P.  0.  Box  311,  Reading,  Penna. 

New  Check  List  of  Lepidoptera 

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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION 

OF    THE 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 


NOVEMBER,  1891. 


EDITOR  : 

HENRY  SKINNER,  M.  D. 


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GKO.  H.  HORN,  M.D.  CHARLES  A.  BLAKE. 

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EXCHANGES 

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I  have  a  good  supply  of  Eastern  Coleoptera,  which  I  desire  t<>  exchange 
for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Melandryida-  and  Oedetm -rida'  espe- 
cially  desired. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  P>ox  73,  Rose-bank  1'.  ().,  S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTEKA  ID  exchange. — Aphodius  phaleriaides, 
Blepharida  r/iois.  Strigoderma  pygmcea^  Dryocampa  rubicunda,  J\i»/- 
phila  panoquin,  Cit/icmnia  regalis  yn&  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zi'itzcni  «"Siii/i.  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  oi  E.  impcrialis.  \\'ould  like  Catocalas,  L.  iin- 
perialis  var.  didyma,  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

LEPIDOPTEKA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTEKA. — I.evi  \V.  .Mengel,  620  Penn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  COLEOPTERA  and 
desice  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  and 
exchange  lists  solicited. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Knt.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLKOPTKKA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  American  and  exotic- 
species  not  in  my  collection. — Alva  H.  Kilman,  Ridgeway,  Ontario,  Can. 

Ci  ii. K(  ii'TEKA  of  North  America  in  exchange  for  specimens  of  same  not 
in  my  collection.  Send  lists  and  desiderata  to  W.  M.  Hill,  143  Cook  St., 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

DIPTERA  wanted  from  all  parts  of  N.  A.  Will  collect  in  exchange  any 
desired  order  or  group  in  this  vicinity. — J.  M.  Aldrich,  Brookings,  S.  D. 

A  few  live  cocoons  of  the  very  rare  Samia  Columbia  Sin.  in  exchange 
for  other  rare  species;  also  set  specimens  of  American  Lepidoptera;  no 
postals;  no  sales;  list  exchanged.- — Emily  L.  Morton,  Newburgh,  N.  V. 
New  Windsor  delivery. 

WANTED. — Odonata  (  Dragonflies)  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  especially 
Complins  from  northern  Illinois.  North  American  Odonata  named  and 
exchanged. — Philip  P.  Calvert,  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Named  or  unnamed  Tachinidae  wanted  in  exchange  or  for  study,  from 
any  part  of  N.  Am.,  Mex.,  Cent.  Am.  and  W.  Indies.  Bred  material  par- 
ticularly desired. — C.  H.  Tyler  Townsend,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

European  Lepidoptera  and  Chrysalids  in  exchange  for  any  others.— 
Chr.  Schroder,  Rendsburg,  Germany. 

Hymenoptera  (Aculeata).  1  desire  to  exchange  in  this  Order.  Ameri- 
can species  given  in  exchange  tor  exotic.  Will  name  specimens  for  du- 
plicates.— Wm.  J.  Fox,  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Live  larvae  and  pupa-  and  papered  images  of  Papliia  tn>x/»dita,  Co/ins 
c&so/iia,  Triptogon  modcsfa,  Daremmaundulosa,  Smerinthus geminatus^ 
etc.,  usually  for  exchange. — R.  R.  Rowley,  Curryville,  Pike  Co.,  Mo. 

Pampliila  aaroni  and  many  other  rare  species  for  exchange.  Send  list 
of  duplicates  to  H.  Skinner,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Logan  Square,  Phila.,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  for  exchange.  —  Phynuaphora  pulchella,  Jfvcefi/ia  /><•/•- 
pii/chra,  If>s  co iiflit cntns  and  many  other  good  species  in  perfect  condi- 
tion. Endomychidae,  Leptura- and  ('icindelida-,  especially  desired. — -Lee 
B.  Walton,  jr.,  Kenka  College,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y. 

ORTHOPTERA  of  northeastern  I'nited  States  and  provinces.  Acridida 
and  N.  E.  specimens  particularly  desired.  Correspondence  and  exchanges. 
—Albert  P.  Morse,  \Yellesley  College,  Wellesley.  Mass. 

I  have  for  exchange  P.  /lairifii.  /'.  i/nlni,  A.frigga,  I",  saga.  /:".  mag- 
dalciia,  Hipparchia  itioiiysi/ts,  C/iunio/ni.^  ttrncci,  SHiiu.v  coloradus,  S. 
vashti.  C.  pandora,  COSSHS  /tnict'i  ;m<\  oilier  rare  species.  I  wish  \or(u/o- 
ca/tis  and  /'//tsius. — D.  P.ruce.  Mrockport,  Monroe  (  o.,  N.  Y. 

I  will  give  good  exchange  for  species  of  /-'/fixffs  and  Hlapsfinits.    Pi 
Lists  desired.— Frank  E.  Blaisdell,  M.I).,  (."onmado,  San  I)iegoCo.,  Cal. 

CIIKVSAI.IDS  of  itiidiilosa,  jnsii'ipfiini,  mddesta,juglandis,  myops,  impc- 
ria/is.  /tt-s.'Uts,  //y/<nts.  and  many  more;  also  Coleoptera  and  Lepidoptc-ra 
for  exchange. — H.  Meeske,  315  Wychoff  A\e..  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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OF   THE 

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EXCHANGES. 

Wanted,  Cocoons  and  Crysalids  of  N.  A.  Macrolepidoptera.  \Vill  ex- 
change exotic  species  for  same.  L.  \Y.  Mengel,  620  Penn  St.,  Reading,  Pa. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  and  Chrysalids  from  New  York  and  N. 
Mexico,  collected  1889,  in  exchange  for  Coleoptera,  Lepidoptera  and  chrys- 
alids  of  N.  America.— H.  Meeske,  1542  Gates  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N  Y. 

I  desire  to  buy  Macro-Lepidoptera  from  the  North  and  West  of  the  U.  S  , 
from  S.  America,  Africa  and  Australia,  at  liberal  rates.— B.  Neumoegen, 
P.  O.  Box  2581,  New  York  City. 

COLEOPTERA  of  New  York  in  exchange  for  any  North  American  species 
not  in  my  collection.  Correspondents  in  the  South  and  West  especially 
desired.— John  D.  Sherman,  Jr.,  953  Paulding  Street,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  papers,  reports  and  clip- 
pings. Will  exchange  for  them  original  drawings  or  paintings  of  insects. 
— Akla  M.  Sharp,  Glaclbrook,  Iowa. 

W ANTED. — Macrolepidoptera  of  North  America.  Will  exchange  or 
purchase. — C.  S.  McKnight,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  of  Montana  exchanged  for  other  desirable  epecies. — Chas. 

A.  Wiley,  Miles  City,  Mont. 

COLEOPTERA. — I  wish  to  exchange  G.  spcciosns  and  .5".  ralcarata  for 
other  perfect  specimens  of  Cerambycidae.  Send  list  of  duplicates  to 
Christ.  Hauschildt,  care  of  Cosack  &  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 

Dr.  FRANZ  SPAETH,  I  Kohlmessergasse  3,  Vienna,  Austria,  desires  to 
exchange  European  and  Syrian  Coleoptera  for  American,  especially  Cer- 
ambycidae  and  Chrysomelidae.  Oblata  from  Henshaw. 

WANTED  for  cash  or  exchange,  determined  or  undetermined,  Melan- 
dryida?  and  Oedemeridse. — Joe.  C.  Thompson,  Box  73,  Rosebank  P.  O., 
S.  I.,  N.  Y. 

WANTED. — Six  pairs  of  Argynnis  Diana,  fine;  also  Exotic  Butterflies. 
I-..rchange:  lava  Butterflies.  Ornithoptera  Urvilliana,  one  pair,  second 
quality:  Darjeeling  Butterflies.  Ornithop.  Cra-sus  expected  shortly,  and 
others  from  Baljan.  Duplicate  list  of  exotic  species  wanted. — W.  Dannatt, 
Westcombe  Park,  London,  S.  E.  England. 

W  ANTED. — Entomological  books,  periodicals,  etc.,  in  exchange  for 
Japanese  insects. — H.  Loomis,  Yokohama,  Japan. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange  for  specimens  not  in  my  collection;  also  for 
entomological  books,  papers,  etc.  Correspondents  desired  in  the  South 
and  West. — Lee  B.  Walton,  Jr.,  Bear  Lake,  Warren  County,  Pa. 

I  have  a  number  of  Patent  Office  and"  Agricultural  Reports,  containing 
valuable  plates  and  descriptions  of  insects  which  I  will  exchange  for  con- 
chological  works. — W.  W.  Westgate,  200  Washington  St.,  Houston,  Tex. 

I  have  thirteen  of  the  first  volumes  of  "Canadian  Entomologist,"  some 
whole  and  some  broken,  which  I  wish  to  exchange  for  Lepidoptera. — H. 

B.  Hawkins,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 

COLEOPTERA  in  exchange. — Can  supply  species  from  the  West  and 
Northwest. — Dr.  H.  G.  Griffith,  Burlington.  Iowa. 

COLEOPTERA  and  LEPIDOPTERA  to  exchange. — Aphodins phalcrioides, 
Blepharida  rhois,  Strigoderma  pyguura,  Dryoccunpa  riibicitnJa,  Panr 
phila  panoquin,  Citheronia  rcgalis  and  many  other  good  things. — Philip 
Laurent,  1306  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia.  I'a. 

I  have  for  exchange  fine  specimens  of  Zcuzcra  (Csculi,  only  recently 
found  in  America,  also  of  E.  inipei'ia/is.  Would  like  Catocalas,  K.  ini- 
perialis  var.  didynta.  or  western  Colias. — R.  Ottolengui,  115  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

MACROLEPIDOPTERA  from  the  extreme  South  and  Northwest  wanted  in 
exchange  for  central  New  Hampshire  species. — Charles  F.  Goodhue, 
Webster,  N.  H. 

LEPIDOPTKRA  from  Central  America  and  India  offered  for  Northwestern 
LEPIDOPTERA. — Levi  W.  Mengel,  620  Penn  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

I  have  a  large  number  of  duplicate  North  American  CULEOPTI -RA  and 
desire  to  exchange  for  species  not  in  my  collection.  Correspondence  ami 
exchange  lists  solicited. — Chas.  Liebeck,  Ent.  Sec.  A.  N.  S.,  Phila.,  Pa. 


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List  of  the  Coleoptera  of  America,  North  of  Mexico,  by  Samuel  Hen- 
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